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• GAY COLOGNE TRAVEL GUI
• THE 5 BEST COLOGNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOGNE
• THE BT LGBT BARS COLOGNE, GERMANY © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS | © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS EVELYN SMALLWOOD 20 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THE FUN-LOVG CULTURE COLOGNE WEL WH ARMS WI OPEN ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO BUY A KöLSCH, WHICH PROBABLY GO SOME WAY TO EXPLAG WHY THE LGBT MUNY OM ALL OVER GERMANY AND BEYOND E HERE FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT. THE GAY SCENE TOWN HAS TWO CENTR: THE YOUNG AND TRENDI GO TO ALL THE BARS AND CLUBS AROUND RUDOLFPLTAZ-SCHAAFENSTRASSE AND THE OLR, LEATHER-SCENE GUYS HANG OUT THE HMARKT-MATHIASSTRASSE THE ALTSTADT. WHAT FOLLOWS IS OUR PICKS FOR THE BT OF THE BT. VIEW ALL TRIPS EX-CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS ZY BAR IS THE MOTHER OF ALL GAY BARS COLOGNE, THE SENSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THE PRETTY YOUNG THGS DRK AND FLIRT WELL TO THE WEE SMALL HOURS. THERE IS A HAPPY HOUR EVERY NIGHT TO GET THE PARTY STARTED. FOOD AND MIC AS YOU WOULD EXPECT WH THE OCSNAL JECTN OF SCHLAGER – A SPECIAL SORT OF CHEY GERMAN FOLK POP. EXILE ON THE CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT EXILE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS ON SCHAAFENSTRAßE TRIFECTA. THE NEAT AND NON-KSCH DéR, ROTATG DJS AND IENDLY BARTENRS KEEP THE VIBE CHILL AND STRS-EE AT EXILE BUT DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THKG THAT MEANS ’S A BUNCH OF OLD GUYS WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. THERE IS AT LEAST 1 BIG PARTY A MONTH TO KEEP THGS HOPPG. STATN 2B BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF CISG IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENG, THEN STATN 2B IS THE PLACE TO BE. MORE THAN 400 SQUARE METERS (4300 SQUARE FEET) OVER TWO FLOORS WILL PROVI PLENTY OF OPPORTUNY TO SS OUT THE SUATN. UPSTAIRS THERE’S A BAR, DANCE FLOOR AND STAGE. DOWNSTAIRS, A PLAY AREA WH BS, A MAZE, SLGS, A DARK ROOM AND GLORY HOL AWAS THOSE UP FOR FURTHER ADVENTURE. CHECK THE WEEKLY SEX PARTY PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT’S ON. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP IRON COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR, COCKTAIL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © PIXABAY ONE OF THE CY’S FEW BARS GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN AND THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM. THE BAR WAS RENOVATED A FEW YEARS AGO AND IS NOW A SUPER CHILL CKTAIL BAR SERVG TERTG DRKS. THOUGH MEN ARE ALLOWED TO JO THEIR FEMALE IENDS FOR A DRK, ’S A MAJORY LBIAN CROWD. KATTEWKEL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT LADI THAT LOVE LADI THAT LOVE TO CHILL TY, NEIGHBOURHOOD BARS WILL FD KATTEWKEL UP-AND-G EIGELSTE TO BE JT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORRED. THERE’S REGULAR BGO NIGHTS AND DRAG SHOWS BUT THE MA VIBE IS QUEER GEMüTLICHKE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. RUHRPOTT BAR, PUB, CONTEMPORARY SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © SEO SNGWON / PIXABAY THIS FE AND CKTAIL BAR IS PRETTY NEW ON THE COLOGNE GAY SCENE, BUT HAS QUICKLY TABLISHED SELF AS A