COLOGNE CARNIVAL 🤡🇩🇪 We Went to One of the Biggest Celebrations in All of Germany!

Hi everyone! I made a mistake in the video with the St. Maria I'm Kapitol church - it's not a Roman church. Here is the correct info - St. Maria im Kapitol (St. Mary's in the Capitol) is an 11th-century Romanesque church located in the Kapitol-Viertel in the old town of Cologne, Germany. The name “im Kapitol“ refers to the Roman temple for the Capitoline Triad that was built on today’s site of the church in the first century. The Catholic church is based on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, was dedicated to St. Mary and built between 1040 and 1065.[1] It is one of twelve Romanesque churches built in Cologne during this period.

Thanks for doing a video about Karneval in Köln! As a native Rheinländer now living in Oregon, it’s nice to get a little bit of a Karneval fix this way. But I’m also always surprised how few Americans have heard about Carneval in Germany. Since one of the main prejudices about Germans is that they don’t have fun or a sense of humor, people are always surprised when I tell them that Cologne basically closes down for 6 days and people celebrate and party around the clock during that time! Why is it thatevery American has heard about Oktoberfest, but nobody has heard about Carneval?

The Rosemonday parade has a distance of about 7 km, the parade itself of about 8 km. That means if the first one is in front of the finish line, the end still hasn't started. More than 12,000 people take part in the procession, including 1,500 people in dance groups, 2,600 musicians in 76 bands, 4,000 helpers and 3,200 foot groups. around 200 wagons and carriages are there, 300 tons of sweets are thrown, including 700,000 chocolate bars and 220,000 boxes of pralines, 300,000 little bouquets of flowers. The throwing material is paid for by the participants themselves and is not actually taken over by the clubs. Sometimes there are things from sponsors, but it's not a lot. The migration route is about 7km long and the parade about 8km. When the first group crosses the finish line, the last one hasn't even started. Depending on where you are, it can happen that you are on the road for 12 hours or more. Around 1.5 million people line the migration route every year. From Weiberfastnacht (Thursday before Shrove Monday) to Veilchentuestag (Tuesday after Shrove Monday) there are a total of around 70-80 smaller parades in the districts. I hope I was able to inform you about our customs and greetings from Cologne.

Kölle Alaaf! I lived near Kölln by a local family for around 2 month to visit German language school. I had an opportunity to experience the Carnival with another short stay. They have very distinctive culture and dialect. The folks are very kind and have warm heart. Thank you for the video which brought me back to the time, quite long long time ago!! "Dat wor jode ahle Zick!" 🙂

Grayson and the sponges! 😃😅🙈 Loved it! So funny 😃

It was an amazing time, so much fun, even though I had to leave early. I can't wait for another adventure with you all! 🥰

Hello from a German in Australia! I'm actually from Cologne and loved to see my hometown on your video. Glad you enjoy your time over there and wishing you all the best!

A late "Kölle Alaaf" to her Princess Sara and King Kevin from the Chiemgau Kingdom 😉😊 ! Well presented, your impressions of carnival in cologne. I appreciate your video and your informations about the history of this famous event. Thank you so much.

Es freut mich immer, wie Ihr Euren Kindern die neue Heimat mit all seinen Festen und Veranstaltungen näherbringt! Liebe Grüße vom Simssee (Lkr. Rosenheim)

Very good description Thank you! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Your son is so comical, it looks like a lot of fun. We hope to visit Germany one day, my husband was stationed there and he always tells me how beautiful it is, thank you for posting😊

Schön, dass es Euch in meiner Heimatstadt gefallen hat😉. Weiterhin viel Spaß in Deutschland und noch viele schöne Eindrücke.

Im glad you are really enjoying yourself, this video put many a smiles on my face. Also your children are so adorable :D

I see your children start speaking perfect German, This is wonderful. All my children speak at least 4 languages. Its a nice advantage and the world stands open.

My ancestors came from cologne. Beautiful city.

Das war lustig, danke für den schönen Film!❤️

It is so great to see how you you experienced Karneval! Growing up near to Cologne i love to see how much fun you had! A lot of people thinks that Karneval is just drinking beer and get drunk. It is absolutely NOT about that. It is about being together, meet new people from all over the world and celebrate the life at this exact moment!

Soo cool you guys had fun on the Karneval

nice! one important beer note: „Kölsch“ is a beer style while „Früh“ is just a brewery that mostly makes „Kölsch“-style beer. so it’s a Früh Kölsch. but there are many other Kölsch breweries: Reisdorf, Gaffel, Sion, Päffgen, …

Beautiful costumes!!!! Happy for you all.