Hva som skjer i Cologne (Koln), Germany gjennom året

Travelt — Christmas holidays i Germany, skoleferie i 6 av markedene som fyller stedet

Ingenting nytt starter i januar.

Fortsatt på gang: Rhine high water (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Karneval, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Karneval

  12.–18. febKarnevalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Rhine high water (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Easter holidays i Germany, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Helligdag

  Easter holidays

  3.–6. aprPåske og stillehelgStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Karneval (12.–18. feb), Rhine high water (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Easter holidays, Easter holidays i Germany

• Natur

  White asparagus season

  10. apr – 24. jun · vanligvisInnhøsting

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  c/o pop Festival

  12.–28. apr · vanligvisMusikkfestival

  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. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14.–25. maiNasjonaldagStengningerMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Easter holidays (3.–6. apr)

Toppsesong — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  8.–28. mai · vanligvisKunstfestival

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: White asparagus season (10. apr – 24. jun (vanligvis)), Ascension and Whitsun (14.–25. mai)

Travelt — Cologne Pride, skoleferie i 4 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Cologne Pride

  25. jun – 10. jul · vanligvisMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: White asparagus season (10. apr – 24. jun (vanligvis)), Ascension and Whitsun (14.–25. mai)

Toppsesong — reisende beskriver det som høysesong, Cologne Pride

• Festival

  Koelner Lichter

  1. augLys og ildMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Cologne Pride (25. jun – 10. jul (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Koelner Lichter, Gamescom

• Festival

  Gamescom

  18.–30. aug · vanligvisStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Koelner Lichter (1. aug)

Skuldersesong — skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet, en helt vanlig måned

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Toppsesong — Cologne Marathon, Autumn holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Cologne Marathon

  4. oktSportsarrangementMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Carnival opens on 11 November, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11. novMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  16. nov – 23. desJul og nyttårMye folk

  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. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays i Germany

• Fare

  Rhine high water

  1. des – 31. mar · vanligvisFlomsesong

  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. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas markets (16. nov – 23. des)