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Situated in the heart of Cologne, the Excelsior Hotel Ernst is just steps of city historical and cultural sites including Cologne Cathedral, Romano-Germanic Museum and the Cologne Arena. Opened in 1863, this 5-star hotel is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World, awarded to the world’s finest hotels, resorts and spas. The hotel provides individualized services to respond to the uniqueness of every guest and employee. This is a great choice in the city centre, whether you’re in Cologne for business or pleasure.

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Situated in the middle of the Old Town of Cologne, the Hotel Im Wasserturm is a unique luxury hotel placed in a history 11-story brick water tower. Close to Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne Cathedral and Koeln Arena, this is a unique boutique hotel that guarantees one of a kind experience. Exclusive and unique its building used to be the biggest water tower in Europe which makes it one of the most unusual hotels in Germany.

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Many people have heard about Dada art movement but few realise that it originated in the Niederdorf in Zurich in 1916, in partnership with Cabaret Voltaire. The house was preserved and reopened in 2002 to the public as a musem. However last summer its cafe was turned into a bar and Duda was born. The name of the cafe is a play on words coming from Dada and the German for ‘you there’. It’s a pity because few people know about the bar, as you have to walk through the museum shop – great for unusual gifts – to get to it, and because Duda is not allowed to advertise itself on the historical facade.

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Kolumba Museum is situated in Cologne, Germany, a city that was almost completely destroyed in World War II. Nowadays the museum houses the Roman Catholic Archdiocese’s collection of art which spans more than a thousand years. Some of the historic fragments around the museum includes pieces of the Gothic church and stone ruins from the Roman and medieval periods.

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This summer, almost in every emerging neighborhood in Leipzig, Germany the streets were buzzing of artists and students. Early 20th-century cinema turned intimate music hall, Mohna. Outside, on Wolfgang-Heinze-Strasse, three heavily pierced student-types in studded jackets were hurrying toward Conne Island, one of Leipzig’s better-known music venues. Therefore, Leipzig does call itself the City of Music.

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Cologne is a very modern city in Germany, where three sharp objects have a commanding influence on the skyline, from nearly every corner in the city. One of them is the ornate cathedral, which looms over low-rise buildings and fanning arteries. The ancient city of Cologne creates a vanish of brutal modernity, but while scratching Cologne’s surface reveals a vibrant center of art and design.

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Cologne, Germany, with its one million inhabitants, is the largest city in northern Rhineland. It is situated in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, in a wonderful landscape of castles, villages and hills, covered with forest and vineyards. The city stands on the banks of the river Rhine and some of the best views of the city can be had directly from the river.

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