c/o pop 2024: deconstruction in Ehrenfeld
Cologne’s pop festival turns 21 this year and this is the fifth time it’s being held in the city’s Ehrenfeld neighbourhood. The 2024…
Cologne’s pop festival turns 21 this year and this is the fifth time it’s being held in the city’s Ehrenfeld neighbourhood. The 2024…
The rest of the world may be opening new record factories and celebrating the comeback of vinyl, but in Cologne the record store…
As you enter the Discovery Art Fair Cologne 2024, you’re greeted by… balloons! Lots and lots of brightly coloured balloons. Artist Hakan Eren…
Jonas Engel is a member of Impakt, a collective of 14 young musicians from Cologne who share a passion for free improvised music…
The names might come from well-known, hip areas of Cologne but the Rheinauhafen, Rathenauplatz, and Aachener Weiher we’re talking about here are actually…
Tim Ossege, better known by his alias, SeiLeise, is one of Cologne’s best-known street artists. His delicate imagery, dealing with current political events…
Actor Katrin Heß spent more than ten years playing a touch-cookie inspector in the RTL police series “Alarm für Cobra 11”. But acting…
There’s simply no better view. With a cold drink and a warm spot on the sun-soaked stone steps of the Rheinboulevard, it doesn’t…
Abstract shapes, garish colours and concrete as far as the eye can see: the brutalist architecture of the post-war era is definitely not everyone’s thing but it’s worth a look nonetheless.
Arthouse, blockbuster or documentary, at the beer garden, by the river or in your car – enjoy a cult film at one of Cologne’s outdoor cinemas.
Leave the sofa behind and head out to Cologne’s festivals. We’ll get the barbecue going, jump in the water and celebrate the sunny…
Hans Sarpei is a former professional footballer and youth coach. In this interview, he talks about Cologne and the places that have shaped him.