"Travelling funfairs in Slovakia " (by Jan Brykczynski)

SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park "Johanides" in little town of Humenne. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:13:11 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park "Johanides" in little town of Humenne. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Poprad / Traveling amusement parks / Jaroslav is 44 years old and he works in the amusement park for the last 22 years. He runs the carousel for kids that can be seen behind him. He says that the most tiring is putting together all the peaces of the carousel in every new place they come to. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:13:11 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Poprad / Traveling amusement parks / Jaroslav is 44 years old and he works in the amusement park for the last 22 years. He runs the carousel for kids that can be seen behind him. He says that the most tiring is putting together all the peaces of the carousel in every new place they come to. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Sabinov/ Traveling amusement parks / "Stanislav Dubsky" amusement park in little town of Sabinov./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:13:39 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Sabinov/ Traveling amusement parks / "Stanislav Dubsky" amusement park in little town of Sabinov./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Teenagers from little town of Humenne who came to enjoy the amusement park are posing for portrait. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:03 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Teenagers from little town of Humenne who came to enjoy the amusement park are posing for portrait. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Vranov nad Toplou / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park Johanides in little town Vranov nad Toplou./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:05 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Vranov nad Toplou / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park Johanides in little town Vranov nad Toplou./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Snina / Traveling amusement parks / Ivan 58 years old who since 30 years works with "Joanides" amusement park. First he worked with the merry-go-round, but few years ago he switched to air gun. He says he loves to travel with the carousels from place to place and meeting new people. He doesn't like when drunken guys come to shoot from his air guns what happens very often. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:05 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Snina / Traveling amusement parks / Ivan 58 years old who since 30 years works with "Joanides" amusement park. First he worked with the merry-go-round, but few years ago he switched to air gun. He says he loves to travel with the carousels from place to place and meeting new people. He doesn't like when drunken guys come to shoot from his air guns what happens very often. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Michalovce / Traveling amusement parks / Antonia Kelemen has three children and they all work with her in the family funfair. She used to have the air gun attraction in her caravan, but later she switched to candy floss./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:25 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Michalovce / Traveling amusement parks / Antonia Kelemen has three children and they all work with her in the family funfair. She used to have the air gun attraction in her caravan, but later she switched to candy floss./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Vranov nad Toplou / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park "Johanides" in little town Vranov nad Toplou./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:35 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Vranov nad Toplou / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park "Johanides" in little town Vranov nad Toplou./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Anton comes from a family that for the last few generations have owned a funfair. Himself he has spend whole his life working that way. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:46 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Anton comes from a family that for the last few generations have owned a funfair. Himself he has spend whole his life working that way. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Sabinov/ Traveling amusement parks / "Stanislav Dubsky" amusement park in little town of Sabinov./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:46 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Snina / Traveling amusement parks / A couple from Snina that came to enjoy the traveling amusement park is posing for portrait. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:46 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Snina / Traveling amusement parks / A couple from Snina that came to enjoy the traveling amusement park is posing for portrait. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Vladimir says that his family run the business for four generations already. He himself was born in a caravan and whole his life has traveled with the funfairs. He sells candy floss that he does in his little caravan. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:14:57 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Vladimir says that his family run the business for four generations already. He himself was born in a caravan and whole his life has traveled with the funfairs. He sells candy floss that he does in his little caravan. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Summer festival in Humenne. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:00 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Humenne / Traveling amusement parks / Summer festival in Humenne. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Michalovce / Traveling amusement parks / Ania is 11 years old. Her father has died when she was a little child and since than she travels with her grandfather helping him with the air gun caravan. The kids of the funfairs owners half of the year travel with their parents. Every two weeks they go to a different school as the funfair travels from one town to another. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:14 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Michalovce / Traveling amusement parks / Ania is 11 years old. Her father has died when she was a little child and since than she travels with her grandfather helping him with the air gun caravan. The kids of the funfairs owners half of the year travel with their parents. Every two weeks they go to a different school as the funfair travels from one town to another. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Michalovce / Traveling amusement parks / Anton Lukac is 27 and he is about to get married. His feature wife will work with him in his father's funfair./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:14 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Michalovce / Traveling amusement parks / Anton Lukac is 27 and he is about to get married. His feature wife will work with him in his father's funfair./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Vranov nad Toplou / Traveling amusement parks / Amusement park "Johanides" in little town Vranov nad Toplou./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:17 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Snina / Traveling amusement parks / A family from Snina that came to enjoy the traveling amusement park is posing for portrait./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:17 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Snina / Traveling amusement parks / A family from Snina that came to enjoy the traveling amusement park is posing for portrait./ June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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SLOVAKIA / Poprad / Traveling amusement parks / "Stanislav Dubsky" amusement park at the super market parking in town of Poprad. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:15:14 +0000

SLOVAKIA / Poprad / Traveling amusement parks / "Stanislav Dubsky" amusement park at the super market parking in town of Poprad. / June 2008 / The little traveling amusement parks are a natural element of the Eastern European paysage. The merry-go-round brings a beat of color also to Slovak cities that are mostly built of blocks of flats. Still today this is a popular place to go for parents with small kids and also for teenagers. From generation to generation the same families travel around the region earning their leaving entertaining people. They usually go to each city only once per year staying one or two weeks in one place. They travel from April till October and the winter they spend refreshing the carousels. / April - June 2008 / Project supported by the Visegrad Fund.
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