The Local's Emma Anderson shares what she learned after her first time hanging with all the 'Jecken' at Cologne's renowned Karneval. If there's one thing everyone knows about Cologne, it's that the ...

Germany's Carnival season begins on November 11, and runs until Ash Wednesday. Here's everything you need to know about the colorful celebrations.

You might know Alaaf and Helau, but The Local’s Karneval guide glossary will clue you in on Quetschenbüggel and S'goht degege. Because of its ancient traditions, Karneval has preserved a vocabulary ...

Why does a man still play a "maiden" in Cologne Carnival in Germany? And what did the Nazis have against men wearing makeup? A Carnival history explainer. Carnival has been celebrated in the German ...

Every year, in the six “crazy days” before Lent, over a million costumed revelers take over the streets of Cologne in a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages. One day before Rose Monday, ...