30 kilometres south of Campinas and 70 north of the Brazilian capital São Paulo lies the largest amusement park in Latin America: Hopi Hari. At 76ha, it is twice the size of the Vatican and opened for the first time in 1999. Hopi Hari was conceived as a

The beginnings of the fair up to the present day

The beginnings of the St Michael's Fair date back to the Middle Ages. In 1428, the market day was first explicitly mentioned by name as "frigge Kermesse to sente Michels misse". This name was mentioned in a

Once a year, the whole town of Verden is turned upside down. Showmen with fast-paced rides, a large Ferris wheel, many snack and confectionery vendors await you. As part of the supporting programme, the Domweih parade through the town of Verden starts on

In Zalaszabar, Hungary, only about 18 km from Lake Balaton, you will find the Zobori Élménypark play and adventure park. Open seasonally in summer, this adventure park offers Hungary's only roller coaster, a 50-metre high free-fall tower, playhouses,

Right on the Vitava reservoir, in the very south of the Czech Republic and only 55 kilometres south of ?eské Bud?jovice (and thus only a handful of kilometres from the Austrian border), there is an Alpine coaster and a summer toboggan run in Lipno, a

The Gibber Kerb is a traditional folk festival in Wiesbaden-Biebrich that has been celebrated since 1909. Every year in July, the Bleichwiesen meadows are transformed into a large festival area with live music, fairground rides, culinary specialities and

As the first Disney theme park outside the USA, the Tokyo Disney Resort was opened on 15 April 1983 in the Japanese city of Urayasu, less than 20 kilometres from Tokyo. The park is operated under licence by The Oriental Land Company and since 2001 there

When people talk about zoos in Australia's Sydney, they usually refer to Taronga Zoo Sydney. Since 2019, the Sydney Zoo has existed not far west of the city centre (around 36 kilometres) and less than 8 kilometres from Raging Waters Sydney. On an area of

The construction of Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast began in 1982 and it has become a water park that ranks first in Australia and eighth in the world. Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast is located next to Warner Bros. Movie World and also belongs to Village Roadshow Theme

Welcome to the small autumn fair in Rotheburg ob der Tauber. Even though everything here is not as big as at other fairs, there is still a lot on offer here. There are merry-go-rounds for the little ones and a bumper car for the bigger ones. There is