Every year in November, the popular Martinikirmes takes place. It is a real highlight: every year many people in the Ruhr area and the Lower Rhine region look forward to this particularly beautiful fair.

The feast day of St. Martin of Tours on 11 November

In Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, you will find the Olderdissen Zoo, which has been run by the city of Bielefeld since 1930. On about 16 hectares in the middle of the Teutoburg Forest, you can observe about 450 animals from 90 different species. But

Expect the unexpected! Wobbly bridges, rollers, slides and even human washers can be found in these walk-throughs. And whether you like a mirror palace better than an action house or a horror maze is decided on the spot by buying a ticket for the

The amusement park with rides and fun and games stalls can be found on the Landungsplatz on the Main. On the market square, the Kerbetreff offers a colourful stage and entertainment programme.

The Kerbemeile on Mainstraße connects both locations. Here,

The Augsburg Osterplärrer, Swabia's largest folk festival, marks the festive start of the Bavarian open-air season every year and transforms the Kleiner Exerzierplatz into a dazzling centre of joie de vivre just in time for Easter Sunday. This event is

Speed, adrenaline and pure fear: these are the main ingredients of Velocity Valley Adrenaline Park. Barely 3 kilometres away from Lake Roturua and about 60 kilometres south of Tauranga, Auckland, adrenaline junkies will find everything they need for a

The Spring Festival in Elsterwerda is the undisputed highlight of the folk festival calendar in southern Brandenburg and, as one of the biggest events in the region, marks the official start of the warm season. The extensive area around the business and

The amusement park opened as early as 1966 and has been expanded more and more over the years. In the meantime, it has set several records, including the longest roller coaster in the world, "Steel Dragon 2000" with a length of 2479 meters. There are

Funfair, activities, live music, culinary delights and lots of entertainment - the onion market in Bünde is traditionally celebrated on the last weekend in September. And soon it will be that time again: at the end of September, the people of Bünde and

In Lower Saxony in Goslar, an exciting mountain awaits you with an Alpine coaster, mountain bike trails and many other possibilities. In winter you can ski here and a hut also invites you to stop for a bite to eat. To reach the Alpinecoaster, you need