Carnaval (extende-se por 5 dias a partir desta data) วันพฤหัสบดี 3 กุมภาพันธ์ 2005 (วันที่เปลี่ยนไปตามปี)
*In Cologne, "Crazy Days" have been prepared since November. People wear costumes. Girls try to cut men's neckties.
A second carnival is dedicated to ghosts and ends with the burning of "Nubbel", a straw figure. **In Cologne only