PLACE TO GO WH GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC CKTAILS. IT’S THE PERFECT SPOT IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY TALK TO AND EVEN HEAR THE PEOPLE YOU ME WH. THERE’S NO DANCE FLOOR. MUMU BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF YOU’RE LS THAN 25 AND LIKE TO DANCE TIL YOU DROP, HEAD TO MUMU. IT’S ONE OF THE CRAZIER GAY BARS COLOGNE, BUT THEN AGA, KIDS THE DAYS… WH REGULAR KARAOKE NIGHTS, DRAG PARTI AND A MD-BOGGLG NUMBER OF OTHER THEMED EVENGS AND DANCE PARTI, THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHG WORTH SEEG AT MUMU. AT THE VEY LEAST, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A TRIP TO THE BATHROOM. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS COLOGNE
• 11 THGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE VISG COLOGNE COLOGNE OLD TOWN | © ED WEBSTER/FLICKR MARN KUTTER 11 SEPTEMBER 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT GERMANY’S FOURTH-LARGT AND ARGUABLY MOST CHEERFUL CY HAS SOME GREAT SIGHTS TO OFFER. BUT SOME TRADNS AND CTOMS ARE QUE PECULIAR. IF COLOGNE IS ON YOUR MT-VIS LIST – AND SHOULD BE – HERE ARE SOME THGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VIS. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR CY THE PEOPLE OF COLOGNE ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LOL PATRTISM, WH FOOTBALL PLAYER LAS PODOLSKI LEADG THE WAY. THEIR EP-ROOTED AFFECTN MANIFTS THEIR LOYALTY TOWARDS THEIR MEDCRE FOOTBALL TEAM, KöLSCH BEER, AND UNTLS RNIVAL SONGS THAT CELEBRATE THE CY. TOURISTS AND THOSE NEW TO COLOGNE ARE OFTEN PUZZLED IF NOT SPIC WHEN TEARY-EYED LOLS ENTHIASTILLY SWOON OVER EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR HOMETOWN. IT’S PRETTY HARD TO EXPLA. THE CHOS OF A TCHY RNIVAL SONG SEEMS TO SUM UP. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE SOUTH AI TURKEY SPA MEXI ECUADOR ICELAND EGYPT INDIA THAILAND BALI CROATIA MOROC JAPAN ET GT KEI WOOD, DAT SAGE KüNNT, WAT ICH FöHL, WANN ICH AN KöLLE NK WANN ICH AN MG HEIMAT NK! (NO WORD N SCRIBE, WHAT I FEEL, WHEN I THK ABOUT COLOGNE WHEN I THK ABOUT MY HOMETOWN!) CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP - EMBED - DON’T MENTN DüSSELDORF AS MUCH AS COLOGNE LOLS LOVE THEIR CY, THEY HATE DüSSELDORF WH A PASSN. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO CI GO BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY AND TO LIGHT DURG FOOTBALL MATCH, THE CHOICE OF BEER, AND GENERAL DISURSE. IT’S WISE NOT EVEN TO MENTN DüSSELDORF NVERSATN. YOU WON’T BE TEMPTED TO ORR DüSSELDORF’S ALTBIER RATHER THAN KöLSCH (’S HARDLY SERVED ANYWHERE) AND NEVER SHOUT ‘HEL!’ DURG RNIVAL COLOGNE. THE OFFICIAL BATTLE CRY IS ‘ALAAF’, AND YOU SHOULD STICK TO THAT IF YOU DON’T WANT TO AFONT LOLS. - AME - THE CY IS AN ARCHECTURAL EYORE COLOGNE ISN’T THE PRETTIT OF CI, ARCHECTURALLY SPEAKG. SOME EVEN CLAIM ’S THE UGLIT CY GERMANY. DURG WORLD WAR II, THE CY WAS HEAVILY BOMBED AND MOST OF S HISTORIC BUILDGS WERE STROYED. IN THE 1960S, THE FOC WAS ON REBUILDG THE CY QUICKLY, AND URBAN PLANNERS TURNED TOWARDS NCRETE BLOCKS, WHICH THEY LTERED ACROSS THE TOWN. THE ARCHECTURAL MONSTROSI FAIL TO BLEND WH THE REMAS OF THE EARLY ROMAN SETTLEMENT. TODAY, THE MOTLEY CYSPE IS BT SCRIBED AS CHAOTIC WH A DYSTOPIAN TWIST. BUT THE IMPOSG COLOGNE CATHEDRAL MAK UP FOR . BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. THE