The Wissen Schützenfest is known for its large amusement park, which delights visitors to the festival year after year with both tried-and-tested and new attractions.

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By public transport:

- by train - Wissen railway station (distance to

Assumption Day is Warendorf's traditional local festival in summer. The Christian tradition of devotion to the Virgin Mary, the Assumption Fair and the town marksmen's festival are unique in the world. The highlights of the popular Marian devotion are

St John's Festival - the festival of joy

Once a year - usually on the first weekend in July - Eschwege is "in a state of emergency" at the St John's Festival. For five days, all life in the town is centred on this traditional festival, and the

One of the oldest cities in the world, Armenia's capital Yerevan, is home to one of the youngest zoos in the former Soviet Union. After planning began in the 1930s, the main construction of the zoo began in May 1941 on a total area of around 3 hectares.

In the Belgian town of Lier in the province of Antwerp, ten kilometres south-east of Antwerp, you will find the swimming paradise LAGO Lier De Waterperels. The pool, which belongs to the LAGO Group, which currently operates twelve swimming paradises in

In the LC Mall in Pudong, a district of the Chinese metropolis Shanghai, you will find the Peppa Pig World of Play - Indoor Play Centre, which opened in October 2018. Here, the little ones can meet their heroes from the Peppa Wutz TV series live and

The Pfingstlaube in Bad Rothenfelde is a traditional funfair that takes place every year at Whitsun. It is a funfair for the whole family on the Palsterkamp fairground at Bahnhofstraße 58.

Visitors can look forward to a variety of rides, including both

The Dippemess is Frankfurt's largest and oldest public festival and takes place twice a year. Showmen and market traders of all kinds can be found on the festival square on Ratsweg. Carousels, chain rides, roller coasters, everything is there and, of

M&D's Scotland's Theme Park is located about 20 kilometres south-east of Glasgow on the shores of Strathclyde Loch. Since 1996, the park in the small town of Motherwell in Scotland has been delighting its visitors. With over 20 attractions, both younger

The history of the Puchheim folk festival:

1960

The forerunner of the Puchheim folk festival, which is still held today, was the municipality's millennium celebration in 1960. The hearty celebration was so popular with the people of Puchheim and the