Cologne’s Carnival up close!

Cologne’s Rose Monday carnival parade is an unforgettable experience for the visitor, especially when you see up close how over 10,000 people throw tons of “Kamelle und Strüßcher”  (sweets and flowers) from the floats to the revelling crowds. Along the seven-kilometre route of the parade you can find many places that serve as good viewing spots. But the Festkomitee grandstands are a great chance to experience the parade in an even more relaxed manner and see all the details of the special satirical floats full-size. For this event the “Festkomitee Kölner Karneval” (Festive Committee of the Cologne Carnival) has some attractive offers:

We offer you sheltered and non-sheltered seating on our grandstands. Carnival-goers also have the possibility to choose between self-catering and our special catering options:

• Non-sheltered seating/ bench: EUR 39,90
• Sheltered seating/ bench: EUR 62,50
• Sheltered seating/ chair: EUR 64,50

TIP! Sheltered seating/ chair plus all-inclusive catering: EUR111

You can order and buy your grandstand tickets here:
Order by e-mail from the ticket service of Festkomitee Kölner Karneval: 
kartenservice@koelnerkarneval.de

Or buy directly from 2 January 2010:
In the "Kaatebus" (ticket bus) of Festkomitee Kölner Karneval at Neumarkt
phone: +49 (0) 221 - 25 80 40 4

or

At Theaterkasse Galeria Kaufhof Hohe Straße
phone: +49 (0) 221 - 22 13 44 91

In 2010 the Carnival dates are as follows:

• Women's Carnival Day, Thursday, 11 Februar 2010
  Official opening of the street carnival at 11:11 hrs at the Alter Markt in the heart of the old town of Cologne.
• Carnival Saturday, 13 Februar 2010
  Traditional "Funkenbiwak", the gathering of the colourful Corps troops at the Neumarkt.
• Carnival Sunday, 14 Februar 2010
  School group parade through the city centre starting at 11:00 hrs.
• Rose Monday, 15 Februar 2010
  The climax of street carnival, with the official parade starting before 11:00 hrs, organised by the
  Festive Committee of the Cologne Carnival.
• Carnival Tuesday, 16 Februar 2010
  Various Carnival parades in the suburbs of Cologne.
• Ash Wednesday, 17 Februar 2010
  Traditionally, fish dinners are served at pubs and restaurants 

The Parade on Rose Monday
No doubt, the highlight of the street carnival is Rose Monday with over 10.000 participants, one-third of them female, 440 horses , 97 floats and 123 bands in 2009.
The 2010 motto: "Kissed in Cologne". Don't miss it!

Autograph card Dreigestirn 2009