Cologne

Germany · North Rhine-Westphalia

Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany and the largest city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia with over 1.0 million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million people in the Cologne Bonn urban region. Cologne is also part of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, the second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union.

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Practical facts

Local time

UTC+2 · 8 h ahead of Costa Rica

Region

North Rhine-Westphalia

Main language

German

On the map

50.94° N, 6.96° E

Near Cologne

• Bonn · 24 km away
• Dusseldorf · 34 km away
• Dortmund · 73 km away
• Koblenz · 78 km away
• Maastricht · 90 km away
• Liege · 103 km away

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Where to stay

Excelsior Hotel Ernst am Dom

9.2/10 · 613 reviews

Ruby Ella Hotel Cologne by IHG

9/10 · 8355 reviews

Adina Apartment Hotel Cologne

9/10 · 4137 reviews

URBAN LOFT Cologne

8.8/10 · 6788 reviews

AMERON Köln Hotel Regent

8.8/10 · 3545 reviews

Lindner Hotel Cologne City Plaza, part of JdV by Hyatt

8.7/10 · 7526 reviews

Hotel Mondial am Dom Cologne MGallery

8.7/10 · 5034 reviews

Hotel Santo

8.6/10 · 9342 reviews

CityClass Hotel am Dom

8.6/10 · 6765 reviews

25hours Hotel The Circle

8.6/10 · 5821 reviews