Highlights
Cologne Cathedral
The cathedral is not only the center and heart of Cologne but also the number one attraction in Germany with more than 6 million visitors per year. With its approximately 160 meters high towers it is the third highest cathedral in the world.
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Ludwig Museum
The Ludwig Museum was founded in 1976 when the married couple Ludwig gifted the city of Cologne their collection of modern art. Besides an extensive collection of Russian Avantgarde paintings and several hundred works by Pablo Picasso the museum shows the biggest collection of pop art outside the USA.
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Chocolate Museum
The most popular museum in Cologne is located at the Rheinauhafen: The Chocolate Museum tells the 5000 year old cultural history of chocolate. You can even watch how they produce their own chocolate or snack from the chocolate fountain, which is always filled with 200 kg of fresh liquid Lindt chocolate.
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In the flagship store of the world-famous Cologne fragrance brand "4711", you can refresh yourself at any time at a fragrance fountain with ´Real Cologne Water´, and museum tours about the history of fragrance are also offered. Alternatively, the popular fragrance seminar offers another great experience.
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Brewery culture
The „Cologne way of life“ and an extraordinary local patriotism, which the people of Cologne like to celebrate extensively, can be found especially in the Cologne breweries. Communication is uncomplicated, people celebrate and drink the local beer "Kölsch" together. The waiter, called "Köbes“, serves typical Rhenish dishes.
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KölnTourismus GmbH
Kardinal-Höffner-Platz 1
50667 Cologne / Germany
Email: info@koelntourismus.de
Phone: +49 (0) 221 346 43 0
Travel options
Köln Bonn Airport is connected to more than 130 domestic and international destinations. Via excellent high-speed connections you can travel by train which is often the fastest and greenest way to the cathedral city in the heart of Europe. Trans-European bus lines stop here too. By car you can reach Cologne via numerous European motorways to change easily to public transports at Park-and-Ride stations. Of course, you can conveniently dock at the metropolis on the Rhine by ship.
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