Shopping spree

You’re looking for Christmas presents for family and friends and you want to step up your game this year? Easy peasy in Cologne — as long as you know where to look. Here are our five favourite shops.

FOND OF and muli-cycles – two Ehrenfeld originals bringing smart design to backpacks and bikes alike.

From street food to eco printing to rare vintage finds – Cologne’s creative markets show how a city can really celebrate its market culture with a combination of lively atmosphere, sustainable ideas and a love of style. Wondering which markets you should mark in your diary? We’ve got the answers.

If you’d rather explore local communities than roam around shopping malls, you’ll love Cologne’s second-hand markets. They’re fantastic for bargain-hunting, browsing, finding treasures – and simply passing time. Here are five great places to buy used goods in Cologne.

Cologne firm Designdirektive and its Möbelkiste and Mingbud projects are designed to answer the fundamental question of what happens to furniture when it’s no longer needed.

Cologne is a great place to do some sneaker shopping. Head to these stores for the latest sneaker and streetwear trends.

Fitted units from the 1950s display dainty lingerie. Pastel-coloured dildos stand in a row like objets d’art and the free-standing, golden bathtub in…

Die Fotografin Anne Schönharting verbindet in ihrer Arbeit Elemente der Modefotografie und der Sozialreportage. Für uns hat sie sich in Köln-Chorweiler auf Spurensuche begeben – nach Fragmenten der Romantik inmitten von Nachkriegsarchitektur und Beton.

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…

For many young entrepreneurs looking to launch a new business, their own label or an innovative product, sustainability is more than a mere…