Cologne

Roncalli Square, Roman-Germanic Museum

The square on the south-side of the cathedral is named Roncalli-Square after the civil surname of Pope John XXIII. The square is bordered by the Domhotel...

Boardwalk near the Old Town

The boardwalk in front of the old town is the main docking place of the Köln-Düsseldorfer excursion boats. Since 1982, the road on the left bank is in...

Cathedral at Dusk

The full name of the Cologne Cathedral is "Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria." At 157 meters, it is the third tallest church in the world and the only...

Heinrich Böll Square

Situated next to the museum Ludwig, between the cathedral and the Rhine river is this square, which is named after the writer Heinrich Böll. In honor...

Heumarkt

The Heumarkt ("Hay Market") is one of the biggest squares in the center of cologne. In the middle ages this was the place where hay for the horses and...

Paolozzi Fountain at the Rhine Garden

At the northern end of the Rhine garden, between Heinrich Böll Square and river, is the Paolozzi fountain, which is also simply known as sculpture fountain...

Bridge over the Mediapark Pond

In the early 1990s, development of the Mediapark began northeast of the city center of Cologne, on the site of the former freight depot Gereon. The Kölnturm...

Aachen Pond in the Hiroshima Nagasaki Park

Downtown Cologne is almost completely encircled by a park belt which is in the place of the former inner city fortification. It is seven kilometers long...

Kennedyufer next to the Hohenzollern Bridge

The right bank of the Rhine river from the Deutzer bridge to the Tanzbrunnen is called Kennedyufer (Kennedy bank). Right next to the Hohenzollern bridge,...