PHILOSOPHY FACULTY OF COLOGNE UNIVERSY | © HOWI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS PEOPLE TAKE FANCY DRS TO THE NEXT LEVEL EVERY YEAR, THE ENTIRE CY JUMPS HEAD FIRST TO A STATE OF MADNS. DURG THE RNIVAL SEASON, CLOWNS, UNIRNS, WCH, AND WBOYS TAKE OVER THE CY AND VOTE THEMSELV TO LR OF KöLSCH, SG-ALONGS, AND CHEERFULNS. AND ’S NTAG. A STUME IS SENTIAL IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT NOTE THAT THE PEOPLE OF COLOGNE TAKE DRSG UP SERLY. TOURISTS THEIR PRIMARK OVERALLS OFTEN GAPE AT THE CREATIVE STUM OF THE LOL POPULATN. THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT OUTF STARTS MONTHS BEFORE, AND PEOPLE SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY ON A STUME, AND SOME EVEN HAVE THEM PROFSNALLY TAILORED. COLOGNE CARNIVAL PARA | © MAR VERCH/FLICKR DON’T SWIM THE RHE THE RIVER BANKS HAVE PLENTY OF SPOTS THAT APPEAR VG FOR A SWIM, BUT DON’T BE MISTAKEN. THE RIVER IS NOTOR FOR TREACHERO CURRENTS AND THE WAKE OF PASSG RGO SHIPS PULLS SWIMMERS TO THE EPER WATERS. NO-SWIM ZON ARE PLACE FOR LARGE STRETCH OF THE COLOGNE WATERONT, AND SIGNS WARN OF THE DANGERS. IF YOU STILL WANT TO TAKE THE RISK, MAKE SURE ’S LEGAL TO ENTER THE WATER BEFOREHAND AND STAY THE SHALLOWS. THE SANDY BEACH RONKIRCHEN ARE A GREAT SPOT FOR THAT. PEOPLE AT THE RHE RIVERONT | © 13. STOCK ONLE RELATNS/WIKICOMMONS COLOGNE IS A SHOPPG PARADISE THE MA SHOPPG DISTRICT ALONG HOHE STRASSE AND SCHILRGASSE ARE THE TOP 10 OF GERMANY’S MOST EQUENTED SHOPPG STREETS. HERE YOU’LL FD ALL THE MA FASHN BRANDS OM ADIDAS TO ZARA. IF YOU’RE AFTER HIGH-END FASHN BOUTIQU AND SIGNER STOR, MTELSTRASSE IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKG FOR THE LATT TRENDS, YOUR BT BET IS EHRENSTRASSE WHERE HIP BRANDS SUCH AS COS, LIEBKD, BEN SHERMAN, AND FRED PERRY ARE LOTED. IN RECENT YEARS, PENNT BOUTIQU HAVE POPPED UP THE BELGIAN QUARTER AND THE SüDSTADT. CHECK OUT MAGAS POPULAIRE, KEEP LOVG, AND BOUTIQUE BELGIQUE FOR REFULLY SELECTED FASHN EMS. THE PESTRIAN AREA COLOGNE | © RAIMOND SPEKKG/WIKICOMMONS IT’S GOOD TO KNOW HOW TO SAY NO VISG ONE OF COLOGNE’S MANY BREWHO IS A MT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW L YOU SHOULD FOLLOW. DON’T TRY TO ORR LEMONA; THE CHANC ARE THAT YOU’LL BE SERVED BEER, BUT THAT’S WHY YOU ME HERE THE FIRST PLACE. THE DISGNTLED MAN SERVG YOU IS NOT A WAER BUT A KöB, AND HE TAK GREAT PRI HIS JOB. AS SOON AS YOU’VE FISHED YOUR KöLSCH, HE’LL GET YOU ANOTHER ONE, WHETHER YOU ASKED FOR OR NOT. IF YOU WANT TO PUT A HALT TO THE ENDLS REFILLS, JT PLACE YOUR BEERMAT ON TOP OF YOUR GLASS. A COLOGNE BREWHOE | © EIJE WERK/WIKICOMMONS COLOGNE IS THE GAY PAL OF GERMANY AS WE KNOW, COLOGNE LOV A GOOD PARA. AND THE GENERAL LIBERAL, TOLERANT, AND LIFE-AFFIRMG ATTU BURSTS OUT OF LOLS ON THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JULY WHEN THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY, OR GAY PRI PARA ROLLS THROUGH THE CY. COLOGNE EMBRAC THE LOUD, LOURFUL PROCSN, AND HAS BEEN SECRETLY KNOWN TO BE GERMANY’S LGBT PAL FOR S. THE ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’ AROUND SCHAAFENSTRASSE HAS THE HIGHT NCENTRATN OF GAY BARS, FéS, AND NIGHTCLUBS, BUT THE HMARKT AREA IS ALSO POPULAR. PEOPLE AT COLOGNE GAY PRI | © CEPHOTO, UWE ARANAS/WIKICOMMONS PEOPLE LIVE VEELS, NOT DISTRICTS COLOGNE IS POSED OF 86 OFFICIAL DISTRICTS, BUT THE VEEL