The Klötzer Martinimarkt can be traced back to St Martin's Day. On this day, all the farmers' harvest work was completed and the financial year ended, so to speak. Maidservants and farmhands changed employers at the St Martin's market. People traded at

The Kaarst Shooting Festival, organised by the historic St. Sebastianus Shooting Club, transforms the entire town centre into a vibrant festival area over four days, with the large funfair taking centre stage. From Saturday to the following Tuesday,

In the border area between Carinthia and Salzburg is the Katschberg at 2200 meters. You can easily reach it by car. There you will find, among other things, a summer toboggan run by Brandauer, a high ropes course, a playground and much more. In winter

It was not until 2005 that the GaiaZoo opened on 25 hectares in Kerkrade, near the border with Aachen. The zoo is divided into 4 areas and houses animals from the continents of Europe, America and Africa. Around 100 animal species from different areas

Erfurt Zoo is one of Germany's largest zoological gardens and is idyllically situated on the Roter Berg hill in the north of Thuringia's capital. Covering an area of around 63 hectares, the zoo offers a natural home to more than 1,000 animals of over 130

Once you start enjoying the first warm rays of sunshine in Pforzheim, it usually doesn’t take long before the Brötzinger Spring Festival transforms the Weststadt into a colourful party district. The event is essentially a real institution in

In the historic port city of Catania on the east coast of Sicily lies the small but fine Nettuno Park amusement park since 1965. The Cecchi family of showmen made their home here with their rides and attractions and is already running this park in the

The Ascension Fair in Witten is one of the most traditional and popular fair events in the Ennepe-Ruhr district. As the first major fair of the year in Witten, it marks the start of the open-air season and makes use of the spacious area in front of the

Wild Adventures Theme Park is located in Valdosta in the US state of Georgia on Interstate 75. Operated by Herschend Family Entertainment, the 67-hectare leisure and theme park, which also has a water park and a large zoo area, was opened in 1996 as

The Lippborg market has been taking place for more than 300 years. Every year at the end of August - on the last Tuesday in August to be precise (and the weekend before) - Lippborg is transformed into a small Mecca for young and old. This traditional