Cologne Events
Attractions | Dining | Events
“What's up?” is a question perpetually asked by millions of travelers, tourists and backpackers every day. And why wouldn't they? Who would desire to visit a country or a city that is absolutely boring and is without a single special event to celebrate. The City of Cologne in Germany however, understands that both visitors and locals need special events and festivals to organize and attend to in order to promote a sense of community and hospitality. And that is why both residents and visitors of the fair German City of Cologne are annually given the chance to celebrate different festivities together through the many
Sporting events are great attractions in Cologne because these special celebrations help promote healthy choices, awareness, and develop communal unity among its local and foreign participants. One of the most famous sporting events held annually in the City of Cologne is the famous Ford Cologne Marathon which has a been celebrated for more than a decade now and is supported by millions of participants and spectators.
If you are not up for a marathon but would just like to sit back and enjoy the festivities from the sidelines, then maybe the Kölner Lichter or Cologne Lights Fireworks Display would be just the event for you. You can sit comfortable in your car or set-up a nighttime picnic with family and friends as you enjoy the bright and colorful spectacle of a grand fireworks display. What is even more enchanting about this very visual Cologne event is that synchronized music played all throughout the Old Town District and the Rhine river banks also add more drama to the said event.
But if it is fun and excitement that you want, then by all means come to Cologne, Germany just in time for their annual Christopher Street Day Parade. Sometimes also called as Cologne Gay Parade, this frivolous and exciting event features hundreds of fabulous floats, amazing costumes and jaw-dropping performances arranged and hosted by the gay, lesbian and transvestite community of the city.
Of course, Cologne would be an authentic German city if it does not celebrate that famous golden bubbly liquid concoction—beer. And it does. The Cologne Beer Carnival is an annual event that attracts millions of visitors from all over the world all coming to Cologne to drink to good health, prosperity and long life.
The most famous event in Cologne however, is its annual Carnival. It is also called Fastelovend which when translated means Winter Carnival. Although celebrated in the cold season of winter, the streets of Cologne however, continue to be filled with people as parades, gastronomic events, bazaars ad performances are held for several day all throughout the City of Cologne.
