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Knowledge & learning in Cologne

Cologne on the Rhine offers many ways to engage with history, science, and culture. The Roman-Germanic Museum and Kolumba trace thousands of years of the city's past, while the NS Documentation Centre examines a difficult chapter of 20th-century history. The Chocolate Museum explores the production and global story of a beloved commodity. The Flora Cologne and Cologne Zoo bring botanical and zoological discovery together in one city. Further afield, the LVR-Freilichtmuseum Kommern presents rural Rhenish life across the centuries. Groß St. Martin, Alter Markt, Severins Bridge, and the Skywalk Jackerath viewpoint round out a picture of a city and region with much to explore.

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  • Flora Cologne
    Google · Flora und Botanischer Garten

    Flora Cologne

    Cologne

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    Laid out 1864, ballroom in greenhouse-meets-palace style, plus four themed gardens and a tropical house.

  • Alter Markt
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    Alter Markt

    Cologne

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    Medieval square ringed by historic brewhouses, the carnival tunnel and the Jan-von-Werth statue.

  • Chocolate Museum
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    Chocolate Museum

    Cologne

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    Glass pavilion at the Rheinauhafen with a living tropical greenhouse and a 3 m chocolate fountain.

  • Cologne Zoo
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    Cologne Zoo

    Cologne

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    Founded 1860, 10,000 animals, the historic Moorish-style elephant house and the adjacent Flora botanical garden.

  • Groß St. Martin
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    Groß St. Martin

    Cologne

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    12th-century Romanesque with the distinctive four-tower crossing — one of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches, by the Rhine.

  • Kolumba
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    Kolumba

    Cologne

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    Diocesan art museum built over Romanesque church remnants and WW2 rubble — by Peter Zumthor.

  • Severins Bridge
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    Severins Bridge

    Cologne

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    Distinctive A-shaped pylon, links the southern districts to Deutz, with a walk over the Rhine.

  • Kölnischer Kunstverein
    Google · Walter Freiherr von dem Bussche Streithorst

    Kölnischer Kunstverein

    Cologne

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  • ruhender Verkehr
    Google · Patrick Schallert

    ruhender Verkehr

    Cologne

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  • Arte popular latino
    Google · Arte Popular Latino

    Arte popular latino

    Cologne

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  • Friesenviertel
    Google · Krafthaus by David Flacke - Friesenviertel

    Friesenviertel

    Cologne

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    Compact nightlife quarter between the Ring and Stadtgarten — cocktail bars, brewhouses and late-night snack stalls.

  • Galerie Minrath
    Google · Galerie Minrath

    Galerie Minrath

    Cologne

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  • Galerie ten Hoevel
    Google · Galerie ten Hoevel

    Galerie ten Hoevel

    Cologne

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  • Lindenthaler Tierpark
    Google · Rainer Maus

    Lindenthaler Tierpark

    Cologne

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  • Rehbein Galerie
    Google · Felix Fischer

    Rehbein Galerie

    Cologne

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  • Stars of the Galaxy
    Google · Stars of the Galaxy

    Stars of the Galaxy

    Cologne

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  • Ulrike Tolksdorf
    Google · Censur

    Ulrike Tolksdorf

    Cologne

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