The Katharinenmarkt on the third weekend in September is considered a superlative folk festival in the region. It is based on over 400 years of tradition as a livestock and craft market. Over four days, the farmers' market, business and sales show,

If you've ever wanted to stand face to face with a penguin, then you've come to the right place at AquaZoo Leeuwarden. Opened in 2003, the zoo offers you a variety of animals that live in, on or near the water. You will experience birds, reptiles and

In Jaderberg in the district of Wesermarsch in Lower Saxony, around 30 kilometres from Oldenburg, you will find the privately owned Jaderpark animal and leisure park, which opened in 1950. Covering an area of over 17 hectares, Jaderpark is home to more

During Advent, Maximiliansplatz in Bamberg is transformed into a festive Christmas market – surrounded by historic old town houses, the pedestrian zone glows with lights. Wooden stalls invite visitors to browse through all kinds of Christmas goods:

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

The Bosch Winters Paradepaardje is the annual festive highlight of the winter programme in 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) in the Netherlands and is considered the beating heart of the so-called ‘Bossche Winter’ initiative. This winter paradise

Just a stone's throw from Germany's largest reservoir, the Bleiloch reservoir in Thuringia, not far from the A9 motorway, lies the Saalburg Fairytale Forest in the village of Saalburg-Ebersdorf. Stories have been coming to life here since 1990. Around 40

Since 1956, over 150 species of animals have been at home in the Saarland capital Saarbrücken on 13 hectares. Here, for example, tapirs live in the South America House, reptiles such as giant tortoises in the Tropicarium and giraffes and antelopes in

In the county of Northamptonshire, or rather in Kettering, about 88 km east of Birmingham and about 45 km from Leicester, you will find Wicksteed Park in the south-east of the city. The park was founded in 1921 by the industrialist and owner of the

In 2022, the Rudolstadt bird shooting celebrates its 300th anniversary. Around 500,000 visitors are expected at Thuringia's largest folk festival.