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.

With around 1 million visitors, the Annakirmes in Düren is one of the best-known major events in North Rhine-Westphalia and also one of the largest public festivals in Germany. There are a total of 160 stands, attractions and rides.

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Every year, the Duisburg Christmas market transforms the city centre into an impressive, sparkling sea of lights and is one of the largest Christmas markets in the Ruhr area.

The festive scene stretches along the central shopping streets such as

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 Herborn game reserve has been located in the Lahn-Dill district of central Hesse, more precisely in the Herborn city forest, around 47 km southwest of the university town of Marburg, since 1965. Around 70 animals from 10 species such as fallow deer,

Frankfurt Zoo is the second oldest zoo in Germany. Here you can discover up to 4500 animals from 450 species. There are many animal houses, so that you can visit the zoo even in bad weather.

The Butzbach Faselmarkt is one of the oldest and most important folk festivals in Upper Hesse and looks back on over 500 years of history. Originally created purely as a cattle market where breeding animals – known as ‘Faselvieh’ in the Hessian

Around 100 years ago, Goldau Zoo opened in Goldau, between Lake Lauerz and Lake Zug, in 1925. In a rugged landscape created by a natural disaster, it began with a small zoo and a bird sanctuary. Over the years, the zoo grew to its current size of 42

The Santa Pauli Christmas Market in Hamburg is Germany's only erotic Christmas market and represents a deliberate break with traditional, contemplative Christmas markets. It takes place annually on Spielbudenplatz in the heart of the famous red-light

Located in Stuhr in the district of Diepholz in Lower Saxony, around 10 km south of the Hanseatic city of Bremen, the Bremer Abenteuerland indoor play park covers an area of over 3,000 square meters. Open all year round, the Bremer Abenteuerland mascot,