The Graz Autumn Fair is not only a traditional trade fair, but also a large folk festival with an impressive amusement park. The park is a central meeting place for families and adrenaline junkies, offering a wide range of rides that cover a large part

Meeting Santa Claus once is no problem here.

Elves, trolls, witches and other mystical beings can also be seen in various shows.

However, there are no rides here.

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.

In the Belgian city of Ghent, in the north-east of the country, 40 km west of Bruges and about 50 km south-east of Brussels and 50 km north-east of Antwerp, you will find the swimming paradise LAGO Gent Rozebroeken. The pool, which belongs to the LAGO

The tranquil municipality of Houthalen-Helchteren is located less than 15 kilometres north of Hasselt on the E314 from Aachen to Brussels. The Dutch city of Maastricht is 28 kilometres to the south-east and Brussels around 72 kilometres to the

In Hirschau in the Upper Palatinate district of Amberg-Sulzbach, around 80 kilometres east of Nuremberg, you will find the Monte Kaolino amusement park. On this 120 metre high slag heap, one of the highest sand mountains in Europe, which consists of 32

The Mannheimer Mai-/Herbstmess is a funfair held on the new Meßplatz. It should not be confused with the Mannheim May Market, which takes place at the same time, but this is a real fair with an equestrian tournament.

At the Mai-/Herbstmess, many showmen

In the border area between Carinthia and Salzburg is the Katschberg at 2200 meters. You can easily reach it by car. There you will find, among other things, a summer toboggan run by Brandauer, a high ropes course, a playground and much more. In winter

Opened in 1972 under the name Baby Zoo, this adventure world had a moving past. Closed for some time in the 1990s due to insolvency, the Wingster Waldzoo was reopened under the name Zoo in der Wingst in the early 2000s. Since then, the Waldzoo has been

In the English county of Leicestershire, about 24 km north-east of Leicester and 29 km south-east of Nottingham, you will find Twinlakes Family Theme Park, which opened in September 2003 after only eleven months of construction. The park is open all year