In the elegant art city of Aix-en-Provence, the Foire aux Manèges provides a lively contrast to the otherwise tranquil Provençal way of life. Every spring, the area around the Stade Carcassonne is transformed into a dazzling sea of lights that attracts

In June 2004, the BergTierPark Blindham, privately run by Josef Sedlmair, opened just 30 km from Munich, Rosenheim and Wolfratshausen. Native wild animals such as fallow deer, red deer and mouflon, wild boar, raccoons, nutria, ferrets and other species

Every year in mid-June, Oranienburg's town centre is transformed into a huge festival mile from the bulwark to Schlossplatz and Schlosspark.

Visitors experience a varied stage programme for young and old and breathtaking views of their town from the

Halfway between Zakopane and Kraków, in Rabka-Zdrój, is the small amusement park Rabkoland. Since May 1988, countless visitors have enjoyed themselves on an area of just 2 hectares. At that time still under the name Alibaba - named after the wooden

In Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg, in south-west Germany, you will find the Mundenhof animal enclosure, which has been in operation since 1968. The Mundenhof is not just an animal enclosure, but is much more of a leisure and educational

In the Bavarian town of Schwangau in the Ostallgäu district, famous for its two castles Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, about 4 km from Füssen and about 60 km from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, you will find the Tegelberg summer toboggan run, which opened

The small, dreamy Duinen Zathe park makes children's hearts beat faster. With three giant water slides, a large bumper car area and many other attractions, this park offers plenty of fun, especially for younger guests.

For older children, there is also a

Two parks for the price of one: That's the Tierpark Bern, or that's the Bärenpark and Dählholzli. Since 1937, Bern has presented more than 225 animal species in its animal and bear park on an area of almost 20 hectares. In addition to the special

The town of Kaltenkirchen usually organises its traditional fair with around 80 shops on the fairground, Norderstraße, on the first weekend in September.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by train - Kaltenkirchen railway station (distance to the

Tomelilla is located around 70 kilometres east of Malmö. Until the closure of the railway lines in the 1960s and 1970s, the town was an important railway junction with connections in five directions and grew to around 6,000 inhabitants over the years. 5