Carnaval (esta festa dura cinco dias, começando na data indicada) Quinta-feira
3 Fevereiro 2005 (esta data apenas se refere a este ano)
*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