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D'r Zoch kütt on Rosenmontag [ RoasernMoantuc ] - Watch the big Rose Monday Parade ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenmontag & https://www.koeln.de/karneval/rosenmontagszug-koeln/ with about 1.5 million other Jecken!✖
LOCATION:
On the streets of Cologne😉
WE'LL BE NEAR FRIESENPLATZ metro stop, OPPOSITE the main entrance of the "Lindner Hotel City Plaza", just in front of the (CLOSED!) way out of the "CONTIPARK" parking garage there ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/6VHVonofq2n53KLY7 ), just 50 meters down Magnusstr. from Friesenplatz ( https://goo.gl/maps/RRhVfzmV3X8Y13WC9 ). HOWEVER since at some point you can't cross the streets here anymore (not allowed to enter the way of the parade - and far too many spectators to get thru first anyways...) AND MAYBE because of a construction site at the corner of Hohenzollernring and Magnusstraße you MIGHT have to walk a bit of a detour to get to us "from behind": https://maps.app.goo.gl/tkEHVXp9eDuFfTBaA - OR EVEN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gb9CYRJfBogLUgCQA OR https://maps.app.goo.gl/S1vd6864HcSgC8S1A
I'LL UPDATE HERE ON MONDAY IN THE SUPER UNLIKELY CASE WE HAVE TO CHANGE LOCATION!
In the morning I'll upload pics to our Google Photos Album: https://photos.app.goo.gl/vfX44MTpi - so you cn check WHAT COSTUME I (and perhaps also some others of us) WILL BE WEARING to hopefully find us more easily!
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We and about 1.5 million people will be watching the big parade.
3 hours to see it all passing:
8,5km long, around 11,500 participants, 60 bands, almost 4,000 helpers.
Plus 77 decorated floats, 25 parody wagons (with large paper mâché figures commenting on current events) and about 60 baggage trucks on which they store all the sweets to be thrown during the parade:
300 tons of sweets, 700,000 bars of chocolate, 220,000 boxes of chocolate, 300,000 bunches of flowers, thousands of soft toys and other gift articles!
So - again - you'll have to get up early - but at least you can skip your shower, since we'll make up for that in the evening. ("Carnival 2025 MON 03 03 EVE post parade SAUNA" - ☞!ⒻⒾⓃⒹ ⒶⓁⓁ ⒸⓈ&ⒻⒷ-ⓁⒾⓃⓀⓈ ⒷⒺⓁⓄⓌ!☜)...
We really have to be there early, even though we'll then have to wait for 1-2 hours for the parade... For otherwise we won't see a bit as we'll be in the 10th (or so) row - no matter where along the 8km parade way of the parade we go to. But we'll bring some Kölsch and food and there will be other people already, too, and some music and so it's not just standing and waiting😉 At our flat we get up by 9:00 to leave by 10:00 and be there by 10:30am!
We'll be along the way near FRIESENPLATZ metro stop. For not only is that very easy to get to from our place (just 4 stops on metro lines #12 & #15) but it's also very easy to get from there to the AUQALAND sauna afterwards ("Carnival 2025 MON 03 03 EVE post parade SAUNA" - ☞!ⒻⒾⓃⒹ ⒶⓁⓁ ⒸⓈ&ⒻⒷ-ⓁⒾⓃⓀⓈ ⒷⒺⓁⓄⓌ!☜) as well as to main station with just 2 stops on metro line #5 towards Heumarkt!
And in addition to that I'll have an option for us to store our sauna stuff (towels etc....) and for luggage for those who have to leave straight from there!
The location where we'll (almost definitely) be is OPPOSITE the main entrance of the "Lindner Hotel City Plaza", just 50 meters down Magnusstrasse from Friesenplatz ( https://goo.gl/maps/RRhVfzmV3X8Y13WC9 ). That's the road that the parade will go down, too -
So if you arrive after the parade will already have started, then it might be tricky to get to where we'll be in front of the (CLOSED!) way out of the parking garage! From the underground stop take the south-east exit up (that should be Hohenzollernring/Magnusstr - BUT NOT THE ONE ending right outside the STARBUCKS BUT the one ending right outside the opposite corner house, which is still a building site. BECAUSE OF THAT (building site) it might be impossible to just go down Magnusstr. from there ( https://maps.app.goo.gl/i3RbxNbT67SJXxDRA ) and you might have to take a detour thru some "back alleys" to get to us: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tkEHVXp9eDuFfTBaA - OR EVEN: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gb9CYRJfBogLUgCQA OR https://maps.app.goo.gl/S1vd6864HcSgC8S1A
Do some shopping on the way to get yourself supplies to take to the city - like some beer and perhaps sandwiches etc.! But there'll also be places to buy "Kölsch" and some food from where we'll watch the parade. Or we can live on cookies and chocolate and candies😉 Don't forget your bags! ALSO an umbrella or rain cape (ideally those disposable ones for a few Euros) might be a great idea!
