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Attractions in Cologne
From Cologne Cathedral to the Crane Houses, from the Chocolate Museum to the Hohenzollern Bridge. Every highlight with its neighborhood, entry price and how to get there.
Old Town
Cologne Cathedral
A Gothic cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site and 515 feet tall. With 6 million visitors a year, it is Germany's most-visited landmark.
Free entry
Old Town
Hohenzollern Bridge
A railway bridge famous for its love locks. The best selfie spot, with the cathedral in the background.
Free entry
Old Town
Museum Ludwig
One of the world's most important collections of modern art. Picasso, Pop Art and the Russian avant-garde.
from 11 €
Old Town
Groß St. Martin
A Romanesque basilica with a clover-leaf choir. One of Cologne's twelve great Romanesque churches.
Free entry
Old Town
Cologne City Hall
The oldest city hall in Germany, with a Renaissance loggia and a 200-foot council tower. A carillon plays Stockhausen compositions.
Free entry
Old Town
Heumarkt
At 176,000 square feet, Cologne's second-largest square. Equestrian statue of Friedrich Wilhelm III and the Heinzels Wintermärchen market.
Free entry
Old Town
Wallraf-Richartz Museum
Cologne's oldest picture gallery, with the world's most comprehensive collection of medieval painting.
from 8 €
Old Town
Roman-Germanic Museum
Cologne's archaeology museum, home to the famous Dionysus Mosaic from the year 220 AD.
from 6 €
Old Town
NS Documentation Center
In the historic EL-DE House, Cologne's former Gestapo headquarters. A cellar prison with inscriptions left by the prisoners.
from 4.5 €
Old Town
Hahnentor
A medieval city gate on Rudolfplatz. The coronation gate through which kings passed on their way from Aachen to the cathedral.
Free entry
Rheinauhafen
Chocolate Museum
Germany's sweetest museum at the Rheinauhafen. A chocolate fountain, a live production line and tastings.
from 13.5 €
Rheinauhafen
Crane Houses at the Rheinauhafen
Three striking L-shaped office towers. An emblem of modern Cologne and a top photo spot from the opposite riverbank.
Free entry
Deutz
KölnTriangle Panorama
A 330-foot observation deck with the best view of the cathedral and Old Town.
from 5 €
Deutz
Lanxess Arena
Germany's largest indoor arena, with its striking 250-foot arch. Home of the Kölner Haie hockey team.
Free entry
Deutz
Rhine Park
100 acres of parkland by the Rhine with the Tanzbrunnen, a miniature railway and water terraces. A former garden-show site.
Free entry
Deutz
Tanzbrunnen
An open-air stage in the Rhine Park right by the river. A venue for concerts, summer nights and Carnival sessions.
Free entry
Belgian Quarter
Stadtgarten
Cologne's first modern park, from 1828, with a jazz club and a beer garden. A meeting point in the Belgian Quarter.
Free entry
Südstadt
Severinstorburg
A medieval city gate with an asymmetric hexagonal tower. The starting point of the Carnival parade.
Free entry
Südstadt
St. Maria im Kapitol
One of the twelve great Romanesque churches. A trefoil design with famous wooden doors from 1065.
Free entry
Südstadt
Volksgarten
A popular city park with a pond, the Volksgarten restaurant and a beer garden right by the water.
Free entry
Old Town
St. Gereon
A Romanesque basilica with the largest self-supporting dome of the Middle Ages north of the Alps.
Free entry
Old Town
St. Aposteln
A Romanesque basilica on Neumarkt with a distinctive trefoil design and twin towers.
Free entry