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Cologne

Cologne is a city on the Rhine river in . It is the fourth largest city in with around 1.1 million residents. It is one of the nation's media, tourism and business hotspots, and is considered one of the most liberal cities in Germany.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cologne Cathedral and Cologne Central Station.

Church
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is a Catholic cathedral in , North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne.

Railway station
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Köln Hauptbahnhof is the central railway station of , Germany. The station is an important local, national and international transport hub, with many ICE, Eurostar and Intercity trains calling there, as well as regional Regional-Express, RegionalBahn and local S-Bahn trains.

Stadium
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is an indoor arena, in , , Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity home of the Kölner Haie and as one of Germany's major music venues.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ehrenfeld and Hürth.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Town
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is a town in the , , . shares borders with the city of and is about 6 km to the southwest of city centre, at the northeastern slope of the natural preserve Kottenforst-Ville. is situated 8 km southwest of Cologne.

Suburb
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The Cologne borough of is a part of central , , and was once an independent town known as am Rhein.

Cologne

Latitude
50.9384° or 50° 56′ 18″ north
Longitude
6.9543° or 6° 57′ 15″ east
Population
1,020,000
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Open location code
9F28WXQ3+8P
Geo­Names ID
6553049
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Cologne” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Keulen”
  • Albanian: “Këlni”
  • Amharic: “ኮልን”
  • Arabic: “كولونيا”
  • Aragonese: “Colonia”
  • Armenian: “Քյոլն”
  • Basque: “Kolonia”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Кёльн”
  • Bulgarian: “Кьолн”
  • Burmese: “ကိုလုံးမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Colònia”
  • Chechen: “Кёльн”
  • Chinese: “科隆”
  • Czech: “Kolín nad Rýnem”
  • Dutch: “Keulen”
  • Eastern Mari: “Кёльн”
  • Esperanto: “Kolonjo”
  • Extremaduran: “Colonia”
  • French: “Cologne”
  • Galician: “Colonia”
  • Georgian: “კელნი”
  • German: “Köln”
  • German: “Stadt Köln”
  • Greek: “Κολωνία”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Cologne”
  • Hebrew: “קלן”
  • Hindi: “कोलोन”
  • Interlingua: “Colonia”
  • Italian: “Colonia”
  • Japanese: “ケルン”
  • Kannada: “ಕಲೋನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Кёльн”
  • Kirghiz: “Кёльн”
  • Kölsch: “Kölle”
  • Korean: “쾰른”
  • Latin: “Colonia Agrippina”
  • Latvian: “Ķelne”
  • Ligurian: “Colonia”
  • Limburgan: “Kölle”
  • Lithuanian: “Kelnas”
  • Lombard: “Colonia”
  • Macedonian: “Келн”
  • Malay: “Cologne”
  • Manx: “Koloin”
  • Marathi: “क्योल्न”
  • Mongolian: “Кёльн”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colonha”
  • Ossetian: “Кёльн”
  • Pampanga: “Cologne”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਲਨ”
  • Persian: “کلن”
  • Piemontese: “Colònia”
  • Portuguese: “Colônia”
  • Russian: “Кёльн”
  • Samogitian: “Kiolns”
  • Sardinian: “Colonia”
  • Scots: “Cologne”
  • Serbian: “Келн”
  • Sicilian: “Culonia”
  • Slovak: “Kolín nad Rýnom”
  • Spanish: “Colonia”
  • Tagalog: “Cologne”
  • Tamil: “கோல்ன்”
  • Tatar: “Көлн”
  • Telugu: “కొలోన్”
  • Thai: “โคโลญ”
  • Tumbuka: “Cologne”
  • Udmurt: “Кёльн”
  • Uighur: “Kolon”
  • Ukrainian: “Кельн”
  • Urdu: “کولون”
  • Uzbek: “Kyoln”
  • Venetian: “Cołogna”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Colonia”
  • Welsh: “Cwlen”
  • Western Frisian: “Keulen”
  • Western Mari: “Кӧльн”
  • Western Panjabi: “کلون”
  • Wu Chinese: “科隆”
  • Yiddish: “קעלן”
  • Yue Chinese: “古龍”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include opera house Cologne and theatre Cologne.

Cologne Lowland: Must-Visit Destinations

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