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Cologne itinerary

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  1. 1

    Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)

    Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the reason most first-time visitors come to Cologne in the first place, and it earns every superlative. Construction started in 1248, stopped for roughly 300 years, and finished in 1880…

    Address
    Domkloster 4, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Köln Hauptbahnhof (S-Bahn S6/S11/S12/S19, U-Bahn U5/U16/U18)
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    Hohenzollern Bridge (Hohenzollernbrücke)

    The Hohenzollern Bridge carries more than 1,200 trains a day across the Rhine and, since roughly 2008, has also carried several tonnes of love-locks clipped to its pedestrian railings by couples who then throw the keys…

    Address
    Hohenzollernbrücke, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Köln Hauptbahnhof (walk 3 minutes) or Köln Messe/Deutz on the east bank
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    Old Town (Altstadt) and Fischmarkt

    Cologne's Old Town (Altstadt) was 95% destroyed in the war, so what you see today is a careful reconstruction of the medieval merchants' quarter that ran along the Rhine. The Fischmarkt itself is the small triangular…

    Address
    Fischmarkt, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Rathaus (U-Bahn U5) or Heumarkt (U-Bahn U1/U7/U9)
  4. 4

    Cologne Chocolate Museum (Schokoladenmuseum Köln)

    The Cologne Chocolate Museum (Schokoladenmuseum Köln) sits on its own peninsula in the Rhine, in a purpose-built glass and steel building that looks like a ship's prow. It was founded in 1993 by Hans Imhoff, the…

    Address
    Am Schokoladenmuseum 1a, 50678 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Schokoladenmuseum (bus 133) or Heumarkt (U-Bahn) + 10-minute walk
  5. 5

    Rhine River Promenade (Rheinpromenade)

    The Rhine promenade (Rheinpromenade) runs along the west bank for roughly four kilometres from the Zoobrücke in the north down past the Chocolate Museum to the Südbrücke. The most walkable stretch is the one-kilometre…

    Address
    Rheinuferstraße, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Heumarkt (U-Bahn U1/U7/U9) or Rathaus (U-Bahn U5)
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    Museum Ludwig

    Museum Ludwig is one of Europe's most important collections of 20th-century art, and it sits directly behind the cathedral in a zigzag-roofed building that also houses the Philharmonie. The collection started with a…

    Address
    Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Köln Hauptbahnhof (walk 3 minutes)
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    Roman-Germanic Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Museum)

    The Roman-Germanic Museum (Römisch-Germanisches Museum) holds the archaeology of Roman Cologne, which was one of the largest cities north of the Alps for four hundred years. The star piece is the Dionysus mosaic, a…

    Address
    Cäcilienstraße 46, 50667 Köln (temporary Belgisches Haus location through 2026)
    Nearest transit
    Neumarkt (U-Bahn U1/U3/U4/U7/U9/U16/U18)
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    Great St. Martin Church (Groß St. Martin)

    Great St. Martin Church (Groß St. Martin) is the second silhouette on the Cologne skyline - the squat Romanesque tower with four turrets that anchors every Rhine-side photo alongside the cathedral. The current church…

    Address
    An Groß St. Martin 9, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Rathaus (U-Bahn U5) or Heumarkt (U-Bahn U1/U7/U9)
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    Kolumba Art Museum

    Kolumba is the art museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne, designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor and opened in 2007 on the ruins of St. Kolumba church, which was bombed in 1943. The building envelopes the medieval and…

    Address
    Kolumbastraße 4, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Appellhofplatz (U-Bahn U3/U4/U5/U16/U18)
  10. 10

    Kölsch Brewery Experience - Brauhaus Sion or Früh am Dom

    Kölsch is Cologne's local beer style - a bright, top-fermented lager served in a 0.2-litre straight glass called a Stange. There are legally only around two dozen breweries allowed to produce Kölsch under the 1986…

    Address
    Früh am Dom: Am Hof 12-18, 50667 Köln / Brauhaus Sion: Unter Taschenmacher 5-7, 50667 Köln
    Nearest transit
    Köln Hauptbahnhof (walk 4 minutes) or Rathaus (U-Bahn U5)

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