The privately run Plättli Zoo has been located in Frauenfeld in the Swiss canton of Thurgau, around 30 kilometres from Constance, since 1958. The small but charming zoo is home to around 200 animals from around 50 species, including Barbary macaques,

On the first weekend in September, it's time for the Moers funfair, which attracts around 400,000 visitors to the city of the counts.

The traditional event has been offering plenty of fun and variety for young and old for over 170 years.

Around 200 showmen

Directly on the border with Croatia, 115 kilometres east of Ljubljana and only 66 kilometres north of Zagreb, the Aqualuna thermal park is located not far from the associated Olima thermal spa. The outdoor water park surprises its visitors with 10 water

The small town of Zittau is located at the easternmost tip of Germany. About 35 kilometres inland from the Czech Republicand about 110 kilometres from Prague, behind Liberec in Javornic, there is an Alpine coaster that is over 1,000 metres long. A hotel

The Speyer Pretzel Festival is a public festival in the city of Speyer that takes place every year on the second weekend in July from Thursday to Tuesday.

History

The festival was initiated by the Speyer Tourist Association to promote the sales of Speyer's

It all began in 1960 on US Route 1 in Saco, Maine next to the mini-golf course that opened in 1959: a drive-in snack bar called Marvel Drive-In was built here. In 1967, Funtown USA was born and a Zipper ride was one of the park's first attractions.

The Vegesack market is a traditional event in the heart of Bremen-North.

Every year at the beginning of September, almost 100 fairground companies come to Bremen's Vegesack district.

The streets between Sedanplatz and Aumunder Marktplatz are transformed

In the English coastal town of Blackpool in the county of Lancashire you will find the 158-metre-high landmark of the town, the Blackpool Tower, which was inaugurated on 14 May 1894. Every year, around 650,000 tourists visit this one of the most

In Anif, just a handful of kilometres south of Salzburg, lies Salzburg Zoo. Opened in 1961 as the "Alpenzoo Hellabrunn", it has also been called the zoo or Zoo Hellabrunn over the years. The zoo itself is home to animals of around 150 species, divided

The Neuburg an der Donau Folk Festival is an annual traditional festival that usually begins on the last weekend in July and transforms the town of Neuburg an der Donau into a lively festival venue for ten days. It is an integral part of the regional