View Full Version : Köln - Germany


SoboleuS
June 16th, 2004, 11:37 AM
Fourth largest city in Germany, population: 989,766 (31/12/2006)
Tallest building: KölnTurm, 148m

http://www.fam-tille.de/deutschland/koeln/2001_044night.jpg

http://www.schael-sick-online.de/Altstadtneu.jpg

http://www.schael-sick-online.de/sonnenuntergang%20herbst%20koeln.jpg

http://www.oih.rwth-aachen.de/~hendrik/koeln/koelner-nacht-panorama.jpg

http://www.oih.rwth-aachen.de/~hendrik/koeln/koelener-schnee-tag-panorama.jpg


http://hometown.aol.de/ddff2003/koelnfranzlandaustausch/koelnvomdomkoelnturm1.jpg
http://hometown.aol.de/ddff2003/koelnfranzlandaustausch/koelnvomdomkoelnturm2.jpg
http://www.mirubi.de/mediapark.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Koelnpanorma_blick_v_severinsbruecke.jpg/2000px-Koelnpanorma_blick_v_severinsbruecke.jpg

http://www.europeancastlestours.com/tours/rivers/gallery/Cologne_Skyline.jpg

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif

Kampflamm
June 16th, 2004, 01:46 PM
http://premium.uploadit.org/Aviller71/skylineni_filtered.jpg

DocentX
June 16th, 2004, 02:55 PM
http://www.fam-tille.de/deutschland/koeln/2001_044night.jpg http://www.oih.rwth-aachen.de/~hendrik/koeln/koelner-nacht-panorama.jpg

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

The Messiah
June 16th, 2004, 04:39 PM
I love those cathedrals.And i have seen that skyscraper before,when i went to Frankfurt by train.
But the skyline? 5.5/10

sebastian c
June 16th, 2004, 05:09 PM
Köln/Cologne ain´t got a real skyline...
The cathedral is probably the most exciting "skyscraper" here...

http://home.t-online.de/home/Bach-Patentanwalt/koeln2.jpg

http://www.cantate-online.de/images/0304-03.jpg

http://www.telcondex.de/pub/images/koeln/dsc00099.jpg

SoboleuS
June 17th, 2004, 01:55 AM
My rating is 6.5/10 - it has interesting mix of old and new ;)

skylover
June 17th, 2004, 08:57 AM
Beautiful city but the only high point of the skyline are the cathedrals.
6.5/10

Kölner
June 17th, 2004, 09:36 PM
I used to live there for 10 years, the city is really beautiful but has no real skyline ;)

chaos83
June 18th, 2004, 09:08 AM
I really love the atmosphere of those pics. :)

R@ptor
July 26th, 2004, 10:17 PM
Cologne actually has the second most skyscrapers of any German city behind Frankfurt. Here are a few more pictures:


http://www.city-skylines.de/skyscraper/images/koelnturm2.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/skyscraper/images/koelnturm4.JPG

http://home.t-online.de/home/wleonhard/hhkart_2/koelndeu.jpg

http://www.city-skylines.de/skyscraper/images/tuev2.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/skyscraper/images/dw2.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/skyscraper/images/dkv.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/skyscraper/images/fhwohnheim4.JPG

http://home.t-online.de/home/wleonhard/hhkart_2/koelncol.jpg

http://home.t-online.de/home/wleonhard/hhkart_2/koelnuni.jpg

http://www.city-skylines.de/bauwerke/images/colonius.JPG

cologne68
August 16th, 2004, 12:41 AM
More photos of my hometown.

http://www.city-skylines.de/turm/images/turm18.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/skylines/images/skylineneu11.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/digicambilder/wallpaper/turm27.JPG

http://www.city-skylines.de/digicambilder/wallpaper/skylineneu14.JPG

Certainly
August 19th, 2004, 06:29 PM
Great pictures cologne 68! :)

BrainWashington
February 2nd, 2005, 10:44 PM
nice city, nice pics 7/10

Ashok
February 3rd, 2005, 01:13 AM
Really nice i find. 8/10

RoM
February 3rd, 2005, 03:10 AM
I have been there like 2 months ago, nice city! loved the atmosphere! 6\10

SeeMacau
February 3rd, 2005, 07:16 AM
Nice city 7/10

MattSal
June 25th, 2005, 09:21 PM
Very nice, but very spread out. I give it a 7/10.

ferge
June 25th, 2005, 11:19 PM
Frankly who needs office towers when you have THAT dominating the city?!

http://www.city-skylines.de/digicambilder/wallpaper/turm27.JPG

Lovely setting with all those tiny colourful buildings by the waterfront with this leering over them... very historical and majestic.. Great great cathedral too! Love the city, some nice office towers, some quite drab and uninspiring ones too.. But a nice looking place if any :)

MIKI
July 21st, 2005, 10:01 AM
Beautiful city

Devilution
July 21st, 2005, 11:34 AM
Yep it´s a pretty city but the skyline isn´t really that impressive... so since the name of the game is "rate our skyline" it gets only a 6 from me.

