Cologne · Germany
Cologne Christmas markets
Christmas-market evenings meet cathedral-city days. Make Cologne a base for a winter stay, mixing festive browsing with the architecture and river-city setting beyond the stalls.
Destination background
Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Centred on the left bank of the Rhine, Cologne is located on the River Rhine, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the North Rhine-Westphalia state capital Düsseldorf and 22 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.
Adapted background from Wikipedia contributors, Cologne, CC BY-SA 4.0. This reference describes the place or tradition, rather than a current event programme.
Explore nearby World Heritage
Approximate straight-line distances between representative map points, not travel distances or a claim that this experience is within a UNESCO property.
- Cologne Cathedral — 0.6 km
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl — 12.7 km
Make it your own journey
Seasonal programmes, access and availability vary. Check the official source before arranging travel.