**Villach Kirchtag: Austria's largest traditional festival**

The Villach Kirchtag is the largest and one of the most famous traditional festivals in Austria. Every year in the first week of August, the city centre of Villach in Carinthia is transformed

Winterstad Groningen (Winter City Groningen) transforms the historic city centre of this Dutch university town into a wonderful, warmly lit winter wonderland that extends far beyond the traditional Advent season. At the heart of this magical

Reinhard Mey once sang "Above the clouds, freedom must be boundless". You don't go quite that high, but the balloon you climb into is 100 metres above sea level. You'll be higher than Big Ben in London. Just a few metres from Disneyland Paris - in the

During the summer holidays, the Jardin des Tuileries hosts its traditional funfair. Young and old, tourists and Parisians can enjoy the 60 attractions on offer for two months: Bumper cars, ghost trains, gun shooting, the Palace of Mirrors, wooden horses

The United Kingdom includes the countries of Scotland and Wales. Wales, with its capital Cardiff (more than 360,000 inhabitants), has the Barry Island Pleasure Park on the coast of Barry Island in the Vale of Glamorgan, around 16 kilometres from the

Around 32 kilometres southwest of Melbourne lies the small town of Werribee with a population of just over 50,000. The Werribee Open Range Zoo was first opened here in 1983. Unlike many other Australian zoos, the focus here is on African animals. You can

Celebrate at the traditional autumn fair in Anröchte. The mayor opens the fair with the tapping of the keg beer on Friday and a colourful programme and around 100 rides and amusement stalls await you until Monday. For example, a pot and stall market on

Three times a year, the Hanseatic City invites to the Hamburger Dom. It is celebrated as Spring Dom, as Summer Dom and as Winter Dom. The Hamburger Dom is considered the largest folk festival in the north. The fairground rides and amusement arcades of

The Vaihingen May Day is the oldest secular festival in the town of Vaihingen an der Enz and takes place annually over the Whitsun holidays.

History and origins:

The roots of May Day go back a long way, possibly as far as the 15th century. It began as a

Located on more than 10 hectares in Jackson, New Jersey right next to Six Flags Great Adventure is the water park Hurricane Harbor, which is well worth seeing. The water park - which is part of the Six Flags Group - offers a wide range of water slides,