Regional Association of Cities Cultural Days 2026 — Monschau, Roetgen & Simmerath

In 2025, Baesweiler was the focus of the Regional Association of Cities Cultural Days — the second edition after Alsdorf in 2024. The format, with over 20 events spread over three months, had already proven itself in the first edition; in 2025, it confirmed its viability.

With the third edition in 2026, the festival now travels for the first time to the southern part of the Regional Association of Cities: Monschau, Roetgen, and Simmerath in the North Eifel. The selection of these three municipalities — a historic cloth manufacturing town, the gateway to the Eifel, and a national park neighbor — creates a particularly attractive cultural landscape.