Everything You Need To See In Cologne, Germany! 🇩🇪

Cologne is one of our favorite cities in Germany! This video shows you everything you need to see in a day in Cologne!

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00:00 Introduction
00:23 Kölner Dom (Cologne Cathedral)
02:48 Train Travel in Germany
03:44 Altstadt (Old Town)
05:04 Kölsch Beer
07:29 Does Cologne Make Cologne?
07:52 Chocolate Museum
09:59 Hahnen Gate
10:31 Aachener Strasse
10:42 Döner Kebab in Germany
12:17 Sunset On The Rhine River

[MaxandSidney]

Have you ever been to Cologne? If so, how did you like it? Let us know! 👇

[mogon]

Nice video!

The Cologne Cathedral is even more interesting than you think. Construction started in 1248 and lasted about 300 years. By then only half of the nave and the lower quarter of the towers were finished. On one of the tower stumps, there was a wooden medieval crane that became the landmark of Cologne for the next 3 centuries. In the 16th century, nobody wanted the gothic style anymore, and they didn't have the money anyway.

Fast forward to the early 19th century after the French occupation under Napoleon had ended. In the 1820s, 2 young architectural enthusiasts found the original facade plans of the western facade with the towers. It was the time when gothic architecture was "in" again. Also, after the French occupation, there was a big awakening of a national conciousness, and such relicts of a great past were seen as focus points for that movement. Cologne was Prussian at the time, and so the biggest Protestant monarchy in Germany paid for the completion of the biggest Catholic church in the world, and the tallest building in the world at that time. And the interesting thing is that it is the most perfect gothic church in existence exactly because it was completed in the 1880s. Other than any other church that was constructed over centuries, this one was completed exactly as planned in the 13th century. Another paradoxon of this great cathedral.

By the way, speaking of old, you were in two of the oldest cities of Germany, three, if you count Vienna which was part of the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations for almost a millenium. All three, Bonn, Cologne, and Vienna, were founded by the Romans more than 2 millenia ago as part of their Germanic provinces. In Germany, there is are a dozen of these Roman cities with two millenia of continuous history, for example Xanten at the Dutch border, Mainz 200 km up the river from Cologne, and Trier at the river Moselle where you can actually find the oldest still actively used building in Germany, the former imperial basilika, 1700 years old, which is a church today.

Cologne has a large Roman museum, always worth a visit, right next to the main station.

Take care!

[TabiEats]

Thanks so much for this video. Just planning our trip to Cologne. Well down!

[kirstinegirl]

We are going to Cologne soon. Can’t wait, those Kebabs look awesome!!

[kylewhittle]

Hi, just a correction. The black you see is not ‘soot’ it’s called volcanic stone, a very common stone used throughout 1100-1550 across Europe. Travel to France you’ll see thousands of them used for houses, churches and cathedrals. They were used because they are formidably durable and sustainable.

[AkshayChaudhari]

Loved video..eager to watch series of it.

[roamwithdory]

I agree that Cologne Cathedral is one amazing site to see. Saw it first time today! I may have to revisit the old town again tomorrow morning. I walked by some of it this afternoon and didn't find it that special. Thanks for a cool informative video! I'll be posting my vlog soon :)

[daniell]

Love your Germany videos! But Milka chocolate is from Switzerland, although produced in Germany by US corporate Mondelez. The most famous German chocolate brand might be Ritter Sport. Fun fact: Sarotti is a German chocolate brand originally from Berlin and was the operating brand of the Cologne chocolate museum before Lindt Switzerland took over. Storck (Berlin), Haribo (Bonn), Lambertz Printen (Aachen) and Niederegger Marzipan (Lübeck) are well established German candy manufacturer.

[davidcorbett]

Me and my friend both of us serving as British soldiers enjoyed going to Koln during our time in West Germany as it was then. There used to be a cable car along the bridge and the food was a lot different it being much more in German or brock and bratwurst plus things like snitzel and pommefritz ( french fries) sadly food which is in the decline now giving way to more foreign dishes. Cakes etc are also a huge thing there and all very ornate and filling. The city was virtually destroyed by bombers during the war and the cathedral one of the only things to remain standing was actually used as an aiming point by the bomb aimers it being beside the railway station and railway bridge. A truly wonderful city to visit

[zceylan]

about ayran, this turkish drink is yes salty but it is just to balance the acidity and soeur taste of turkish yıgurt, kind ıf nautralises the sourness, so actually we dont taste the salt and it is a very refreshing drink indeed especially in summer, if there is some salt that you taste it is definitely not a good ayran :D

[ashtonamos]

Great video! I am currently planning a trip and will be stopping in cologne for a couple days in April of 2023. I found your video to be extremely helpful! Hope you had fun on the rest of your adventures!

[milleglad]

crazy how good your vlogs are! xx love from norwaaaay

[gregorkalkhoff]

In particular, air pollution has contributed to the color change of the stones, for example due to the sulphurous smoke of the steam locomotives in the 19th century. The cathedral consists of different types of stone in quite different shades of colour. Only thanks to the black patina is it not so noticeable.

[ReneSaldivar-xx]

One thing to add. The large gold box encrusted with jewels towards the back of the Dom Cathedral contain the relics of the three wise men that visited Jesus after he was born. I used to work at the Ford factory in Cologne and at its height of employment, provided over 25, 000 jobs to the area.

[kjetilmeland]

Ich fahre nächste Woche nach Köln. Ich freue mich. Ich bin ein norweger

[MagnificentGermanywithDarion]

Howdy Folks, new subscriber here. I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I live traveling to Germany and I am actually traveling to. Germany very very soon. I am planning to visit Cologne this trip for a could of days. I have been there before but just in passing via the train. I am so looking g forward to watching more of your videos. I will share this video out on my Facebook group pages (same name as my channel), My channel is all about Germany and my travels. I hope that you will come by and check it out. I am so glad that I had ran across you:).

[IceyJones]

The black is indeed dirt XD The whole fassade is made of sandstone, that is unfortunately very suceptable to absorb all the modern day exhausts, hence the colouring. It also dissolves the stone over time, so the whole thing neeeds pretty much be restaurated all the time.
and fun fact about the beer rivalry:
Alt and Kölsch are actually made by the same receipe and method. They even taste VERY similar....the only real difference is, that alt uses roasted malt, hence the colour. And a slightly stronger and deeper taste.

but when you blindfold someone and give hin alt and kölsch, most cant even tell the difference.

[Bareego]

There are so many remains from Roman times all over Cologne. Every time they dig for construction they end up finding some more. I can highly recommend the Roemisch Germanisches Museum if you're interested in the Roman history of Cologne. Other interesting places in NRW amongst many others are Xanten with a big park with many Roman buildings and artefacts or Hagen with it's open air museum "Freilichtmuseum" of old crafts. In general there are old castles in many places worth checking out.

[kungbazo]

kölsh is actually an ale, but looks and tastes like a lager. Love your vlogs, guys ❤

[Rainbowbright]

You guys seriously walked inside the cathedral but havnt took notice of the golden shrine from the middle age with the remains of the 3 Kings (Three Wise Men) ?! That's the reason why this big church has been erected more than 800 years ago and beside the religious value, the craftmenship of the shrine and all the gold is worth to admire...