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Vacation program at the Chocolate Museum

Buy your online ticket for the vacations in our webshop to avoid waiting times at the box office. You can book guided tours, courses and tastings from the comfort of your own home. We look forward to seeing you!

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Vacation program at the Chocolate Museum

Christmas holidays 2025

A varied adventure program awaits children, families and all chocolate fans.

Our family tours and tastings: We take children and adults into the world of chocolate

The big vacation quiz: Our quiz through the Chocolate Museum takes place every day. All children aged 8 to 12 can take part. Every vacation week, we raffle off three large chocolate packages among all participants who have found the correct solution.

In the confectionery: Watch how chocolate bars are made by the Maîtres Chocolatiers and refined with lots of delicious ingredients. Don't just want to watch, but also take part? Then our chocolate courses are just the thing for you! Book your ticket online in the webshop now!

Our tip: Get your online tickets now and avoid waiting times. Only the remaining tickets are available at the box office.

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Chocolate School Tasting Schokoladenmuseum Köln

Fancy some chocolate?

Our short tasting "Chocolate school compact"

The ideal complement to a visit to the Chocolate Museum for all chocolate fans. Taste cocoa beans and cocoa mass and learn interesting facts about the journey from the cocoa bean to the finished chocolate. In addition to visiting the exhibition, you will also gain an exciting insight into the production of chocolate. Curious? Reserve your place now!

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Let's go on an exciting round trip through the diverse world of cocoa and chocolate. Follow the path of cocoa to the finished chocolate. Taste the preliminary products and find out where the beans are hidden in the cocoa fruit. Of course, you can also peel and taste a real cocoa bean. Finally, you can see how chocolate is made today in our glass chocolate factory.

Today you can make little delicacies out of chocolate together with the Maître Chocolatier of the Chocolate Museum. Colorful chocolate lollipops, funny chocolate figures, a chocolate bar just the way you like it - there are no limits to your imagination. Of course, you can then take the finished treats home with you, give them as gifts or eat them yourself. For children aged 8 and over

Weihnachtsmann wickeln Schokoladenmuseum
How did Lindt Santa get his golden coat?

There is another highlight in the chocolate factory in the run-up to Christmas. There, 1-kilo Santas are dressed by hand. With great attention to detail, the Maitres Chocolatiers make Santas from the finest Lindt chocolate. Each of them is wrapped in a red coat. The foil is then polished by hand so that no wrinkles remain. Only when the coat fits like a second skin is the golden bell put on. This demanding task is performed on all Advent weekends and every day in the last week before Christmas.

Riesenrad und Hafen-Weihnachtsmarkt am Schokoladenmuseum
Harbor Christmas market

The maritime harbor Christmas market is a wonderful addition to a visit to the Chocolate Museum. The sails are hoisted directly in front of the main entrance for Christmas fans of all ages. Modern and stylish, the maritime Christmas market is set against a picturesque backdrop directly on the Rhine with 70 stalls in snow-white pagoda tents that look like ships' sails.

An attractive combined ticket is available at the start in the webshop of the Chocolate Museum: pay once and enjoy three times! Combi tickets allow a ride on the Ferris wheel and a visit to the Chocolate Museum as well as a discount on purchases in the Chocolat Shop. This can be used for all products, for homemade chocolates from the chocolate museum's confectionery, for Christmas gift ideas and much more.

Opening hours: 14.11. to 23.12.2025 daily from 11 am to 9 pm
Fri/Sat until 10 pm