Renânia do Norte-Vestfália · Germany
In the destination Colônia and Düsseldorf.
In the photo: Kölner Dom, Colônia
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The city
Colônia is the largest city in Renânia do Norte-Vestfália and one of the oldest in Germany, founded by the Romans on the banks of the Reno. The Kölner Dom, the Gothic cathedral next to the central station, dominates the center. Nearby are the Hohenzollernbrücke, the Alter Markt with its Kölsch breweries, the Romanesque church Groß St. Martin and the Museum Ludwig. On the other bank, the KölnTriangle and the Rheinpark offer views of the city.
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The local experience
Gothic cathedral with 157-metre towers, begun in 1248 and completed in 1880, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It houses the reliquary of the Three Kings and has a walk-up to a platform in the south tower.
The cathedral treasury, in medieval underground chambers next to the Dom, with reliquaries, crosses, goldsmithing and liturgical vestments from the 4th to the 20th century.
Steel-arched railway bridge over the Reno, aligned with the cathedral. It has a pedestrian walkway and thousands of love locks attached to the railings.
Square in Colônia’s old town, between the cathedral and the Reno, with narrow colorful houses, the historic town hall and traditional Kölsch breweries around it.
Romanesque church from the 12th century beside the Reno, with a large square tower that defines the Altstadt skyline. It is one of Colônia’s twelve major Romanesque churches.
Museum of 20th- and 21st-century art next to the cathedral, with the largest pop art collection in Europe, one of the largest Picasso collections in the world, and German Expressionism.
Museum about the history of cocoa and chocolate on a peninsula in the Rheinauhafen, with a tropical greenhouse, a small glass-enclosed chocolate factory, and a café overlooking the Reno.
Large park on the right bank of the Reno, between Deutz and Mülheim, with lawns, gardens and wide views of the cathedral and the old town across the river.
A 103-meter office building in Deutz with a glass-enclosed panoramic platform on the 29th floor, facing the cathedral, the bridge and the old town.
Museum and memorial in the EL-DE-Haus, the former Gestapo headquarters in Cologne, with cells in the basement where prisoners left hundreds of inscriptions on the walls.
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