Imperfect Ending
July 21st, 2005, 02:05 PM
7/10

Funny skyline :D

no offence

Boschdijk
July 22nd, 2005, 04:29 PM
Köln is a great city (i've been there last winter) and some very nice buildings, espacially the Cathedral, which boasts an excellent view over the city. The skyscrapers are nice to, but they aren't clustered but are spread out across the city. Because of that, the skyline isn't very impressive in my opinion. I give it a 7/10 (on European scale).

B@dGuYoM
July 22nd, 2005, 04:39 PM
great big cathedral and the big tower is very nice 7/10

El_Greco
September 21st, 2005, 02:10 AM
8/10

peterdn
September 22nd, 2005, 07:44 PM
I really like this city, and the cathedral is just amazing how big.
But the city hasn't really a skyline.
7/10

AdamT
September 22nd, 2005, 08:49 PM
Tragic skyline, but AWESOME cathedral that is the best. But rating this city by only skyline I can't give much more than 5/10

No Mercy
October 12th, 2005, 11:14 PM
Gut ist die Kathedrale der attraktivste anblick in den ganzen Köln, andernfalls ist die Stadt noch ein nettes Stück kunst. Ich liebe noch den Skyline, und eine Stadt ohne einen Skyline wird betrachtet, niedrig zu sein, aber die ist nicht genau zutreffend. Wenn in der Lagesien Sie, anzunehmen sie für, was es ist. Und Köln ist noch eine schöne Stadt und hier zeigt mehr der deutschen kulturellen Unterseiten, nette Stadt. Es ist eine nette Stadt zum immigrate vom hahahahaa. 7/10.

Based on what I typed in German, I was making a statement on how Köln is still a wonderful looking city, otherwise it would turn out like Kabul hahahhaa. Anyways, it is a must see. 7/10

Parzival
October 23rd, 2005, 12:42 PM
The tall building reminds me alot of sears tower

noRTH1212
October 23rd, 2005, 01:02 PM
Great Cathedral !

nomarandlee
October 30th, 2005, 07:02 PM
The city with my favorite Cathedral in the world. I am from Chicago, anyone from Cologne want to trade us the Colgone Cathedral for one of our talls?

Blue_Sky
November 5th, 2005, 04:21 PM
6.5/10

MAR_tm
November 16th, 2005, 08:18 PM
fuck! mistaken last option with firs one :[[[[[[[[[
sorry!
oryginal vote should have been 9 :[

HoustonTexas
November 21st, 2005, 07:00 AM
Uh, got the Population figures wrong...

Koln's over a million.

marpa
February 4th, 2006, 10:03 PM
7,5/10

LMCA1990
February 4th, 2006, 10:11 PM
9/10- i hope that more skyscrapers ae built here.

forvine
March 25th, 2006, 09:56 AM
7/10

Mercian
April 12th, 2006, 06:26 PM
Another old stamping ground of mine - & gave a score of 7. Kinda difficult to assess in that the cathedral is SO aesthetically amazing (tho a bit dirty!) & historically important that all new high-rise development has to be at least 1km away from it. A couple of modern areas have developed & are rising on or beyond the inner-city 'ring', but there's no single focus - rather 3 or 4 groupings. Still, from certain vantage points (esp. from across the river) the skyline can appear pretty impressive.

Muyangguniang
April 13th, 2006, 11:36 PM
I like Cologne 7!

Sinjin P.
April 14th, 2006, 05:08 AM
Beautiful city but skyline? 6/10

-Corey-
April 14th, 2006, 05:13 AM
8/10

talha
May 29th, 2006, 10:19 PM
some of my pics



http://www.bilder-hosting.de/img/NV1BE.jpg (http://www.bilder-hosting.de/show/NV1BE.html)

http://www.bilder-hosting.de/tbnl/NV7C3.jpg (http://www.bilder-hosting.de/show/NV7C3.html)

http://www.bilder-hosting.de/img/NVP9A.jpg (http://www.bilder-hosting.de/show/NVP9A.html)

http://www.bilder-hosting.de/img/NVVV3.jpg (http://www.bilder-hosting.de/show/NVVV3.html)

panamaboy9016
May 29th, 2006, 10:44 PM
I give it a six...It only has 1 tall building of 148m and that's it....

