Cologne Photo: © Cologne Tourist Board It’s said that natives of Cologne who are living elsewhere, always feel homesick. Visitors to the city will soon understand why. Germany’s oldest metropolis, which, of course, gave its name to Eau de Cologne, offers a mix of magnificent and romantic churches, the latest in modern architecture, busy shopping streets and world-famous museums. And we haven’t even mentioned the carnival. Top 5 Erlebnistouren in Köln & R... Cologne is a Feeling - experience it in one of our about 70 entertaining top... Colonia Prima - Cologne Gu... You want to get to know Cologne and its people a little better? Know more ab... City Tour - Cologne Open A... Experience the highlights with the convertible XXL buses during a 1,5 h sigh... KölnTriangle Panorama – th... In Cologne, one speaks about the most beautiful view over the “Kölner Dom“an... l´Orange- Cafe and Restaur... The l’Orange attracts with fresh international cuisine both daily and weekly... Photo: © Cologne Tourist Board Updated 10 January 2014 Destination: Cologne Publishing date: 2014-01-10 THE CITY building on Glockenstrasse is the most popular with visitors. This is where the city’s most famous product, Eau de Cologne 4711, was originally made. DO & SEE Photo: © Cologne Tourist Board Visitors to Cologne will nd a modern media city with historic roots. Cologne is the oldest of Germany’s large cities and the impressive outline of its cathedral, a Gothic Photo: © Cologne Tourist Board masterpiece and the most visited building in Germany, towers over all the city’s other buildings. The cathedral, To visit the beautiful cathedral is a must and if you love art which was started in 1248, was one of the most then a trip to the Ludwig museum is appreciated. Of ambitious building projects of the Middle Ages and is still course you should not miss the Chocolate museum or one of the largest cathedrals in Europe. taste dierent types of beer, on one of several hundred pubs, around town. The city began life as a Roman colony, hence the name Erlebnistouren in Köln & Region – Tour Colonia, which later became Cologne, or Köln in German. Agentur Today Cologne is a metropolis in all senses of the word, Cologne is a Feeling - both in terms of its size and the attractions it has to oer. experience it in one of our It is a centre for the arts with many galleries and about 70 entertaining topical innumerable large international trade fairs. city tours. Join us and discover Cologne Cathedral The city’s skyline is dominated by the cathedral and twelve and the old town, hear Romanic churches, as well as by ve large radio and amusing stories and anecdotes, come to know Cologne's television buildings. Many printing rms and newspaper brewing houses with their rustic charm in a brewing house companies are based in Cologne, which is one of Europe’s tour, explore Roman and medieval Cologne in our most important media cities. Visitors will nd that the underworld tour and listen to exciting crime stories. majority of the sights, restaurants and nightclubs in Cologne are located in the city centre, in the Old Town or Address: Hohe Pforte 22 Altstadt, alongside the ring road around the city and in the Phone: +49 221 93 272 63 / +49 221 96 545 94 Severin district to the south. Internet: www.koeln-erlebnistouren.de / www.tour-agentur.de More Info: [email protected] Cologne’s location on the Rhine makes it the perfect starting place for romantic trips down the river. Amongst the more modern architectural sights, the Neo-Gothic Destination: Cologne Publishing date: 2014-01-10 Colonia Prima - Cologne Guided Tours height of more than 100 meters, provides a breathtaking You want to get to know 360 Degrees view on the “Domstadt”. By the express Cologne and its people a little elevator, one glides, with four meters per second, softly to better? Know more about the the top. Afterwards you can enjoy a Snack in the city’s 2000-year history? Go Restaurant L’Orange. for a stroll along a Roman sewer beneath the city Address: Ottoplatz 1 Phone: +49 223 49 92 15 55 streets? Enjoy a freshly drawn Kölsch in medieval vaulted Internet: www.koelntriangle-panorama.de cellars? Or maybe you’d rather explore the Altstadt, the old quarter, with the night watchman? No problem! The team l´Orange- Cafe and Restaurant in the ´Cologne of Colonia Prima look forward to welcoming you to Triangle´ Cologne. The l’Orange attracts with fresh international cuisine Address: Leonhard-Tietz-Str. 4, Cologne both daily and weekly specials Phone: +49 221 310 33 85 available. The restaurant oers Internet: www.colonia-prima.de / www.guidedtours-cologne.com Email: [email protected] friendly service and can also be rented as a venue. Tip: City Tour - Cologne Open Air daily from 10 am After a delicious visit to l’orange take a ride up to the Experience the highlights with panoramic platform and enjoy the view. the convertible XXL buses during a 1,5 h sightseeingtour Address: Ottoplatz 1 Phone: +49 221 29 07 72 57 or with a dayticket on a Hop Internet: www.koelntriangle.de/cafe_bistro_restaurant on Hop of Tour. Just "hop o" at any stop along the way and The Cathedral Of St. Peter and Maria rejoin the tour on one of the next buses. 