Daily Xtra Travel - Your Comprehensive Gui to Gay Travel Cologne

Contents:

• THE 5 BEST COLOGNE GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS COLOGNE
• GAY COLOGNE TRAVEL GUI
• COLOGNE GAY PRI (CSD)
• GAY COLOGNE
• HOTELS NEAR GAY AREA - COLOGNE FOM
• PHOENIX SNAPOPULAR GAY SNA WH HOT YOUNG CROWD.COLOGNEMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSCISE CLUBSSNASMASSAGECAFéSGAY SHOPSSERVICCY GUIGAY MAPGERMANY EVENTSPHOENIX SNA
• COLOGNE GAY MAP
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS COLOGNE

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

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Cologne Gay Pri (CSD). About Cologne Gay Pri (CSD).

Cologne Gay Pri or CSD (Christoper Street Day) is the biggt LGBTQ monstratn Germany, and one of Europe's largt. Runng for roughly two weeks, Germany's inic gay cy is host to a seri polil, cultural, and party events that celebrate everythg LGBTQ related.

The two highlights of Cologne Gay Pri, however, are the CSD Street Ftival, which transpir many of the cy's public squar (platz) and of urse the Pri Para, referred to lolly as the CSD Demonstratn. Cologne Gay Pri first started as a relatively small monstratn 1991.

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Organized by the Cologne Associatn for Gays and Lbians, the event followed the maxim of "Good Friends Come Together" and was weled wh open arms om the get-go. As wh any Pri, Cologne Gay Pri is a firm advotor for the legal and social acceptance of lbian, gay, bisexual, tersexual and transgenr dividuals.

While Cologne Gay Pri ually lasts for roughly two weeks, thgs really heat up on the event's fal weekend.

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But actually, the first public LGBTQ+ rights prott took place Germany, over a century earlier, 1867—one year before the term ‘homosexualy’ was ed, German! In 1871, Germany passed the ultimate anti-gay law, Paragraph 175.

The Nazis ma more severe and imprisoned 10, 000 gay men (and some lbians, although they were not vered by Paragraph 175) ncentratn mps, where they were marked wh the pk triangle—and a majory died. But there is plenty to see today to remember the highs and lows of German LGBTQ+ history, om the Monument to Homosexuals Persecuted unr Natnal Socialism and the Schwul Mm (Gay Mm), both Berl, to the Dtsche Eiche bar and bathhoe Munich, where Freddie Mercury hung out the 1970s.

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And let’s not fet Bavaria’s gay (and/or queer) kg, Mad Ludwig, and his Wagnerian fantasy stle, Nschwanste—the spiratn for Disney’s Snow Whe’s Castle. Tradnally, Germany is known to be a gay-iendly but relatively nservative European untry.

Germany ranks among the top gay-iendly vatn statns acrdg to the Spartac Gay Travel Inx 2018 due to the gay-iendly environment the major ci like Berl, Hamburg, and Cologne. Therefore, numero gay bars var areas around the cy centers offer the opportuny to meet lols and other visors om all over the world. We are Karl and Daan, a German-Dutch gay uple happily livg the nomadic life.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS COLOGNE

Distant natural wonrs, famo metropolis, theme parks, gay-sports events and far-away-iends are great reasons to travel. As openly gay travelers, we are proud of who we are. Cologne (the Germans ll Köln) boasts a r gay populace that liberally imbib Koelsch, an alholic brew that people swear is healthy.

Explore the two gay neighborhoods of Alter Markt/Hmarkt-Mathiasstrasse, the olr leather men's scene at the historic center, once wh the cy walls; and the younger and trendier Rudolfplatz-Schaafenstrasse area. Anyway is Germany's first gay/lbian youth center, wh fe, and activi that clu send Friday danc for LGBTQ youth and iends, 27 and unr.

Heart of Cologne is an associatn of gay bs, wh a webse listg upg events at member venu. For map lotns and webse lks to the bs below, and more, see our gay Cologne listgs pag.

Gatehs Köln (Pleilstraße 43, entrance on Kettengasse; 49-221-257-0950), ial choice for lotn on a cidly gay street Rudolfplatz area.

Hotel Ariane (Hohe Pforte 18-21; 49 221-75-988-0210) the thick of the other gay area around Hmarkt. There are two distct pockets of gay activy: the areas around Rudolfplatz, and the streets around Hmarkt, closer to the Dom/Central statn.

Barcelon (Pipstraße 3), Old Town gay neighborhood bar and art gallery, Mederranean touch. Caso Eck (Kasostraße 1a, at Stephanstrasse), gay iends bought old lol pub, ved over all their neighbors, young and old, for lots of fun. Clip (Stephanstraße 4, Altstadt), small gay/mixed dance club; foam parti, karaoke.

Club 21 (Hohe Pforte 13-17), small gay bar/ dance club, DJs play pop, dance and hoe mic until 5am. ExCorner (Schaafenstraße 57-59), long-time lol favore gay men's bar. Exile (Schaafenstraße 61), morn/stylish gay mic bar/lounge, DJs and dancg, men/women and straight-iendly mix.

Iron (Schaafenstraße 45), Amerin-style cktail lounge, fger food snacks, theme nights; mixed-age gay/lbian and straight mix. Macky's Asia Lounge (Richard-Wagner-Straße 25), gay/mixed bar, mostly Asian and European men, karaoke, buffets. Ruhrpott (Baldustraße 20), gay bar and cktail lounge, mixed and relaxed, sual crowd, fe snacks, small lunch menu, ffee and k, vegetarian optns.

Schampanja (Mriwall 43), small alternative and gay bar Bermuda Triangle, middle-aged mixed crowd.

Zum Pter (Alter Markt 58) ty tradnal gay pub, wh large outdoors terrace for people watchg, pecially the passg guys who st furtive glanc. CLOSED: Bastard Cafe/ Bar (Frienwall 29), gay fe/bar food and drks, ck; iXbar (Mriwall 84), cktail bar, DJs; ONE Nightclub (Stephanstraße 4), karaoke, young gay/mix, weekend dancg; Zelos (Stephanstraße 2), tradnal tavern, stage shows.

Several one-night and circu gay parti are hosted around town. Beatz&Boyz at Club Bahnhof (Ehrenfeld), monthly gay and gay-iendly mixed Pop/ Hoe party by the S-Bahn statn. Gay parti have clud Sexy special event and holiday dance par.

Co Schmz (Aachenerstraße 28), Thursday through Saturday dis boîte below Salon Schmz, twice a month gay/lbian/iends pop dance party. Gravy at Degree Club (Alter Markt 36), 3rd Saturdays monthly gay Electro, Progrsive, Deep Hoe, and Tech Hoe dance party.

Nachtflug Club (Hohenzollernrg 87, Frienplatz), dance club featurg GreenKomm each first Sunday afterhours 6am-on; one of area's most popular gay circu parti.