IS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME. RATHER THAN A GEOGRAPHIL AREA, THE WORD VEEL SCRIB THE PART OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE LOLS ARE ROOTED AND HAVE EVERYTHG THEY NEED. THEY BUY THEIR NEWSPAPER AT THEIR BüDCHEN (KSK), CHAT OVER A GLASS OF KöLSCH THEIR FAVOURE WEETSCHAFT (PUB) ON THE RNER, AND SHOP AT THE GROCERY STORE, BAKERY, AND FARMERS’ MARKET. TO THE NFN OF NON-LOLS, THERE ARE OFTEN SEVERAL NAM THAT SCRIBE THE SAME VEEL – RATHENVIERTEL, KWARTIER LATäNG, AND UNIVIERTEL ARE ALL NAM FOR ROUGHLY THE SAME AREA – OR THE BORRS OVERLAP WH THE NEXT NEIGHBOURHOOD. A KSK COLOGNE | © BGEISSL/FLICKR BEER PORTNS ARE MEASLY… …BUT NOT BEE THE WAER, OR KöB, IS STGY. THE LOL BREW, KöLSCH, TALL, 200-LILRE GLASS LLED STANGE (POLE). IT MIGHT SEEM ODD AT FIRST, BUT LOL BREWERS HAVE PUT SOME THOUGHT TO THE AGREEMENT ONLY TO SERVE KöLSCH TALL, NARROW GLASS. KöLSCH IS TRADNALLY SERVED WH A BEER HEAD, BUT, BY NATURE, THE RBON DXI NTENT OF THE BEER IS RELATIVELY LOW, WHICH MEANS THAT THE OTHY FOAM LLAPS EASILY AND KöLSCH QUICKLY TAST STALE. SERVG STANGEN ENSUR THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A H BEER ONT OF YOU. GAFFEL KöLSCH | © PRIVATBREREI GAFFEL BECKER & CO/WIKICOMMONS THE THEDRAL WILL MAKE YOUR JAW DROP AT 157 METR (515 FEET), COLOGNE CATHEDRAL IS THE WORLD’S THIRD-TALLT CHURCH. THE IMPOSG THEDRAL WAS SPARED DURG WORLD WAR II BOMBGS, WHICH STROYED 95 PERCENT OF THE CY, AND THE TW SPIR STOOD TOWERG ABOVE THE BBLE. IN 1996 THE BUILDG WAS ADD TO THE UNESCO WORLD HERAGE LIST. CONSTCTN BEGAN 1248 TO HOE THE RELIQUARI OF THE BIBLIL THREE WISE MEN, BUT THE SHRE IS ONLY ONE REASON TO PEEK SI: THE ABSTRACT GLASS WDOW SIGNED BY GERHARD RICHTER AND A WALK UP 291 STEPS TO THE BELY ARE WORTH ADDG TO THE LIST. FOR A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE THEDRAL, CROSS THE RHE AND TAKE THE ELEVATOR UP THE KöLN TRIANGLE TOWER. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL © | PEXELS/PIXABAY VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
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— Travel Guis wh a Gay Perspective. Gay Cologne. The gay scene town has two centr: the young and trendi go to all the bars and clubs around Rudolfpltaz-Schaafenstrasse and the olr, leather-scene guys hang out the Hmarkt-Mathiasstrasse the Altstadt.

Ex-Corner Bar, German This zy bar is the mother of all gay bars Cologne, the sense that is where all the pretty young thgs drk and flirt well to the wee small hours. Ruhrpott Bar, Pub, Contemporary © Seo Sngwon / Pixabay This fe and cktail bar is pretty new on the Cologne gay scene, but has quickly tablished self as a place to go wh great food and fantastic cktails.

THE 5 BEST COLOGNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOGNE

It’s one of the crazier gay bars Cologne, but then aga, kids the days… Wh regular karaoke nights, drag parti and a md-bogglg number of other themed evengs and dance parti, there’s always somethg worth seeg at Mumu. Sce 1991, ColognePri has advoted for the legal and social acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual, tersexual and transgenr further rmatn check out the official ColognePri webse (English):. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis.

A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns! Cologne is the gay pal of Germany As we know, Cologne lov a good para.

