COLOGNE, Germany — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday ... symbolically taking power for one day — which is why carnival's Fat Thursday in this region is traditionally called Weiberfastnacht, or ...

This also means that when I came across National Pastry Week, Paczki Day, and Fat Thursday I had to write about them. Uncharacteristically of me, I’m actually going to start from the end with ...

In addition to typical German brass band music ... the so-called fifth season of the year — which lasts from Fat Thursday to Ash Wednesday ahead of Lent in the traditionally Roman Catholic ...

In many places, women stormed city halls, symbolically taking power for one day — which is why carnival's Fat Thursday in ... more than on a regular Thursday, German news agency dpa reported.

Revellers from Bamberg celebrate in front of the Cologne Cathedral the start of the street carnival in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) ...