Carnevale (Questa festività dura cinque giorni a partire dalla data indicata) Giovedí 31 Gennaio 2008 (la data cambia a seconda dell'anno)
*In Cologne, "Crazy Days" have been prepared since November. People wear costumes. Girls try to cut men's neckties.
A second carnival is dedicated to ghosts and ends with the burning of "Nubbel", a straw figure. **In Cologne only