THE BT LGBT BARS COLOGNE, GERMANY © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS | © LUDOVIC BERTRON / WIKICOMMONS EVELYN SMALLWOOD 20 MAY 2020 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THE FUN-LOVG CULTURE COLOGNE WEL WH ARMS WI OPEN ANYONE WHO IS ABLE TO BUY A KöLSCH, WHICH PROBABLY GO SOME WAY TO EXPLAG WHY THE LGBT MUNY OM ALL OVER GERMANY AND BEYOND E HERE FOR A GREAT NIGHT OUT. THE GAY SCENE TOWN HAS TWO CENTR: THE YOUNG AND TRENDI GO TO ALL THE BARS AND CLUBS AROUND RUDOLFPLTAZ-SCHAAFENSTRASSE AND THE OLR, LEATHER-SCENE GUYS HANG OUT THE HMARKT-MATHIASSTRASSE THE ALTSTADT. WHAT FOLLOWS IS OUR PICKS FOR THE BT OF THE BT. VIEW ALL TRIPS EX-CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT THIS ZY BAR IS THE MOTHER OF ALL GAY BARS COLOGNE, THE SENSE THAT IS WHERE ALL THE PRETTY YOUNG THGS DRK AND FLIRT WELL TO THE WEE SMALL HOURS. THERE IS A HAPPY HOUR EVERY NIGHT TO GET THE PARTY STARTED. FOOD AND MIC AS YOU WOULD EXPECT WH THE OCSNAL JECTN OF SCHLAGER – A SPECIAL SORT OF CHEY GERMAN FOLK POP. EXILE ON THE CORNER BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT EXILE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE BIG PLAYERS ON SCHAAFENSTRAßE TRIFECTA. THE NEAT AND NON-KSCH DéR, ROTATG DJS AND IENDLY BARTENRS KEEP THE VIBE CHILL AND STRS-EE AT EXILE BUT DON’T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THKG THAT MEANS ’S A BUNCH OF OLD GUYS WHO DON’T KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN. THERE IS AT LEAST 1 BIG PARTY A MONTH TO KEEP THGS HOPPG. STATN 2B BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF CISG IS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENG, THEN STATN 2B IS THE PLACE TO BE. MORE THAN 400 SQUARE METERS (4300 SQUARE FEET) OVER TWO FLOORS WILL PROVI PLENTY OF OPPORTUNY TO SS OUT THE SUATN. UPSTAIRS THERE’S A BAR, DANCE FLOOR AND STAGE. DOWNSTAIRS, A PLAY AREA WH BS, A MAZE, SLGS, A DARK ROOM AND GLORY HOL AWAS THOSE UP FOR FURTHER ADVENTURE. CHECK THE WEEKLY SEX PARTY PROGRAM TO SEE WHAT’S ON. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP IRON COCKTAIL LOUNGE BAR, COCKTAIL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © PIXABAY ONE OF THE CY’S FEW BARS GEARED TOWARDS WOMEN AND THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE THEM. THE BAR WAS RENOVATED A FEW YEARS AGO AND IS NOW A SUPER CHILL CKTAIL BAR SERVG TERTG DRKS. THOUGH MEN ARE ALLOWED TO JO THEIR FEMALE IENDS FOR A DRK, ’S A MAJORY LBIAN CROWD. KATTEWKEL BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT LADI THAT LOVE LADI THAT LOVE TO CHILL TY, NEIGHBOURHOOD BARS WILL FD KATTEWKEL UP-AND-G EIGELSTE TO BE JT WHAT THE DOCTOR ORRED. THERE’S REGULAR BGO NIGHTS AND DRAG SHOWS BUT THE MA VIBE IS QUEER GEMüTLICHKE. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. RUHRPOTT BAR, PUB, CONTEMPORARY SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT © SEO SNGWON / PIXABAY THIS FE AND CKTAIL BAR IS PRETTY NEW ON THE COLOGNE GAY SCENE, BUT HAS QUICKLY TABLISHED SELF AS A PLACE TO GO WH GREAT FOOD AND FANTASTIC CKTAILS. IT’S THE PERFECT SPOT IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY TALK TO AND EVEN HEAR THE PEOPLE YOU ME WH. THERE’S NO DANCE FLOOR. MUMU BAR, GERMAN SHARE ADD TO PLAN COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT IF YOU’RE LS THAN 25 AND LIKE TO DANCE TIL YOU DROP, HEAD TO MUMU. IT’S ONE OF THE CRAZIER GAY BARS COLOGNE, BUT THEN AGA, KIDS THE DAYS… WH REGULAR KARAOKE NIGHTS, DRAG PARTI AND A MD-BOGGLG NUMBER OF OTHER THEMED EVENGS AND DANCE PARTI, THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHG WORTH SEEG AT MUMU. AT THE VEY LEAST, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A TRIP TO THE BATHROOM. VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

And the general liberal, tolerant, and life-affirmg attu bursts out of lols on the first weekend of July when the Christopher Street Day, or gay pri para rolls through the cy. The ‘Bermuda Triangle’ around Schaafenstrasse has the hight ncentratn of gay bars, fés, and nightclubs, but the Hmarkt area is also popular.

