O que acontece em Colônia, Alemanha, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Christmas holidays em Alemanha, férias escolares em 6 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Rhine high water (1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Karneval, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Karneval

  12–18 FevCarnavalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Rhine high water (1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Movimentado — Easter holidays em Alemanha, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Feriado

  Easter holidays

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaFechamentosLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Karneval (12–18 Fev), Rhine high water (1 Dez – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Easter holidays, Easter holidays em Alemanha

• Natureza

  White asparagus season

  10 Abr – 24 Jun · normalmenteColheita

  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 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. Fonte ↗

• Feriado

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 MaiFeriado nacionalFechamentosLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Easter holidays (3–6 Abr)

Lotação máxima — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays em Alemanha

• Festival

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  8–28 Mai · 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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: White asparagus season (10 Abr – 24 Jun (normalmente)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 Mai)

Movimentado — Cologne Pride, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Cologne Pride

  25 Jun – 10 Jul · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: White asparagus season (10 Abr – 24 Jun (normalmente)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 Mai)

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, Cologne Pride

• Festival

  Koelner Lichter

  1 AgoLuzes e fogoLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Cologne Pride (25 Jun – 10 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Koelner Lichter, Gamescom

• Festival

  Gamescom

  18–30 Ago · normalmenteGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Koelner Lichter (1 Ago)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Lotação máxima — Cologne Marathon, Autumn holidays em Alemanha

• Festival

  Cologne Marathon

  4 OutEvento esportivoLotado

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Carnival opens on 11 November, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11 NovLotado

  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 DezNatal e Ano-NovoLotado

  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 ↗

Lotação máxima — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays em Alemanha

• Risco

  Rhine high water

  1 Dez – 31 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de enchentes

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Christmas markets (16 Nov – 23 Dez)