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TRAVEL DESTINATION: Cologne, Germany
Cologne city guide: sightseeings and touristic places

Cologne city - places to visit in Cologne The Museum of Chocolate. The Museum of Chocolate is located on the peninsula in a big house, officially it's called Imhoff-Schokoladen-Museum. There the whole history of chocolate for 3000 years of its existence is showed. The museum was opened in 1993 and at those times it was the 1st museum of chocolate. In the end of the excursion you can always try the exhibits by dipping a waffle into a chocolate fountain. But keep in mind that on Mondays the museum is closed.

The City Hall. The first documental record about the City Hall as 'The Citizen House' belongs to the period of 1135-1152. When the city got the status of a free city-country, it was decided to build a tower on the City Hall. The tower has late gothic style and it's decorated with more than 130 stone statues. It is the building, where the well-known 'Platz-Jabbec' takes place (it's a cut out face, which opens its month and shows to everyone its tongue every time the currants go). In 1569 William Fernukker added a Renaissance outhouse to the front. This City Hall bower was saved during the world war; unfortunately we can't say the same about the building of the City Hall, which was destroyed by the fire. Its reconstruction became the symbol of the revival of life. In 1950 the Cologne craftsmen created the 'workshop of builders and stone dressers for the City Hall reconstruction'.

Louis Museum. Louis Museum set the pitch in modern German art. It's situated behind Cologne Cathedral in the centre of the city. The museum exhibits works of different times starting with the previous century and ending with present day. The most famous is the section of American pop-art. It has the largest collection of works in this style, located not in the USA. It contains the works by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Roy Fox Lichtenstein. There also a big number of works by Picasso.

Roman-Germanic Museum. In Roman-Germanic Museum the unique archaeological objects are exhibited. They were found during the dig on the place of the ancient Roman town, where later Cologne was built. The museum was built on the ruins of the Roman villa of the 3rd century and opened in 1974. It takes place not far from the Cologne Cathedral. Its greatest exhibit is surely the mosaics of Dionysus, the floor, made of ceramic tiles of 225, which used to decorate the city villa.

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Cologne Airport Data

Airport Address: Cologne/Bonn Airport, Postbox 98 01 20, 51129 Cologne, Germany
Distance and Location: The airport is located 15km (9 miles) southeast of Cologne
Airport Website: www.koeln-bonn-airport.de
Airport E-mail: Via the airport's website or info@koeln-bonn-airport.de
Airport Telephone: (0)2203 400
Country Code: 49
Time Zone: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October)
Total Number of Terminals: 2
Moving between Terminals: Passengers can transfer between terminals on a free shuttle bus that runs between the Arrivals level of both terminals and car park P3.



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