Cosmopolitan Metropolis

The cathedral spires tower over
Germany's oldest city and its
innumerable cultural and
historical treasures, world-famous
museums and active art scene.
Whether street music on the Hohe
Strasse or galas in the modern
opera house, whether pavement
painting on the cathedral
concourse or old masters in the
Wallraf Richartz Museum, whether
the annual music festival along
the inner ring road or carnival in
the entire city - in Cologne all
this becomes synthesized into a
vivacious work of art - in a cosmopolitan metropolis
boasting more than a million
inhabitants which, despite its
size, has never lost its
neighbourly character.

Typically Cologne:

The world feels at home in
Cologne, where people meet for
a Kölsch, a chat or simply a
laugh. Life in Cologne is
uncomplicated and vivacious -
the tolerance and cosmopolitanism
of its inhabitants proverbial.