When the days slowly start to get longer again, the fun comes to town. The Datteln Spring Fair takes place on Neumarkt and Schützenplatz - with Sunday shopping. As usual, there will be reduced prices on Monday, which is traditionally a family day.

Just 30 kilometres as the crow flies from the Gulf of Riga lies the town of Sigulda on the eastern bank of the River Gauja. Around 53 kilometres north-east of Latvia's capital Riga, just along the A2 motorway, you reach a region that is often referred to

The Idlewild and SoakZone amusement park, which opened in 1878, is located in the Laurel Highlands near Ligonier in the US state of Pennsylvania, around 80 km east of Pittsburgh on US Route 30. Founded in 1878 as a campground on the Ligonier Valley

On the east coast of New Zealand's North Island lies the town of Hastings with a population of around 30,000. There is a small water park there that is aimed at the whole family. In addition to all the themed water attractions, there are breathtaking

In Scotland's capital Edinburgh, or rather in the street Am Market Place 31 not far from Edinburgh Waverley railway station, you will find the Edinburgh Dungeon since 2000. In the approximately 70-minute interactive tour, 1000 years of Scottish history

A world of adventure awaits you in Oberstdorf in the Allgäu and Kleinwalsertal. The seven mountains Fellhorn, Kanzelwand, Nebelhorn, Ifen, Walmendingerhorn, Söllereck and Heuberg with their mountain railways offer lots of fun for young and old. Whether

In the Upper Austrian market town of Altenfelden in the district of Rohrbach in the upper Mühlviertel, around 34 south-west of Linz, you will find the Altenfelden Zoo, which was founded by Dr Prince Reuss in 1969. The zoo covers an area of around 80

Shh... If you're quiet, you can hear them: The long drawn-out aaaahs from the double 80-meter slide and the turbo slide.

But the three slides are only one of many attractions in the Olantis world of experience.

Inside and outside, young and old will find

The SEA LIFE Lido di Jesolo is just a few meters from the New Jesolandia amusement park. It is one of several aquariums run by the Merlin Group, which also owns the Legoland parks, Madame Tussauds, Gardaland or Heide-Park. Each of the aquariums is

Far in the east of the Czech Republic between Olomouc and Ostrava, about 330 kilometres east of Prague, there has been an Alpine coaster in the village of Tošovice since 2005 with a length of over 900 metres, 17 curves, 1 large and 14 small jumps and a