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For centuries, Cologne was looked at crookedly because of its carnival and, with its festivities in the foolish times, encountered complete misunderstanding in the rest of the country.

In large parts of the north in particular, people reacted disgustedly to the bad habit in the Rhineland of having fun together in public under the influence of alcohol.

This tradition, which has been around since the Middle Ages, has come to a sensational end in 2021: For the first time since the Second World War, northern Germans celebrate the carnival highlight, Rose Monday, just like the Rhinelander.

Bremen, Hamburg and Kiel as funky as Cologne

“Nope, what is that nice!”, Johannes “Schäng” Nettekoven, die-hard carnivalist from Cologne-Rodenkirchen, is pleased to report via zoom from his living room.

It was already close in 1991, but the North Germans still refused to march through Hamburg in disguise and make-up as part of a ghost procession, according to Nettekoven.

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The guard gunner of the Rodenkirchener Mömmesflitscher 1822 eV is all the more heated by the thought that the resistance of the northern lights could actually be broken this year.

Pictures from the press agencies show that on Rose Monday in Flensburg, Kiel and Bremen it is just as atmospheric as in the streets of Cologne.

"I could cry", the Rhinelander, who is known to be built close to the water, sniffs when looking at these scenes.

Northern lights pleasantly surprised by Carnival

Are things growing together in Germany that never really belonged together?

In any case, in the north you are pleasantly surprised by how natural it all feels.

"Not meeting anyone, drinking at home and sitting on the sofa like a clown with tangled long hair, dark circles and sweatpants, that's just crazy," wonders Fredo Schmollsen from Husum after a long sip from the beer bottle, "if that's the case, I've been celebrating Rose Monday every day for a year! "

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