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Hip Hop Clubs CologneTechno Clubs CologneRnB Clubs CologneGay & LGBT Clubs CologneAnd fally: Our Complete Gui to Cologne’s Nightlife. Gravy Cologne is a famo monthly gay dance party the heart of Cologne, typilly held on the 3rd Saturday of every month.

11 THGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE VISG COLOGNE COLOGNE OLD TOWN | © ED WEBSTER/FLICKR MARN KUTTER 11 SEPTEMBER 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT GERMANY’S FOURTH-LARGT AND ARGUABLY MOST CHEERFUL CY HAS SOME GREAT SIGHTS TO OFFER. BUT SOME TRADNS AND CTOMS ARE QUE PECULIAR. IF COLOGNE IS ON YOUR MT-VIS LIST – AND SHOULD BE – HERE ARE SOME THGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU VIS. VIEW ALL TRIPS THE PEOPLE LOVE THEIR CY THE PEOPLE OF COLOGNE ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR LOL PATRTISM, WH FOOTBALL PLAYER LAS PODOLSKI LEADG THE WAY. THEIR EP-ROOTED AFFECTN MANIFTS THEIR LOYALTY TOWARDS THEIR MEDCRE FOOTBALL TEAM, KöLSCH BEER, AND UNTLS RNIVAL SONGS THAT CELEBRATE THE CY. TOURISTS AND THOSE NEW TO COLOGNE ARE OFTEN PUZZLED IF NOT SPIC WHEN TEARY-EYED LOLS ENTHIASTILLY SWOON OVER EVERY ASPECT OF THEIR HOMETOWN. IT’S PRETTY HARD TO EXPLA. THE CHOS OF A TCHY RNIVAL SONG SEEMS TO SUM UP. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP GREECE SOUTH AI TURKEY SPA MEXI ECUADOR ICELAND EGYPT INDIA THAILAND BALI CROATIA MOROC JAPAN ET GT KEI WOOD, DAT SAGE KüNNT, WAT ICH FöHL, WANN ICH AN KöLLE NK WANN ICH AN MG HEIMAT NK! (NO WORD N SCRIBE, WHAT I FEEL, WHEN I THK ABOUT COLOGNE WHEN I THK ABOUT MY HOMETOWN!) CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP - EMBED - DON’T MENTN DüSSELDORF AS MUCH AS COLOGNE LOLS LOVE THEIR CY, THEY HATE DüSSELDORF WH A PASSN. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO CI GO BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY AND TO LIGHT DURG FOOTBALL MATCH, THE CHOICE OF BEER, AND GENERAL DISURSE. IT’S WISE NOT EVEN TO MENTN DüSSELDORF NVERSATN. YOU WON’T BE TEMPTED TO ORR DüSSELDORF’S ALTBIER RATHER THAN KöLSCH (’S HARDLY SERVED ANYWHERE) AND NEVER SHOUT ‘HEL!’ DURG RNIVAL COLOGNE. THE OFFICIAL BATTLE CRY IS ‘ALAAF’, AND YOU SHOULD STICK TO THAT IF YOU DON’T WANT TO AFONT LOLS. - AME - THE CY IS AN ARCHECTURAL EYORE COLOGNE ISN’T THE PRETTIT OF CI, ARCHECTURALLY SPEAKG. SOME EVEN CLAIM ’S THE UGLIT CY GERMANY. DURG WORLD WAR II, THE CY WAS HEAVILY BOMBED AND MOST OF S HISTORIC BUILDGS WERE STROYED. IN THE 1960S, THE FOC WAS ON REBUILDG THE CY QUICKLY, AND URBAN PLANNERS TURNED TOWARDS NCRETE BLOCKS, WHICH THEY LTERED ACROSS THE TOWN. THE ARCHECTURAL MONSTROSI FAIL TO BLEND WH THE REMAS OF THE EARLY ROMAN SETTLEMENT. TODAY, THE MOTLEY CYSPE