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  • Bonn Karneval (Carnival)

    Bonn

    Karneval in Bonn is a vibrant, traditional Rhineland carnival season celebrated from 11 November to Ash Wednesday, embodying the “fifth season” with colorful costumes, festive gatherings, and over 100 carnival sessions attracting more than a million participants. Street carnival begins on Weiberfastnacht with town hall storms and parades. The highlight is the Rosenmontag parade, where […]

  • Alemannic Shrove Monday Parade

    Freiburg

    The highlight of the "Alemannische Fasnet" (Alemannic Carnival) is a gathering of all the Carnival organizations from the whole of the vicinity for the large "Rosenmontag" (Shrove Monday) parade in Freiburg. Floats and colorful costumes can be seen on the streets. People hidden under wild, almost sinister masks play jokes on others until late at […]

  • Trier: Illuminale & City Campus Festival

    Illuminale in Trier is a spectacular light art festival that transforms the city’s historic center into a glowing open-air gallery. During this special evening event, UNESCO World Heritage sites such as the Porta Nigra, cathedral, and Roman monuments are illuminated with creative light installations, projections, and artistic performances. Visitors stroll through beautifully lit streets while […]

  • Aachen Pilgrimage

    Aachen

    Heiligtumsfahrt in Aachen is a historic Catholic pilgrimage and festival held every seven years, rooted in medieval tradition since at least 1349. It celebrates the public showing of four revered cloth relics—associated with Jesus and Mary—kept in the golden Marienschrein of Aachen Cathedral, drawing tens of thousands of pilgrims from around the world. Over about […]