Forget all that typical marketing talk about ‘Ruhrpott romance’. At its heart, the spring fair in Castrop-Rauxel is quite simply the moment when the town realises that winter is finally over. When the first fairground rides start to be set up between

In the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, or rather in the spa town of Bad Saarow, which is famous for its thermal brine and mud spas and is located directly on Lake Scharmützel, you will find the Wiegand Adventure Mountain Scharmützelbob Bad Saarow,

The Dessau Pumpkin Fair is an annual folk festival that transforms the town's market square into an autumnal amusement park at the end of October, taking up the theme of the approaching Halloween season. This multi-day fair, traditionally organised by

The oldest fair in Saxony takes place in the municipality of Lorenzkirch at the beginning of August. A colourful mixture of folk festival and market awaits visitors. A variety of different traders offer goods for everyday needs and unusual items. Here

What does it look like in the belly of a submarine? What are the dimensions of a jumbo jet? If these questions interest you, then the Technik Museum Speyer is the right place for you. In the immediate vicinity of Sealife Speyer with a view of the Rhine,

In Poland's fourth largest city, Łódź, the city's zoo has existed since 1938. According to its own information, it is the most modern zoo in Europe. Many hundreds of animal species are kept on an area of more than 16 hectares. Over the years, the zoo

On 4.7.1926, Knoebels Groves, the forerunner of today's Knoebels Amusement Resort, opened in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. A steam-powered carousel and the Chrystal Pool were two of the first attractions in the amusement park. On an area of around 45ha, the

Around 20 kilometres from Dubai's coastline lies the Dubai Safari Park, which opened in December 2017. It replaced the Dubai Zoo, which had been open since 1967 and closed in the course of the reopening. Around 250 animal species are kept on a large area

North America's largest shopping mall is located in Alberta, Canada, around 300 kilometres from Calgary, and goes by the beautiful name of West Edmonton Mall. Until 2004, it was the largest mall in the world for more than two decades. The mall impresses

The water park opened in 1981 under the name "White Water". Several sales brought it in 2020 the name Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City. With three pools and 14 water slides it is rather a smaller park, but it is still worth seeing. There are slides