Staying in Cologne for 4 days, any must see's outside of the city or in near by cities?

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Staying in Cologne for 4 days, any must see's outside of the city or in near by cities?

Answer 1

There is a Hard Rock Cafe...Also a cool thing is to go to the zoo where the gondolla across the Rhine originates..that will scare the c**p out of you...and when you see how invoved making chocolate stuff is you won't ever mind again paying a lot for it--it is complicated...you could see if they give tours of the big television station with the mouse...ZDR???ADR....must take days boat trip to Bonn and back...

Answer 2

you better get out of the cologne, or no one will want to be around you!!!  and anyways, why are you staying in cologne?  you would have to pay $1,000,000 for that much!

Answer 3

Koln (Cologne) is a great city! The Dom (huge, giant cathedral on the river) is a must-see. you can even climb the 300 stairs to the top of the towers, where you'll get an incredible view of the neighboring cities, the river, and some of the oldest and largest churchbells ever made. Outside the Dom, occasionally there are art exhibits or mimes in the square that can be kind of fun.

  But the all-around BEST thing to see/do in Koln is to go to the chocolate factory! From the cathedral, looking towards the river, it's the big glass building near the water. If you spend a day in the city, take at least two hours to tour the chocolate factory where, at the end, you can drink from a fountain of chocolate, ala Willy Wonka. It's a lot of fun; we've taken four or five groups of college/high school students back to the city and the chocolate factory is always the highlight.

I've attached a link to the city's webpage and a link to the train system in Germany so you know how to get there. Have fun!

Answer 4

If you like cathedrals visit Aachen (approx. 35 - 60min away by train)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aachen

http://www.aachen.de/EN/index.html

Answer 5

there is much to see! the köln (as germans call cologne) cathedral is a must see. the great gothic (i think) architecture is just astounding.  it towers over the city. also, near the church is a small place that sells- what else- cologne. if i am not mistaken this is where cologne was first bottled. i think the name of the cologne is 4221 or something. the last time i got one (long time ago), it comes in various sizes. it is perhaps, if not the oldest cologne brand in the world (espcially if cologne originated there)! nearby also is te chocolate museum. like a kid, living ala charlie of the chocolate factory, there is this small chocolate fountain/pond where you can eat wafers dipped in the chocolate fountain/pond!

very near cologne is bonn, where the capital of germany was transferred after the country was halve- east and west. better see it too.

have fun!

Answer 6

- boat trip on the river rhine

- chocolate museum

- the Dom (big cathedral) - if you don´t have asthma and you´re not afraid of height go upstairs the tower (great view over the city ,but no elevator)

- Wallraff-Richardtz -Museum  (great collection of paintings from the 14th - 19th century)

- Römisch-Germanisches Museum ( history of Cologne )

- St. Ursula church ( 4th century romanic church with the "Golden chamber" , a room with sacred bones of the 12000 virgins of cologne, a old saga of the city)

- the zoo

to ms.priss: The name of the eau de cologne is 4711, named by the house number of the company...

... and the capitol city of Germany is Berlin (since the reunion) - Bonn now is pretty boring...

Answer 7

neumarkt, Dom, Bonn, Dusseldorf

Answer 8

Definitely dine out at a great restaurant that is famous and enjoyable....it's called the "Y" and the aroma and meat there is excellent.