This year, the Bonn Office for Integration and Diversity is once again providing multilingual information about Carnival in German, English, French, Kurdish, Dari/Farsi, Arabic, Turkish, Albanian, and Ukrainian.
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👑 Inauguration of UNiversa Skirmante
It’s official – UNiversa Skirmante has been proclaimed at BonnExpat Alaaf! on January 28th!
A huge thank you to Mayor Guido Déus and Bonn Expat for making her proclamation part of such a joyful Carnival celebration. We had such an amazing evening. A special thank you to the Moderators of this amazing party, the wonderful “lioness” Deputy Mayor Dr. Ursula Sautter and Susanne Nolden.
Thank you to Bonna Stephanie III. and Prince Roland I., Wäscherprinzessin Judith I., Liküra Karoline I., Godesia Eva-Maria I. and Prince Gregor I., the dance group from the KG “Klääv Botz” Aegidienberg for your wonderful performance, for the visit of their Child Prince Michel I. and Princess Lilli I. and the carnival band “Jot Drop”.
And thank you our partners for this carnival session UN Women Germany, everyone from Stadt Bonn who organized and all the revelers who attended this fun event celebrating carnival.
Tollitäten reception at the Stadtwerke Bonn
Thank you to Stadtwerke Bonn and the Festausschuss Bonner Karneval for the invitation to your wonderful reception yesterday evening. UNiversa Skirmante had a great evening meeting many carnavalists including the Prinz und Bonna, Prince Roland I. and Bonna Stephanie III., and other royalties.
We are very grateful to work in partnership with Stadtwerke Bonn during the carnival session, as they generously support us by providing us with a fleet of electric cargo bikes to use at Rosenmontag. A million times thank you!
Proclamation of Prince Roland I and Bonna Stephanie III
Congratulations to Prinz Roland I and Bonna Stephanie III from the Festausschuss Bonner Karneval on their proclamation tonight.
UNiversa Skirmante and the UNFunken were delighted to celebrate with you on this momentous occasion at the Maritim Hotel, we wish you both a wonderful session under the motto “200 years of Carnival in Bonn: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”!
Touring exhibition 200 years of Carnival in Bonn
Carnival and sustainability – can they go together? At UNFunken, we think Yes! And since yesterday, this is even part of an exhibition in Bonn.
The Federal City of Bonn is celebrating 200 Years Of Carnival this year with the traveling exhibition “Loss mer fiere. 200 jecke Johr en Bonn”. It showcases highlights from the rich and diverse history of Carnival, which began with the founding of the “Bönnische Carnevals-Gesellschaft” in 1826. We’re delighted to be represented with one of our sustainable wooden medals.
Come and take a look! Until October 2026, the exhibition will travel in a container through all city districts. At the moment, it’s located at Bonn’s Market Square.
More information about the exhibition can be found here: bonn.de
Notification of the inauguration of UNiversa Skirmante at “BonnExpat Alaaf!”
The Mayor of Bonn will continue the tradition of hosting
“BonnExpat Alaaf!” in the Old Town Hall on Wednesday, January 28, at 6 pm,
Learn about beautiful Rhenish Carnival traditions, meet Carnival royalty—starting with Prince and Bonna—and watch the inauguration of UNiversa Skirmante of UN Funken, Bonn’s international Carnival association founded by UN Bonn staff members. And, of course, enjoy a party with music, dancing, and drinks.
More info on https://international.bonn.de/
The carnival session has begun
The carnival session has begun and UNiversa Skirmante and the UNFunken were in Bonn at the Marktplatz to greet the season.
Thank you to Prinz Roland I and Bonna Stephanie III, Kinder Prinz Noah I and Bonna Leonie I, the Festausschuss Bonner Karneval and Mayor Guido Déus for bringing the sunshine and a wonderful program to the stage under the motto “200 Jahre Bonner Karneval – jestern, hück und morje”.
We are looking forward to meeting old and new friends throughout this carnival session! 3 x Alaaf
Session 2025/2026 Opening
All UN Sparkles: Meet us at the Bonn market place on November 11th 11:11 a.m. Wear blue and join the crowd in welcoming the 200th session of carnival in Bonn.
💸 Crowdfunding Campaign for sustainable Ordens
We have started a crowdfunding campaign on the platform „Viele schaffen mehr“ (many achieve more). We want to raise funds for our sustainable wooden Ordens for this session and beyond.
The benefit of asking for donations via this platform: The bank will top up each donation from an individual donor of more than 5 Euros with another 10 Euros. More smaller donations mean more added money from the bank.
The campaign will run until 26 November 2025. If we reach our funding goal of 1,000 Euros, we will get this amount plus the matching amounts from the hosting bank. Any amount beyond our goal will also be ours. Should we not reach the goal, donators will receive their money back. And we will get NOTHING. Hard to imagine that this could happen though with such an engaged group of members and friends.
Summer night at the museum
The UNFunken and UNiversa Skirmante visited the Heimatmuseum Beuel at the invitation of the Heimat und Geschichtsverein Beuel am Rhein e.V. yesterday. Thank you for opening your doors to us and giving us the opportunity to enjoy a relaxed evening together and to take a look behind the scenes of your wonderful museum.
We highly recommend a visit – check out https://www.hgv-beuel.de/ for more information.
We would also like to thank Wäscherprinzessin 2026 designate Judith I and Obermöhn Patty Burgunder of Beueler Weiberfastnacht, as well as Lord Mayor Katja Dörner and our friends Biggi from Bonn Information and Dirk for joining us.