På gång i Cologne (Koln), Germany under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Germany, skollov i 6 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Rhine high water (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Karneval, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Karneval

  12–18 febKarnevalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Rhine high water (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Easter holidays i Germany, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Helg

  Easter holidays

  3–6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Karneval (12–18 feb), Rhine high water (1 dec – 31 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Easter holidays, Easter holidays i Germany

• Natur

  White asparagus season

  10 apr – 24 jun · vanligtvisSkörd

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  c/o pop Festival

  12–28 apr · vanligtvisMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Ascension and Whitsun

  14–25 majNationell helgdagStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Easter holidays (3–6 apr)

Mest folk — Ascension and Whitsun, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  8–28 maj · vanligtvisKulturfestival

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: White asparagus season (10 apr – 24 jun (vanligtvis)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 maj)

Mycket folk — Cologne Pride, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Cologne Pride

  25 jun – 10 jul · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: White asparagus season (10 apr – 24 jun (vanligtvis)), Ascension and Whitsun (14–25 maj)

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Cologne Pride

• Festival

  Koelner Lichter

  1 augLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cologne Pride (25 jun – 10 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Koelner Lichter, Gamescom

• Festival

  Gamescom

  18–30 aug · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Koelner Lichter (1 aug)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Mest folk — Cologne Marathon, Autumn holidays i Germany

• Festival

  Cologne Marathon

  4 oktSportevenemangTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Carnival opens on 11 November, Christmas markets

• Festival

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11 novTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Christmas markets

  16 nov – 23 decJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Christmas markets, Christmas holidays i Germany

• Risk

  Rhine high water

  1 dec – 31 mar · vanligtvisÖversvämningssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas markets (16 nov – 23 dec)