Cosa c'è in programma a Colonia (Germania) durante l'anno

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Germania, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Rhine high water (1 dic – 31 mar (di solito))

Affollato — Karneval, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Karneval

  12–18 febCarnevaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Rhine high water (1 dic – 31 mar (di solito))

Affollato — Easter holidays in Germania, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festività

  Easter holidays

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Karneval (12–18 feb), Rhine high water (1 dic – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Easter holidays, Easter holidays in Germania

• Natura

  White asparagus season

  10 apr – 24 giu · di solitoRaccolto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  c/o pop Festival

  12–28 apr · di solitoFestival musicale

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 magFesta nazionaleChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Easter holidays (3–6 apr)

Folla al massimo — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays in Germania

• Festival

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  8–28 mag · di solitoFestival delle arti

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: White asparagus season (10 apr – 24 giu (di solito)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 mag)

Affollato — Cologne Pride, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Cologne Pride

  25 giu – 10 lug · di solitoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: White asparagus season (10 apr – 24 giu (di solito)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 mag)

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Cologne Pride

• Festival

  Koelner Lichter

  1 agoLuci e fuochiAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Cologne Pride (25 giu – 10 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Koelner Lichter, Gamescom

• Festival

  Gamescom

  18–30 ago · di solitoGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Koelner Lichter (1 ago)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Folla al massimo — Cologne Marathon, Autumn holidays in Germania

• Festival

  Cologne Marathon

  4 ottEvento sportivoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Carnival opens on 11 November, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11 novAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  16 nov – 23 dicNatale e CapodannoAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Folla al massimo — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays in Germania

• Rischio

  Rhine high water

  1 dic – 31 mar · di solitoStagione delle alluvioni

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Christmas markets (16 nov – 23 dic)