IS BT SCRIBED AS CHAOTIC WH A DYSTOPIAN TWIST. BUT THE IMPOSG COLOGNE CATHEDRAL MAK UP FOR . BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. THE PHILOSOPHY FACULTY OF COLOGNE UNIVERSY | © HOWI/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS PEOPLE TAKE FANCY DRS TO THE NEXT LEVEL EVERY YEAR, THE ENTIRE CY JUMPS HEAD FIRST TO A STATE OF MADNS. DURG THE RNIVAL SEASON, CLOWNS, UNIRNS, WCH, AND WBOYS TAKE OVER THE CY AND VOTE THEMSELV TO LR OF KöLSCH, SG-ALONGS, AND CHEERFULNS. AND ’S NTAG. A STUME IS SENTIAL IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT NOTE THAT THE PEOPLE OF COLOGNE TAKE DRSG UP SERLY. TOURISTS THEIR PRIMARK OVERALLS OFTEN GAPE AT THE CREATIVE STUM OF THE LOL POPULATN. THE SEARCH FOR THE PERFECT OUTF STARTS MONTHS BEFORE, AND PEOPLE SPEND A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY ON A STUME, AND SOME EVEN HAVE THEM PROFSNALLY TAILORED. COLOGNE CARNIVAL PARA | © MAR VERCH/FLICKR DON’T SWIM THE RHE THE RIVER BANKS HAVE PLENTY OF SPOTS THAT APPEAR VG FOR A SWIM, BUT DON’T BE MISTAKEN. THE RIVER IS NOTOR FOR TREACHERO CURRENTS AND THE WAKE OF PASSG RGO SHIPS PULLS SWIMMERS TO THE EPER WATERS. NO-SWIM ZON ARE PLACE FOR LARGE STRETCH OF THE COLOGNE WATERONT, AND SIGNS WARN OF THE DANGERS. IF YOU STILL WANT TO TAKE THE RISK, MAKE SURE ’S LEGAL TO ENTER THE WATER BEFOREHAND AND STAY THE SHALLOWS. THE SANDY BEACH RONKIRCHEN ARE A GREAT SPOT FOR THAT. PEOPLE AT THE RHE RIVERONT | © 13. STOCK ONLE RELATNS/WIKICOMMONS COLOGNE IS A SHOPPG PARADISE THE MA SHOPPG DISTRICT ALONG HOHE STRASSE AND SCHILRGASSE ARE THE TOP 10 OF GERMANY’S MOST EQUENTED SHOPPG STREETS. HERE YOU’LL FD ALL THE MA FASHN BRANDS OM ADIDAS TO ZARA. IF YOU’RE AFTER HIGH-END FASHN BOUTIQU AND SIGNER STOR, MTELSTRASSE IS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKG FOR THE LATT TRENDS, YOUR BT BET IS EHRENSTRASSE WHERE HIP BRANDS SUCH AS COS, LIEBKD, BEN SHERMAN, AND FRED PERRY ARE LOTED. IN RECENT YEARS, PENNT BOUTIQU HAVE POPPED UP THE BELGIAN QUARTER AND THE SüDSTADT. CHECK OUT MAGAS POPULAIRE, KEEP LOVG, AND BOUTIQUE BELGIQUE FOR REFULLY SELECTED FASHN EMS. THE PESTRIAN AREA COLOGNE | © RAIMOND SPEKKG/WIKICOMMONS IT’S GOOD TO KNOW HOW TO SAY NO VISG ONE OF COLOGNE’S MANY BREWHO IS A MT, BUT THERE ARE A FEW L YOU SHOULD FOLLOW. DON’T TRY TO ORR LEMONA; THE CHANC ARE THAT YOU’LL BE SERVED BEER, BUT THAT’S WHY YOU ME HERE THE FIRST PLACE. THE DISGNTLED MAN SERVG YOU IS NOT A WAER BUT A KöB, AND HE TAK GREAT PRI HIS JOB. AS SOON AS YOU’VE FISHED YOUR KöLSCH, HE’LL GET YOU ANOTHER ONE, WHETHER YOU ASKED FOR OR NOT. IF YOU WANT TO PUT A HALT TO THE ENDLS REFILLS, JT PLACE YOUR BEERMAT ON TOP OF YOUR GLASS. A COLOGNE BREWHOE | © EIJE WERK/WIKICOMMONS COLOGNE IS THE GAY