We'll be there till about 15:30 (it's impossible to be exact on that - might take less time or much more and we might even decide at some point to not watch it all but leave earlier!)...
And then we'll go straight to the Aqualand sauna SPA from there to make most use of the 33,90 € we'll have to pay for a day ticket - for if we arrive there by 16:30 at the latest then we'll have about 6 hours to spend there in which time there'll be 10-11 pouring ceremonies to attend🙂
If 34 € is too much for you then you might wanna consider joining us later and be at the Aqualand by 19:15 to get in at 19:30 sharp for the "Late rate" for 23,90 € - but then you will only have 3 1/2 hours to spend there...
Those who are too prudish for sauna (and the MANDATORY NUDITY...) shall have no problem finding something else to party on for one more night - instead of sweating out the alcohol of the last few days in their Adam's costumes with us😉
Probably just hook you up with other CS'ers (using the WhatsApp group!) who are not going with us to the sauna either...
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HOW AND WHERE CAN "LATERCOMERS" MEET US ON MONDAY:
On Monday morning our PLANNED MEETING POINT will be at ABOUT 10:15 am at the upper end of the escalators from metro stop FRIESENPLATZ leading up at the exit Hohenzollernring/Magnusstr. There are 4 escalators (at 4 exits/entrances) and - again - ours it NOT the exit "FRIESENSTRAßE", the one that comes up next to the STARBUCKS, BUT the one for Hohenzollernring/Magnusstr.!!!
IF it is not possible to meet there (too crowded or we're just running late….) THEN try and find us directly at the place from where we'll watch the parade (see above!)
You can go to main station first to store your stuff there (see "G: HYPER MODERN LOCKERS SYSTEM AT COLOGNE MAIN STATION (KÖLN HAUPTBAHNHOF/HBF)" on the Main Event Page "Cologne Carnival 2025 - THU 27 Feb -> TUE 04 Mar" - ☞!ⒻⒾⓃⒹ ⒶⓁⓁ ⒸⓈ&ⒻⒷ-ⓁⒾⓃⓀⓈ ⒷⒺⓁⓄⓌ!☜!). OR bring it to the meeting point, for I'll have a place nearby where we can store it - but then you'd have to get it from there when I leave for the sauna, which would be a bad option for you if you don't wanna join us for that! From that locker system at main station you can always pick up your stuff at night when you go home. This should very probably be before 22:00 - so if you can't use the automatic locker machines then you can today actually store it at that luggage counter next to "Douglas", too!
MIND THAT you might have to stand in line at any of the luggage storage terminals or the luggage counter a loooooooooong time - and it might even be full!
From main station take the metro line #5 for 2 stops west (towards "Butzweiler Hof") to get to FRIESENPLATZ metro stop. EITHER you will have succeeded in contacting me or one of us beforehand so we can TRY TO come and pick us up from the meeting point (see above!) - or you'll just have to find us where we'll stand to watch the parade (again: see above!).
Try and contact anyone of us first - THOUGH getting hold of one of us might be tricky and take a while...
Try the WhatsApp group and/or check the posts and discussion threads on the EVENT PAGES AND (if you can) CHECK THE DESCRIPTION HERE AGAIN FOR ANY LAST-MINUTE UPDATES (that I might even add after the "event started") BEFORE YOU COME TO JOIN US!
AND check the Google Photos Album where ALL THE LATEST PICS OF US WILL BE UPLOADED to see what we look like each day!):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vfX44MTpi
Also read "C: COMMUNICATIONS" on the Main Event Page "Cologne Carnival 2025 - THU 27 Feb -> TUE 04 Mar" - ☞!ⒻⒾⓃⒹ ⒶⓁⓁ ⒸⓈ&ⒻⒷ-ⓁⒾⓃⓀⓈ ⒷⒺⓁⓄⓌ!☜ !)!!!
