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Aachen Christmas Market
Aachen's big Christmas market wraps around the cathedral and town hall, with the famous Printen gingerbread and stalls tucked into the old-town lanes.
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Aachen Carnival – Rosenmontagszug (Öcher Fastelovvend)
Markt (devant l'hôtel de ville), Aachen · Aachen, GermanySeason4 February – 8 February 2027
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Inside the zone: Aachen low-emission zone (Umweltzone)
A green emissions sticker (Umweltplakette) on the windscreen is required — also for foreign cars.
Guide: what to doofficial website
P&R during the Christmas market (20.11.-23.12.2026): over 1,700 spaces at Westfriedhof, Waldfriedhof, Hangeweiher, Tivoli car park (closed on Alemannia home-game days) and Jülicher Str./Berliner Ring; bus EUR 5 for up to 5 people (ticket from the driver; at Tivoli the parking ticket is the bus ticket).
About the event
In Aachen the carnival is called Öcher Fastelovvend. On Monday 8 February 2027 at 11:11 am, up to 150 groups take part in the Rosenmontagszug, covering about 5 km through the historic centre to the Markt in front of the town hall. On Sunday 7 February, known here as Tulpensonntag, the big children's costume parade also sets off at 11:11 am on the same route. On Weiberfastnacht the Marktsitzung, a carnival session on the Markt, begins at 10:30 am and ends with the women storming the town hall. The 2027 route is not yet published; in 2026 the city banned stopping on both sides of the route all day on both parade days and set up many road closures.
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Dates and hours
Thursday 4 February 10:30 am; Sunday 7 and Monday 8 February 11:11 am (start times confirmed). End times not published; estimated as start + 3 h.
- Thu 4 February — 10:30–13:30. Weiberfastnacht: Marktsitzung and storming of the town hall
- Sun 7 February — 11:11–14:11. Kinderkostümzug (children's costume parade)
- Mon 8 February — 11:11–14:11. Rosenmontagszug (main parade)
Combine with
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