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Cologne Women Carnival Day (Weiberfastnacht)
 
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When:  Mar 3 , 2011

Where:  Cologne (Köln), Germany



Cologne's Women's Carnival Day (Weiberfastnacht) is part of The Crazy Days carnival.

In the early morning, the streets are filled with young women and teenagers dressed in colorful cloths. On 11:11 o'clock the carnival starts with parades and various events. In the evening, lots of parties are held in the bars and clubs where the women take their revenge from the men in a humorous way.
If a man meets a woman that approaches with pursed lips in one of the parties, he has to be prepared to get a ''festival kiss'' named Butzie. But if she approaches with scissors, the man should be prepared to loose his tie (it will be cut).
The Women Carnival events create a unique joy atmosphere.

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Please note that the details of the event are subject to change. We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers before making any travel arrangements.


Event related information:

Links: Cologne Carnival

   
Contact:
info(at)koelnerkarneval.de
Festkomitee des Kölner Karnevals von 1823 e.V.
Maarweg 134-136
D-50825 Köln
Telefon: +49 (0) 221 5 74 00-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 221 5 74 00-37
   
Admission fee: Most are free











background and overview:

As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.

[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
 

Germany

Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.
Languages:
German .
Climate:
Temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind.
Capital:
Berlin
Time Zone:
CET (UTC+1) UTC+1 , (Summer (DST) UTC+2)
Currency (code):
Euro (EUR)
Call Code:
+49
Electric Power:
230V 50Hz
Tourist office:
German National Tourist Board (GNTB) Beethovenstraße 69 60325 Frankfurt/Main Fax: +49 (0) 69/75 19 03
Tourist website:
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