The Grafenau Folk Festival is one of the most popular festivals in the region and attracts around 60,000 visitors each year. The festival always begins on the first Friday in July and lasts for six days. The traditional parade, featuring marching bands,

The big spring fair takes place directly on the banks of the Rhine at the Tonhalle. If the attractions at the fair are not enough for you, you can finish off with a short detour to the "longest bar in the world" in the old town next door.

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Hofis Erlebnispark, a new family attraction in Bavarian Swabia, has opened on the site of the former Westerncity in Dasing. Located directly off the A8 near Augsburg, the approximately 5.7-hectare family amusement park in Bavaria has been welcoming

In the South Welsh coastal town of Porthcawl, located directly on the Bristol Channel, about 48 km west of Cardiff, you will find the Coney Beach Porthcawl amusement park, which first opened in 1920. The park was originally built to entertain American

Irrland – Europe's largest farm adventure park – is located in the Lower Rhine region, just a few minutes from the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer and not far from the Dutch border. Covering an area of over 300,000 square metres, the park offers a unique

Every year, the Flensburg Christmas market transforms the historic old town into an atmospheric winter wonderland. Along the pedestrian zone around Südermarkt and Holm, cozy wooden stalls offer regional specialties, handicrafts, and hot

The Stoppelmarkt in Vechta is one of the oldest markets in northwest Germany. It was already mentioned in a document in 1298. The market got its name from the stubble fields (harvested cornfields) where it was once held when the plague raged in Vechta.

Magic Park Verden is located in Verden an der Aller in Lower Saxony, about 45 km southeast of Bremen and about 95 km northwest of Hannover. It offers families a great mix of fairy tales, playgrounds and various rides. In addition to a family roller

The Beerfeld Horse Fair in Oberzent is one of the most traditional and well-known folk festivals in southern Hesse, attracting thousands of visitors to the Odenwald every year. For over 120 years, the event has uniquely combined tradition, agriculture,

In the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, about 80 km southwest of the Bavarian capital Munich and about 50 km northwest of Innsbruck in Austria, you will find the Garmisch-Partenkirchen summer toboggan run, which has been in operation since 1996.