Last updated: December 01, 2024
Welcome to your complete guide to the holiday season in Porz am Rhein! This practical guide provides you with an overview of all festive activities and events in our Rhine city.
Around the historic marketplace and along the Rhine promenade, traditional Christmas markets await you with regional specialties and craftsmanship. From the Old Porz Parish Church to the Rhine riverbank, festively decorated streets and squares stretch out, while the nearby districts of Cologne-Deutz and Cologne's Old Town with their winter attractions are just a short S-Bahn ride away.
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Sparkling lights and individually composed soundscapes at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress.
The Christmas Garden in Ehrenbreitstein Fortress offers a magical winter world with sparkling lights and diverse gastronomic offerings.
Where: Koblenz | More Info: Christmas Garden in Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Enchanting lighting and decoration inspired by Master Florist Gregor Lersch.
In the Kurpark of Bad Neuenahr, experience a new form of the festive season. The enchanting lighting and decoration, inspired by Master Florist Gregor Lersch, will captivate you.
Where: Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler | More Info: Bad Neuenahr Shore Lights
Unique Christmas lighting with over 600 fairy lights and countless grape balls.
Winningen im Lichterglanz transforms into a winter wonderland, featuring enticing scents, handmade treasures, and twinkling lights that create a fairy-tale Christmas world around the courtyards and small wooden stalls.
Where: Winningen | More Info: Winningen in the Glow of Lights
Star-shaped layout and over 70,000 LEDs in the light canopy.
The Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market features 150 festively decorated stalls with handicrafts, gifts, and food. Over 300 Herrnhuter stars light up the sales stands and central stage.
Where: Cologne | More Info: Christmas Market at Cologne Cathedral
Unique feature: Giant Ferris wheel offering breathtaking views of the Christmas market and pre-Christmas Cologne.
The Cologne Harbor Christmas Market at the Chocolate Museum offers a stylish and maritime atmosphere with around 70 diverse stalls. Visitors can find high-quality goods and craftsmanship, fine foods and drinks from around the world, as well as a varied cultural and entertainment program.
Where: Cologne | More Info: Cologne Harbour Christmas Market
Unique starry sky and enchanting angels
The Angel Market offers a festive Christmas world with enchanting angels, the Winter Queen, and living snow owls. Visitors can enjoy mulled wine and cocktails under a unique starry sky and be enchanted by Christmas music.
Where: Cologne | More Info: Market of Angels
The spectacular ice rink and diverse themed alleys.
Heinzels Wintermärchen offers a rich variety of specialties, handicrafts, and gifts. The Christmas market spans across Alter Markt and Heumarkt, and delights with its spectacular ice rink and diverse themed alleys.
Where: Cologne | More Info: Heinzels Winter Fairytale
Unique combination of culinary delights and cultural highlights.
The Vringsadvent on Chlodwigplatz offers a diverse selection of culinary delights, art, and entertainment. Retailers, restaurateurs, associations, and artists from the Veedel and the region showcase their offerings. The project hut displays the history of the Veedel in wonderful images, and nine charitable organizations present their social projects.
Where: Cologne | More Info: Vringsadvent
Christmas market with weekly changing exhibitors and diverse culinary offerings.
The Stadtgarten Christmas market offers a variety of selected articles from unique craftsmanship to exquisite design. It features a diverse culinary offer and homemade mulled wine from organic cultivation.
Where: Cologne | More Info: Stadtgarten Christmas Market
Over 160 stalls with handmade and culinary offerings.
The Bonn Christmas Market transforms the city center into a festive market with over 160 stalls offering handmade and culinary items.
Where: Bonn | More Info: Bonn Christmas Market
The city's largest Advent calendar on the baroque town hall.
The Koblenz Christmas Market transforms the historic old town into a winter wonderland of lights. Numerous stalls offering handmade items invite visitors to a cozy gift hunt. The city's largest Advent calendar on the baroque town hall is a must-see.
Where: Koblenz | More Info: Koblenz Christmas Market
Unique romantic atmosphere and variety of stalls.
The Ahrweiler Christmas Market is a well-known and popular Christmas market, distinguished by its romantic atmosphere and the variety of typical Christmas market stalls. The Christmas-decorated stalls cover a large part of the city center and put every visitor in a beautiful pre-Christmas mood. The high quality of the cultural program and the hot mulled wine make the visit a highlight of the Christmas season.
Where: Ahrweiler | More Info: Ahrweiler Christmas Market
Family-friendly atmosphere with diverse offerings and culinary highlights.
The Nikolausmarkt in Remagen offers a diverse range of gift and seasonal items, toys, and handicrafts. The stalls provide information about the work and engagement of the city's groups, associations, and institutions. In addition to culinary highlights and a festive "Genuss Lounge," there are a nostalgic carousel and a small Ferris wheel for children.
Where: Remagen | More Info: Remagen St. Nicholas Market
Traditional procession of the Swedish Light Queen Lucia.
The Lucia Market in Rech offers a diverse entertainment program with historical guided tours, musical performances, and a traditional procession of the Swedish Light Queen Lucia.
Where: Rech | More Info: Lucia Market in Rech
Living nativity scene and romantic wooden huts
The Andernach Christmas Village features a living nativity scene and romantic wooden huts offering gift and decoration items as well as festive treats. Amateur actors present the depiction of the Christmas story at the four Advent weekends.
Where: Andernach | More Info: Andernach Christmas Village
Traditional torch walk through the vineyards with wine tasting.
The Martinsmarkt der regionalen Genüsse in Dernau offers a variety of decorative items, handicrafts, and regional delicacies. A highlight is the traditional torch walk through the vineyards and the St. Martin's fire, which burns high above the village.
Where: Dernau | More Info: Martins Market in Dernau