Constance

Konstanz is a city in southern Germany. It lies on the border with Switzerland and on Lake Constance (Bodensee) between Obersee and Untersee, exactly where the river Rhine exits the lake. Wikivoyage

Population 86,691 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 8 h 27 in Dec, dark by 16:31 · 15 h 58 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 51 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 16 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 51 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 37 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 07 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 58 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 37 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 19 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 37 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 55 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 19 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 27 of daylight
Tourist office · 490 m Tourist-Information Konstanz

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Carnival

    February – March

    This week-long event involves parades, costumes and parties. Carnival is an old tradition in southern Germany, made up a mix of pagan and Christian beliefs, whose main purpose is to chase out winter.

    Official site

  2. International Bodensee Week

    May

    This festival is all about boats. It features boat exhibitions, regattas, and water skiing shows & competitions

    Official site

  3. Christopher Street Day

    July

    A cross-border LGBT pride parade/demonstration in Konstanz and neighbouring Swiss city Kreuzlingen. There are several cultural activities in the week leading up to the parade.

    Official site

  4. Konstanz Wine Festival

    July

    An outdoor festival featuring local wines and live music

    Official site

  5. Rock am See

    August

    1-day music festival

    Official site

  6. Seenachtfest

    August

    1-day festival with live music and other performances on a few different stages, water shows (e.g. waterskiing), a market.

    Official site

  7. Christmas Market

    November – December

    An outdoor festival where the main marketplace and harbour are lined with stalls selling mulled wine, food, art and kitchy stuff

    Official site

7 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Constance); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Wochenmarkt

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 07:00–13:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 07:00–13:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:00–13:00

    760 m from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: 07:00–13:00
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 07:00–13:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:00–13:00

    1.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 64 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Konstanz-Petershausen 1.2 km, Kreuzlingen 1.3 km, Kreuzlingen Hafen 1.7 km, Konstanz-Fürstenberg 1.8 km, Bernrain 2.5 km, Kurzrickenbach Seepark 2.7 km, Tägerwilen Dorf 2.9 km, Konstanz-Wollmatingen 3.0 km, Tägerwilen-Gottlieben 3.2 km, Bottighofen 3.8 km, Lengwil 4.3 km, Reichenau (Baden) 4.7 km, Triboltingen 5.0 km, Münsterlingen-Scherzingen 5.1 km, Münsterlingen Spital 5.7 km, Siegershausen 5.8 km

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