Guidebook for Köln
Food Scene
Wein & Dine
32 WeißenburgstraßeWonderful food, friendly and attentive service, calm ambiance.
Wonderful, hearty and old-fashioned food with a menu that includes liver, tripe, or whatever else the chef has found that's good. Comfy and friendly.
10 locals recommend
Metzger&Marie
19 KasparstraßeWonderful, hearty and old-fashioned food with a menu that includes liver, tripe, or whatever else the chef has found that's good. Comfy and friendly.
Our absolute favorite coffee in Cologne...delicious and served by playful, happy people (Jlöcklich means "happy" in the local Kölsch dialect, and it fits!). It's right next to the Eigelsteintor, one of the remnants of the ancient city wall, the gate to the north, and there definitely an old-world feeling to sitting outside here.
7 locals recommend
Jlöcklich Barista Café
1 GereonswallOur absolute favorite coffee in Cologne...delicious and served by playful, happy people (Jlöcklich means "happy" in the local Kölsch dialect, and it fits!). It's right next to the Eigelsteintor, one of the remnants of the ancient city wall, the gate to the north, and there definitely an old-world feeling to sitting outside here.
Sightseeing
This is it, in Cologne. Well worth wandering in anytime you want some meditation. I was there once when the organ was being tuned...and being a musician myself, was in heaven. Climb the tower, too, on a fine day, and you can see all the way up the Rhine River to Bonn.
1015 locals recommend
Cologne Cathedral
4 DomklosterThis is it, in Cologne. Well worth wandering in anytime you want some meditation. I was there once when the organ was being tuned...and being a musician myself, was in heaven. Climb the tower, too, on a fine day, and you can see all the way up the Rhine River to Bonn.