Odonien: a “free state” for art and culture in Cologne
If you’re looking for art and culture off the beaten track in Cologne, you’d be hard-pressed to find anything more intriguing than Odonien. We talked to the man who created it, artist Odo Rumpf.
The Agnesviertel district: what’s not to love?
Cologne’s Agnesviertel neighbourhood combines the city’s most spectacular alternative gallery scene with a friendly street vibe, period architecture and Michelin-star cuisine.
Köln-Mülheim: where yesterday and tomorrow meet
You certainly wouldn’t associate today’s Mülheim with picturesque mills along a stream. But the borough’s name does actually come from the mills (“Mühlen”…
Köln-Nippes: where dolce vita and industrial heritage meet
There are those who see Cologne’s Nippes district as the epitome of gentrification and its consequences. So many children! Too petit bourgeois! And…