Qué hay en Colonia, Alemania, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Alemania, vacaciones escolares en 6 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Rhine high water (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Karneval, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Karneval

  12–18 FebCarnavalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Rhine high water (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Concurrido — Easter holidays en Alemania, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festivo

  Easter holidays

  3–6 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaCierresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Karneval (12–18 Feb), Rhine high water (1 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter holidays, Easter holidays en Alemania

• Naturaleza

  White asparagus season

  10 Abr – 24 Jun · normalmenteCosecha

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  c/o pop Festival

  12–28 Abr · normalmenteFestival de música

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 MayFiesta nacionalCierresMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Easter holidays (3–6 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays en Alemania

• Festival

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  8–28 May · normalmenteFestival de artes

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: White asparagus season (10 Abr – 24 Jun (normalmente)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 May)

Concurrido — Cologne Pride, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Cologne Pride

  25 Jun – 10 Jul · normalmenteMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: White asparagus season (10 Abr – 24 Jun (normalmente)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 May)

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Cologne Pride

• Festival

  Koelner Lichter

  1 AgoLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Cologne Pride (25 Jun – 10 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Koelner Lichter, Gamescom

• Festival

  Gamescom

  18–30 Ago · normalmenteGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Koelner Lichter (1 Ago)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Máxima afluencia — Cologne Marathon, Autumn holidays en Alemania

• Festival

  Cologne Marathon

  4 OctEvento deportivoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Carnival opens on 11 November, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11 NovMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  16 Nov – 23 DicNavidad y Año NuevoMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays en Alemania

• Riesgo

  Rhine high water

  1 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de inundaciones

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Christmas markets (16 Nov – 23 Dic)