I'LL UPDATE HERE ON MONDAY IN THE SUPER UNLIKELY CASE WE HAVE TO CHANGE LOCATION!
AS WELL AS WHAT COSTUME I (and perhaps also some others of us) WILL BE WEARING - so you can find us more easily!
THEREFORE (if you can) CHECK THE DESCRIPTION HERE AGAIN FOR ANY LAST-MINUTE UPDATES BEFORE YOU COME TO JOIN US!
MAKE SURE YOU'RE WEARING YOUR COSTUME BEFORE MEETING UP WITH US - YOU DON'T WANNA LOOK LIKE A COMPLETE IDIOT, DO YOU???
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IF YOU INTEND TO TAKE PART in this event then PLEASE "sign up" on the event page(s) AND JOIN THE WhatsApp group ( see the main event page [ https://couchers.org/event/3434/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-tue-04-mar * https://www.facebook.com/events/512480731453020 * https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-tue-04-mar ] all the way down under "ALL THE MAIN LINKS" )!
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ALL THE MAIN LINKS:
WhatsApp group:
see the main event page [ https://couchers.org/event/3434/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-tue-04-mar * https://www.facebook.com/events/512480731453020 * https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-tue-04-mar ] all the way down under "ALL THE MAIN LINKS"
Google Maps:
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=198FRmLD_f1L8BPVxxBRzUa20kw5wWDd8&usp=sharing
Cologne Carnival 2025 - THU 27 Feb -> TUE 04 Mar
https://couchers.org/event/3434/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-tue-04-mar
https://www.facebook.com/events/512480731453020
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-tue-04-mar
Cologne Carnival 2025 - MON 03 Mar 2025, EVE - post parade SAUNA
https://couchers.org/event/3452/cologne-carnival-2025-mon-03-mar-2025-eve-post-parade-sauna
https://www.facebook.com/events/491141893762048
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-mon-03-03-eve-sauna
Cologne Carnival 2025 - THU 27 Feb 2025, DAY - Weiberfastnacht
https://couchers.org/event/3436/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-02-day-weiberfastnacht
https://www.facebook.com/events/922055863423978
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-02-day-weiberfastnach
Cologne Carnival 2025 - THU 27 Feb 2025, EVE - STADTGARTEN
https://couchers.org/event/3438/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-feb-2025-eve-stadtgarten
https://www.facebook.com/events/1648141279123131
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-thu-27-02-eve-stadtgarten
Cologne Carnival 2025 - FRI 28 Feb 2025 - Zülpicher Strasse
https://couchers.org/event/3440/cologne-carnival-2025-fri-28-feb-2025-zulpicher-strasse
https://www.facebook.com/events/637820465379780
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/carnival-carnival-2025-fri-28-02-zulpicher-strasse
Cologne Carnival 2025 - SAT 01 Mar 2025 - Friesenstrasse
https://couchers.org/event/3442/cologne-carnival-2025-sat-01-mar-2025-friesenstrasse
https://www.facebook.com/events/990059956358578
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-sat-01-03-friesenstrasse
Cologne Carnival 2025 - SUN 02 Mar 2025, DAY - Rodenkirchen
https://couchers.org/event/3446/cologne-carnival-2025-sun-02-mar-2025-day-rodenkirchen
https://www.facebook.com/events/932393238877703
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-sun-02-03-day-rodenkirchen
Cologne Carnival 2025 - SUN 02 Mar 2025, EVE - KitKatClub@Bootshaus
https://couchers.org/event/3448/cologne-carnival-2025-sun-02-mar-2025-eve-kitkatclub-bootshaus
https://www.facebook.com/events/1331924341466651
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-sun-02-03-eve-kitkatclub-bh
Cologne Carnival 2025 - MON 03 Mar 2025, DAY - ROSEMonday Parade
https://couchers.org/event/3450/cologne-carnival-2025-mon-03-mar-2025-day-rosemonday-parade
https://www.facebook.com/events/923038419912451
https://www.couchsurfing.com/events/cologne-carnival-2025-mon-03-03-day-rosemon-parade
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CONTIPARK Parkhaus Am Friesenplatz (Alte Wallgasse), Magnusstraße 20, 50672 Cologne, Germany, Magnusstraße 20, 50672 Köln, Deutschland,Cologne, Germany
