科隆（德國）全年活動

人多 — 德國的Christmas holidays、主要客源市場中有 6 個正逢學校假期

1月沒有新的活動開始。

仍在進行： Rhine high water（12月1日–3月31日（通常））

人多 — Karneval、主要客源市場中有 3 個正逢學校假期

• 節慶

  Karneval

  2月12–18日嘉年華人潮多要早訂

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Rhine high water（12月1日–3月31日（通常））

人多 — 德國的Easter holidays、主要客源市場中有 3 個正逢學校假期

• 假期

  Easter holidays

  4月3–6日復活節與聖週有休業人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Karneval（2月12–18日）、Rhine high water（12月1日–3月31日（通常））

人潮高峰 — Easter holidays、德國的Easter holidays

• 自然

  White asparagus season

  4月10日–6月24日 · 通常收穫季

  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. 來源 ↗

• 節慶

  c/o pop Festival

  4月12–28日 · 通常音樂節

  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. 來源 ↗

• 假期

  Ascension and Whitsun

  5月14–25日國定假日有休業人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Easter holidays（4月3–6日）

人潮高峰 — Ascension and Whitsun、德國的Whitsun/Pentecost holidays

• 節慶

  Sommerblut Kulturfestival

  5月8–28日 · 通常藝術節

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： White asparagus season（4月10日–6月24日（通常））、Ascension and Whitsun（5月14–25日）

人多 — Cologne Pride、主要客源市場中有 4 個正逢學校假期

• 節慶

  Cologne Pride

  6月25日–7月10日 · 通常人潮多要早訂

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： White asparagus season（4月10日–6月24日（通常））、Ascension and Whitsun（5月14–25日）

人潮高峰 — 旅人形容這時是旺季、Cologne Pride

• 節慶

  Koelner Lichter

  8月1日燈火與火祭人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Cologne Pride（6月25日–7月10日（通常））

人潮高峰 — Koelner Lichter、Gamescom

• 節慶

  Gamescom

  8月18–30日 · 通常重要節慶人潮多要早訂

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Koelner Lichter（8月1日）

平季 — 主要客源市場中有 3 個正逢學校假期、是普通的月份

9月沒有新的活動開始。

人潮高峰 — Cologne Marathon、德國的Autumn holidays

• 節慶

  Cologne Marathon

  10月4日體育賽事人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

人潮高峰 — Carnival opens on 11 November、Christmas markets

• 節慶

  Carnival opens on 11 November

  11月11日人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

• 節慶

  Christmas markets

  11月16日–12月23日耶誕與跨年人潮多

  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. 來源 ↗

人潮高峰 — Christmas markets、德國的Christmas holidays

• 風險

  Rhine high water

  12月1日–3月31日 · 通常洪水季

  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. 來源 ↗

仍在進行： Christmas markets（11月16日–12月23日）