Guidebook for Köln
Food Scene
The menu is changed very often to offer you great meals prepared with seasonal products. It is a very nice restaurant of good value for money.
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Rosenrot
4 TurmstraßeThe menu is changed very often to offer you great meals prepared with seasonal products. It is a very nice restaurant of good value for money.
A very nice place for Brunchs! You should definitly book 1 day in advance!
It is unfornately closed on Sundays!
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cafecafe - urban eats & coffee
45 Aachener Str.A very nice place for Brunchs! You should definitly book 1 day in advance!
It is unfornately closed on Sundays!
Very nic small café-brasserie offering fresh food.
Kind of finger food but you can take several things and get enough for a dinner at a reasonable price (less than 15 euros, without drinks).
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Textilcafe
122 EigelsteinVery nic small café-brasserie offering fresh food.
Kind of finger food but you can take several things and get enough for a dinner at a reasonable price (less than 15 euros, without drinks).
Törtchen Törtchen - Neusser Straße
325 Neusser Str.If you like pastries you will love it!!!!
Very nice brasserie serving fresh food. They have a big choice for wines. You should definitls book in advance!
When the weather is nice they have a huge terrasse on the square in front of the restaurant.
Only default: it is quiet loud inside, espacially in the winter garden...
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Morio
12 SchillstraßeVery nice brasserie serving fresh food. They have a big choice for wines. You should definitls book in advance!
When the weather is nice they have a huge terrasse on the square in front of the restaurant.
Only default: it is quiet loud inside, espacially in the winter garden...
The best Icecreams of the city are there.
There are 2 ice cafés Breda next to each other.
Every Colonian would recommend!
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Eiscafé Breda
8 PfeilstraßeThe best Icecreams of the city are there.
There are 2 ice cafés Breda next to each other.
Every Colonian would recommend!
Many brasserie's there.
I would recommend Café Schmitz, a huge terrase for 3 places: the ice café Schmitz (very good but not as good as Breda's ones), bar Schmitz (with night club in the basement), and in between the pastry/brasserie with great hot and cold meals, and THE BEST chocolate cake in the city!!!!
Aachener Str. 32
32 Aachener StraßeMany brasserie's there.
I would recommend Café Schmitz, a huge terrase for 3 places: the ice café Schmitz (very good but not as good as Breda's ones), bar Schmitz (with night club in the basement), and in between the pastry/brasserie with great hot and cold meals, and THE BEST chocolate cake in the city!!!!
Drinks & Nightlife
Kuen
9 KuenstraßeVery nice local bar, cosy atmosphere.
Good wines!
Very nice cocktail bar with a dancefloor in the basement.
Music from the 80's and 90's, age of the customers from 25 to 50 years old
Hemingway
43 FriesenstraßeVery nice cocktail bar with a dancefloor in the basement.
Music from the 80's and 90's, age of the customers from 25 to 50 years old
Very nice (small) underground Café concert place very close by!
Live Jazz concerts every monday.
Age of customers: between 30 and 60 years old.
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Heimathirsch
4 Mauenheimer Str.Very nice (small) underground Café concert place very close by!
Live Jazz concerts every monday.
Age of customers: between 30 and 60 years old.
You will find everything there: Bars, clubs, restaurants.
This is the student area so the age of the customers there is 16 to 25 years old.
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Zülpicher Straße
Zülpicher StraßeYou will find everything there: Bars, clubs, restaurants.
This is the student area so the age of the customers there is 16 to 25 years old.
If you like Electro music, it is a very nice place.
There are 2 rooms: 1 big and one small, and a bus (like old american school bus) where electro music is played live or not.
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Odo Rumpf
85 HornstraßeIf you like Electro music, it is a very nice place.
There are 2 rooms: 1 big and one small, and a bus (like old american school bus) where electro music is played live or not.
If you like Electro : this is the place to go to!!
The best DJ's are playing there!
Check their website or facebook page to see the program
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Heinz Gaul
If you like Electro : this is the place to go to!!
The best DJ's are playing there!
Check their website or facebook page to see the program
Grab a bier from one the kiosks and enjoy sitting there and chilling with your friends!
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Belgisches Viertel an der Christuskirche zu Köln e.V.
16 WerderstraßeGrab a bier from one the kiosks and enjoy sitting there and chilling with your friends!
Parks & Nature
The beautiful botanical garden, only 10 minutes walking from the flat.
Worth seeing!
There is also a nice brasserie (a bit expensive) inside the garden, they serve very nice fresh food (check the opening days/hours on the internet).
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Flora Keulen - Paleis in het Park
1a Am Botanischen GartenThe beautiful botanical garden, only 10 minutes walking from the flat.
Worth seeing!
There is also a nice brasserie (a bit expensive) inside the garden, they serve very nice fresh food (check the opening days/hours on the internet).
Essentials
On the Neusser Strasse you can find all type of shops: pharmacie, cosmetic shops and supermarket, food supermarket organic or not.
There is also a shopping center, and many small clothes and shoes shops.
And there are many alternative shops on the Neusser strasse from the crossroad with Nordstrasse to Ebertplatz : designer , and or ecofriendly clothes and shoes shops...
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Neusser Straße
Neusser StraßeOn the Neusser Strasse you can find all type of shops: pharmacie, cosmetic shops and supermarket, food supermarket organic or not.
There is also a shopping center, and many small clothes and shoes shops.
And there are many alternative shops on the Neusser strasse from the crossroad with Nordstrasse to Ebertplatz : designer , and or ecofriendly clothes and shoes shops...
Shopping
This is THE shopping street.
If you don't like crowds: don't go there....
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Schildergasse
SchildergasseThis is THE shopping street.
If you don't like crowds: don't go there....
Entertainment & Activities
Many films in original languages (with german subtitles) are shown there.
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Metropolis Cinema GmbH
19 Ebertpl.Many films in original languages (with german subtitles) are shown there.
Getting Around
Lohsestraße
LohsestraßeLine 12 or 15 going to the city center, and to Zulpicher Platz.
When you go out of the main station on Breslauer platz, go right and you'll find the bike rental service. If the weather is sunny: you should book bikes in advance per phone.
Breslauer Platz
Breslauer PlatzWhen you go out of the main station on Breslauer platz, go right and you'll find the bike rental service. If the weather is sunny: you should book bikes in advance per phone.
Buchbinder & Global Rent a Car
213 Widdersdorfer Str.Here you can rent a car at a very good price!
Book in advance online.