The Finnish city of Vaasa, with a population of 70,000, is located on the Gulf of Bothnia. The Tropiclandia water park is located on the island of Vaskiluoto, right next to a local spa hotel. In the immediate vicinity of Tropiclandia was the now

In the Belgian town of Sint-Truiden in the province of Limburg, 15 kilometres southwest of Hasselt, you will find the swimming paradise LAGO Sint-Truiden Bloesembad. The baths, which belong to the LAGO Group, which currently operates twelve swimming

The beginnings of the fair up to the present day

The beginnings of the St Michael's Fair date back to the Middle Ages. In 1428, the market day was first explicitly mentioned by name as "frigge Kermesse to sente Michels misse". This name was mentioned in a

The oldest zoo in Portugal is in Lisbon. North of the city centre in Sete Rios, just a few hundred metres from Parque Recreativo do Alto da Serafina, is Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa. Opened in 1884 and moved to its present location in 1905, the zoo covers

The Ocean Wave has dropped anchor at a large lighthouse.

Visitors can climb it and have an enchanting view over Ocean Wave and wave park.

Step by step the spiral staircase winds up the lighthouse for brave pirates big and small.

Again and again, portholes

If you are in Tarragona, there is certainly no better place to stay than in one of the park's own hotels. Hotel El Paso will enchant you with its exotic nature, spectacular gardens and the marvellous beauty of a traditional hacienda built in Mexican

Originally started as a pancake restaurant (for Berliners: egg pancakes), Speelparadijs Pannenkoekenhuis, located about 15 kilometres east of Apeldoorn in the province of Gelderland, has developed into a small theme park for families with young children.

Plopsaland Ardennes is a popular theme park in the heart of the Belgian Ardennes, ideal for an eventful day trip with family or friends. The park is located in the Coo district of the municipality of Stavelot in Belgium, right next to the famous Coo

Around 200,000 visitors come to Charleroi every year for the Easter fair. This year it will take place in the Expo car park.

Travel information:

By public transport:

- by tram - CHARLEROI Palais station (M)

- by bus - bus stop CHARLEROI Palais

By car:

- Venue:

This year's Gesmolder Kirmes is a mixture of the new and the tried and tested, with around 130 showmen and women taking part as usual. In addition, the local innkeepers and a number of clubs have once again joined in to make the fair a complete success.