You can`t miss this work of art: A giant ice cone landed upside down on a big mall building at Neumarkt square / Cologne. The Neumarkt is an excellent shopping area, too.
Updated Jun 23, 2008
A castle-like former patrician`s house - one of the few truly medieval buildings in the Old Town of Cologne.
Updated Jun 23, 2008
If you feel tired from walking, you can take an excursion bus from Cathedral Square.
The bus will take you to the Rhein Embankment and to the Chocolate Museum and back.
Updated Jun 8, 2008
Written Jan 29, 2007
There was not much going on in the Alt Markt when we came here, but there were certainly plenty of beer halls and pubs
Updated Nov 1, 2004
Address: Alter Markt
We came down to the Old Town much later in the evening.
Apparantly I rode a pig.
Updated Nov 1, 2004
Written Apr 18, 2004
Don't miss the beautiful town houses (14th - 17th centuries) in and around the Old Market Square and the Martinsviertel district (historic centre).
Written Oct 12, 2003
Address: Old Town
Wander through the Old Town Centre (Altstadt) where there are many wonderful old buildings and cafes and of course shopping.
Updated Aug 3, 2003
Written Aug 25, 2002
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Wander through the Old Town Centre (Altstadt) where there are many wonderful old buildings and cafes and of course shopping.
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