1,-- € discount Work on building the cathedral began in 1248 and it was with catchword: Arrival Guide. the largest building project undertaken in the Middle Ages. A large, spacious church was needed to accommodate the Meetingpoint: Burgmauer next to the Tourist Oce opp. to inux of pilgrims who came to visit one of the most the main entrance of the cathedral (DOM). important shrines in the Catholic Church, which holds the relics of the three wise men. The bones are kept in a Phone: +49 221 979 25 70 casket which is the most precious treasure in the Internet: www.ccs-busreisen.de cathedral: a masterpiece of the medieval goldsmith’s art. KölnTriangle Panorama – the best view over Cologne Address: Kölner Dom/Domplatz Phone: +49 221 179 405 55 In Cologne, one speaks about Internet: www.koelner-dom.de the most beautiful view over Email: [email protected] the “Kölner Dom“and over the historic city center. The visitor’s platform on the roof of the KölnTriangle, with a Destination: Cologne Publishing date: 2014-01-10 MUSEUMS Europe on 3.600 m² exhibition space. Photo: Atelier Brückner / Michael Jungblut Address: Cäcilienstr. 29-33 Public Transport: Neumarkt Phone: +49 221 221 31356 Internet: www.museenkoeln.de/rjm Kolumba – Art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne A triad of place, collection, and architecture, it allows the Museum Ludwig visitor to experience two The most comprehensive Pop millennia of western culture in Art collection in Europe. The a single building. Comprising third largest Picasso art from late antiquity to the collection in the world. One of very present, the whole ensemble is imbued with a still the best collections of German reverberating sense of history - visibly intensied through Expressionism. One of the its distinctive architecture, designed by Peter Zumthor. internationally most signicant collections of photography. One highlight follows another in this museum! The basis Address: Kolumbastraße 4 Opening hours: every day except Tuesdays 12 to 17 for the founding of the museum in 1976 was a generous Phone: +49 221 933 1930 gift of 350 works of modern art from Peter and Irene Internet: www.kolumba.de Ludwig to the City of Cologne. Since then the museum, More Info: [email protected] which bears the name of its founders, has continually Museum of Applied Arts Cologne (MAKK) expanded its holdings and today is one of the most important collections of art of the twentieth and The MAKK is unique in North twenty-rst centuries worldwide. Rhine-Westphalia. The comprehensive collections Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz, Cologne from the Middle Ages to the Phone: +49 221 221 26165 21th century cover glass, Internet: www.museum-ludwig.de ceramics, porcelain, jewellery, Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum Cultures of the furniture, textile art, graphics and an international design World department including ne art. The museum, which was awarded the Council of Photo: RBA Köln Address: An der Rechtschule Europe Museum Prize in Phone: +49 221 221 23860 Fax: +49 221 221 23885 2012, provides insights into Internet: www.makk.de both new and old, exotic and More Info: Image copyright: RBA Köln familiar worlds. Visitors embark on a multi-media, interactive voyage of discovery with objects from Africa, Asia, America, Oceania and Destination: Cologne Publishing date: 2014-01-10 Cologne City Museum DINING Knights battles and Klüngel (nepotism): The Kölnisches Stadtmuseum presents on an about 2000 sqm the unique history of the city of Cologne from the Middle Ages to the present day. The museum is housed in the "Zeughaus" - the city's former ar-moury, built around 1600. The collection provides visitors with the opportunity to gain an Photo: © Cologne Tourist Board insight into the political history, economy, intellectual, religious and everyday life and typical characteristics of For those not native to the area, it’s important to realise the city. Visit The Cologne City Museum and explore the that a “Halver Hahn” is not a dialect term for half a history of Cologne viewing the unique original exhibits. chicken, but a rye bread roll lled with Gouda cheese. The regional beef dish “Rheinischer Sauerbraten” is a delicacy, Address: Zeughausstraße 1-3 which generally contains raisins and is served with Phone: +49 221 22 125 789 Internet: www.museenkoeln.de/ksm delicious gravy and potato dumplings.