Was ist los in Köln, Deutschland – übers Jahr

Viel los – Christmas holidays in Deutschland, Schulferien in 6 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im Januar beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Rhine high water (1. Dez. – 31. März (meist))

Viel los – Karneval, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Karneval

  12.–18. Feb.KarnevalVollFrüh buchen

  The city stops for six days from Weiberfastnacht to Ash Wednesday, with the Rosenmontag parade the biggest in Germany. Trains, hotels and the old town are all full; expect nothing else to work. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Rhine high water (1. Dez. – 31. März (meist))

Viel los – Easter holidays in Deutschland, Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Feiertag

  Easter holidays

  3.–6. Apr.Ostern & KarwocheSchließungenVoll

  Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays everywhere, and shops close on Friday, Sunday and Monday. Good Friday is a quiet day with dance and loud-event bans in most states, and Germans use the four-day weekend to travel, so trains, motorways and holiday towns are busy. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Karneval (12.–18. Feb.), Rhine high water (1. Dez. – 31. März (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Easter holidays, Easter holidays in Deutschland

• Natur

  White asparagus season

  10. Apr. – 24. Juni · meistErntezeit

  From mid-April farms around the city sell white asparagus and restaurants add Spargel menus with hollandaise and ham. The season ends by tradition on 24 June. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  c/o pop Festival

  12.–28. Apr. · meistMusikfestival

  The festival season opens with five days of pop, electronic and new acts in the clubs of Ehrenfeld and the Belgian Quarter, ending with a free programme on the Sunday. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14.–25. MaiNationalfeiertagSchließungenVoll

  Ascension Day, a Thursday 39 days after Easter, and Whit Monday 11 days later are public holidays nationwide. Shops close on both, many people bridge them into long weekends, and trains, motorways and hotels in holiday areas get busy. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Easter holidays (3.–6. Apr.)

Hochbetrieb – Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays in Deutschland

• Festival

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  8.–28. Mai · meistKunstfestival

  An inclusive arts festival in May built around disability, diversity and social themes, with theatre and performance across the city, many events free and step-free. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: White asparagus season (10. Apr. – 24. Juni (meist)), Ascension and Whitsun (14.–25. Mai)

Viel los – Cologne Pride, Schulferien in 4 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Festival

  Cologne Pride

  25. Juni – 10. Juli · meistVollFrüh buchen

  One of the largest Pride parades in Europe, a street festival across the old town for a week with the parade on the Sunday. Central beds go months ahead. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: White asparagus season (10. Apr. – 24. Juni (meist)), Ascension and Whitsun (14.–25. Mai)

Hochbetrieb – laut Reisenden Hochsaison, Cologne Pride

• Festival

  Koelner Lichter

  1. Aug.Lichter & FeuerVoll

  A boat convoy and a fireworks set piece over the Rhine on a Saturday evening in summer, watched from both banks. The bridges and the riverside are closed off well before dark. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Cologne Pride (25. Juni – 10. Juli (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Koelner Lichter, Gamescom

• Festival

  Gamescom

  18.–30. Aug. · meistGroßes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  The games trade fair fills every hotel bed in the city and half of Duesseldorf's for a week in late August. Nothing to do with the tourist city, but it sets the price of your room. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Koelner Lichter (1. Aug.)

Zwischensaison – Schulferien in 3 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen, ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im September beginnt nichts Neues.

Hochbetrieb – Cologne Marathon, Autumn holidays in Deutschland

• Festival

  Cologne Marathon

  4. Okt.SporteventVoll

  The marathon starts in Deutz, crosses the Rhine and finishes by the cathedral on the first Sunday of October. Bridges and ring roads close for most of the day. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Carnival opens on 11 November, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11. Nov.Voll

  The carnival session opens at 11.11 on the eleventh of November in the Alter Markt and the Zuelpicher Strasse, a full drinking day in the middle of an otherwise quiet month. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  16. Nov. – 23. Dez.Weihnachten & NeujahrVoll

  Seven markets within walking distance of each other, the one under the cathedral the busiest in the country. A boat and a small train link them, which is quicker than the pavements. Quelle ↗

Hochbetrieb – Christmas markets, Christmas holidays in Deutschland

• Risiko

  Rhine high water

  1. Dez. – 31. März · meistHochwassersaison

  Winter rain and Alpine melt push the Rhine over the riverside paths most years and occasionally into the old town cellars. The city has flood gates and uses them. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Christmas markets (16. Nov. – 23. Dez.)