PAL OF GERMANY AS WE KNOW, COLOGNE LOV A GOOD PARA. AND THE GENERAL LIBERAL, TOLERANT, AND LIFE-AFFIRMG ATTU BURSTS OUT OF LOLS ON THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JULY WHEN THE CHRISTOPHER STREET DAY, OR GAY PRI PARA ROLLS THROUGH THE CY. COLOGNE EMBRAC THE LOUD, LOURFUL PROCSN, AND HAS BEEN SECRETLY KNOWN TO BE GERMANY’S LGBT PAL FOR S. THE ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’ AROUND SCHAAFENSTRASSE HAS THE HIGHT NCENTRATN OF GAY BARS, FéS, AND NIGHTCLUBS, BUT THE HMARKT AREA IS ALSO POPULAR. PEOPLE AT COLOGNE GAY PRI | © CEPHOTO, UWE ARANAS/WIKICOMMONS PEOPLE LIVE VEELS, NOT DISTRICTS COLOGNE IS POSED OF 86 OFFICIAL DISTRICTS, BUT THE VEEL IS WHERE PEOPLE FEEL AT HOME. RATHER THAN A GEOGRAPHIL AREA, THE WORD VEEL SCRIB THE PART OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD WHERE LOLS ARE ROOTED AND HAVE EVERYTHG THEY NEED. THEY BUY THEIR NEWSPAPER AT THEIR BüDCHEN (KSK), CHAT OVER A GLASS OF KöLSCH THEIR FAVOURE WEETSCHAFT (PUB) ON THE RNER, AND SHOP AT THE GROCERY STORE, BAKERY, AND FARMERS’ MARKET. TO THE NFN OF NON-LOLS, THERE ARE OFTEN SEVERAL NAM THAT SCRIBE THE SAME VEEL – RATHENVIERTEL, KWARTIER LATäNG, AND UNIVIERTEL ARE ALL NAM FOR ROUGHLY THE SAME AREA – OR THE BORRS OVERLAP WH THE NEXT NEIGHBOURHOOD. A KSK COLOGNE | © BGEISSL/FLICKR BEER PORTNS ARE MEASLY… …BUT NOT BEE THE WAER, OR KöB, IS STGY. THE LOL BREW, KöLSCH, TALL, 200-LILRE GLASS LLED STANGE (POLE). IT MIGHT SEEM ODD AT FIRST, BUT LOL BREWERS HAVE PUT SOME THOUGHT TO THE AGREEMENT ONLY TO SERVE KöLSCH TALL, NARROW GLASS. KöLSCH IS TRADNALLY SERVED WH A BEER HEAD, BUT, BY NATURE, THE RBON DXI NTENT OF THE BEER IS RELATIVELY LOW, WHICH MEANS THAT THE OTHY FOAM LLAPS EASILY AND KöLSCH QUICKLY TAST STALE. SERVG STANGEN ENSUR THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A H BEER ONT OF YOU. GAFFEL KöLSCH | © PRIVATBREREI GAFFEL BECKER & CO/WIKICOMMONS THE THEDRAL WILL MAKE YOUR JAW DROP AT 157 METR (515 FEET), COLOGNE CATHEDRAL IS THE WORLD’S THIRD-TALLT CHURCH. THE IMPOSG THEDRAL WAS SPARED DURG WORLD WAR II BOMBGS, WHICH STROYED 95 PERCENT OF THE CY, AND THE TW SPIR STOOD TOWERG ABOVE THE BBLE. IN 1996 THE BUILDG WAS ADD TO THE UNESCO WORLD HERAGE LIST. CONSTCTN BEGAN 1248 TO HOE THE RELIQUARI OF THE BIBLIL THREE WISE MEN, BUT THE SHRE IS ONLY ONE REASON TO PEEK SI: THE ABSTRACT GLASS WDOW SIGNED BY GERHARD RICHTER AND A WALK UP 291 STEPS TO THE BELY ARE WORTH ADDG TO THE LIST. FOR A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF THE THEDRAL, CROSS THE RHE AND TAKE THE ELEVATOR UP THE KöLN TRIANGLE TOWER. COLOGNE CATHEDRAL © | PEXELS/PIXABAY VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

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