Shopping Sundays in Cologne

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Cologne: next shopping Sunday

Sun 8 November

in 10 days: Cologne, Stadtteil Braunsfeld, 13-18 Uhr

Dates, from Thu 29 October3
Towns with a date1
Maximum in North Rhine-Westphalia8 a year (LÖG NRW)
List checked on29 October 2026

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Cologne, from Thu 29 October: dates with area, occasion and official source
DateTownAreaOccasionHoursSource
Sun 8 NovemberCologneStadtteil BraunsfeldBraunsfelder Martinsmeile13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 6 DecemberCologneInnenstadtWeihnachten in Köln13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 13 DecemberCologneStadtteil Porz-MittePorzer Adventsmarkt13-18 UhrStadt Köln

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Cologne spreads its shopping Sundays almost entirely across its neighbourhoods. The council adopted the 2026 ordinance on 5 February; it releases Sundays for Sülz-Klettenberg, Porz-Mitte, Lindenthal, Rodenkirchen, Deutz, Neuehrenfeld, the Severinsviertel, Rath-Heumar, Dellbrück and Braunsfeld, each tied to a local festival and from 1 pm to 6 pm. The city centre has only one date left in 2026, the second Advent Sunday on 6 December for the Christmas markets. The second centre Sunday on 19 April, for the FIBO fitness fair, was withdrawn by urgent decision after its legal basis fell away. In all, the list holds 16 entries for 2026. This is possible because North Rhine-Westphalia counts eight days per release area, and a city using districts can reach sixteen. Cologne has not yet published an ordinance for 2027.

How Cologne allocates its Sundays

Cologne’s ordinance is a list of district festivals. Each entry names a festival, a day and an area, usually a shopping street around the festival mile. Shops in that area open, not the whole city. Anyone heading to “Kunst im Carrée” in Sülz-Klettenberg on 18 October will find open shops there, but not in Ehrenfeld or on the Schildergasse. Lindenthal and Porz-Mitte each have three dates in 2026, more than any other district.

There are two Cologne dates in December: the centre on the second Advent Sunday and Porz-Mitte on the third, for its Advent market. In North Rhine-Westphalia the act allows one Advent Sunday per district and two at most for the whole town. Hours are the same for every Cologne date: 1 pm to 6 pm, the longest the state permits.

Dates in 2026 in Cologne

Shopping Sundays and holidays 2026 in Cologne, as published by the town
DateAreaOccasionHoursSource
Sun 26 AprilStadtteil Sülz-KlettenbergCarrée Fest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 31 MayStadtteil Porz-MittePorzer Autofrühling13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 14 JuneStadtteil LindenthalLindenthaler Familien- und Veedelsfest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 12 JulyStadtteil RodenkirchenRodenkirchener Sommertage13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 2 AugustStadtteil DeutzFamilien- und Stadtteilfest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 30 AugustStadtteil LindenthalLindenthaler Sommerfest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 13 SeptemberStadtteil NeuehrenfeldNeuehrenfest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 13 SeptemberStadtteil Porz-MitteMusikalischer Herbst13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 20 SeptemberSeverinsviertelDä längste Desch vun Kölle13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 20 SeptemberStadtteil Rath-HeumarHerbstfest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 27 SeptemberStadtteil DellbrückStraßenfest13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 11 OctoberStadtteil LindenthalStreet Gallery13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 18 OctoberStadtteil Sülz-KlettenbergKunst im Carrée13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 8 NovemberStadtteil BraunsfeldBraunsfelder Martinsmeile13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 6 DecemberInnenstadtWeihnachten in Köln13-18 UhrStadt Köln
Sun 13 DecemberStadtteil Porz-MittePorzer Adventsmarkt13-18 UhrStadt Köln

Dates in 2027 in Cologne

Cologne 2027: not yet published. As soon as the town announces its dates, they will appear here.

Is a 2027 Sunday possible in North Rhine-Westphalia?

North Rhine-Westphalia, Sunday, 28 November 2027

Can be released

Maximum per year8
Opening hoursfrom 13:00, 5 hours at most
Possible Sundays 202746 / 52
Who releasesthe local public order authority, by ordinance
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The state’s rules and its other towns: shopping Sundays in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Common questions

Is there still a shopping Sunday in Cologne city centre in 2026?

Yes, on 6 December 2026, the second Advent Sunday, from 1 pm to 6 pm for the Christmas markets. The second planned centre date on 19 April no longer applies: the city struck it from the ordinance by urgent decision. All other Cologne dates in 2026 cover single districts.

Why does Cologne have so many district dates?

North Rhine-Westphalia allows eight Sundays per release area and up to sixteen per town when releases are split across districts. Cologne uses this for neighbourhood festivals such as the Neuehrenfest or the longest table in the Severinsviertel. Only shops around the festival concerned open.

When will Cologne publish its 2027 dates?

The council adopted the 2026 ordinance in early February. A similar timetable is likely for 2027; nothing had been published by 29 October 2026. As soon as the city announces it, we will add the dates here. Until then Cologne appears for 2027 as “not yet published”.

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