B@dGuYoM
May 29th, 2006, 11:10 PM
7/10

Alfons
June 7th, 2006, 12:40 AM
+10 for the cathedral
-0.5 the rest of the buildings
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9.5

Jean Baptiste
June 7th, 2006, 02:04 PM
Perhaps the city with the most awsome cathedral I have ever been in.

Accura4Matalan
June 7th, 2006, 08:47 PM
7/10

Patrick
December 23rd, 2006, 02:59 PM
it's a german illness i guess not to cluster the highrises in one district but to spread them out all over the city. unfortunately.

Dreamlıneя
December 24th, 2006, 11:12 PM
9/10 :)

ZZ-II
April 13th, 2007, 10:46 PM
9/10

MasonicStage™
April 14th, 2007, 09:31 AM
Looks okay. 8/10:cheers:

Skyman
April 14th, 2007, 12:30 PM
7/10

nano2192
April 14th, 2007, 07:25 PM
good historical buildings....but not much of a skyline 5.5/10

KoolKeatz
April 14th, 2007, 07:35 PM
10 for the dom
5 for the skyline
cologne without the cathedral wouldnt be interesting

norteam59
April 14th, 2007, 07:42 PM
7.5/10

morila
April 30th, 2007, 12:49 AM
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/9264/kln01nov007pp7.jpg

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7/cimg1053lh6.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2323/cimg1046ux2.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6425/cimg1052vu0.jpg

*more*pics*cologne* (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=466702)

7/10

Kelsen
April 30th, 2007, 03:40 AM
This city is sooo beautiful!

GreenUrbano
April 30th, 2007, 04:29 AM
7/10

Astralis
May 1st, 2007, 01:00 AM
7.5/10

stardust
May 1st, 2007, 01:16 AM
9.5/10 :okay: The reason? The Koln Dome, te most fantastic cathedral in the entire world!!! :rock: :bow:
:runaway:

peterdn
October 3rd, 2007, 09:37 PM
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/685/kolnby4.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/2158/koln7eg7.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8218/koln9uq7.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/7919/koln8hv6.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/155/koln10ku7.jpg

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4544/koln2sc0.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/8237/koln4wt5.jpg

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9594/koln6xj6.jpg

erbse
October 5th, 2007, 11:33 PM
Seems like the most of u guys are cheering and inspirable quite easily... I actually think that the rebuilding of Cologne after WW2 was one of the worst in entire Europe. It lost all of its charme despite the Dom and some isolated historical bright spots. The brutalists act so mad at this wonderful city, I could just cry.

But at least the skyline's can be considered to approach the term "okay" in European scale. I go with a 7/10 ;)

www.Rotterdam.nl
October 6th, 2007, 02:07 AM
A year ago I was in Köln. Köln isn't that bad. I found it a nice city to visit. Especially the night lightning of some buildings is very beautifull.

OMH
October 6th, 2007, 02:18 AM
its ok...the buildings are quite ok,but i would say its a typical german or continental european city...

goschio
October 26th, 2007, 06:35 PM
Cologne is quite ugly IMO. But the people are nice.

Frankfurter_Bockwurst
October 26th, 2007, 07:56 PM
8/10 tallest comieblock in ger in da house
2 points got away for the gays like mm (mark medlock) in future

ZZ-II
October 26th, 2007, 08:55 PM
lol, what have people like Mark Medlock to do with the Skyline-ranking? NOTHING!

Frankfurter_Bockwurst
October 26th, 2007, 09:00 PM
lol,what the fuck does this city have to do with skyline ? NOTHING!

Den Antwerpenaar
October 27th, 2007, 08:34 AM
Skyline: 8/10
Historical buildings: 9.5/10
--------------------------
= 17.5/20
= 9

skytrax
October 27th, 2007, 12:05 PM
9/10 it is a nice place

Kailyas
December 17th, 2007, 11:05 AM
6.5/10

Kampflamm
December 17th, 2007, 06:29 PM
If anyone wants to see more pics of Cologne, they can always visit my thread. :D

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=555484

RamzesII
December 17th, 2007, 09:45 PM
I regret but only 6 p.

Nikkodemo
May 22nd, 2008, 06:37 AM
This city needs mor towers!

But I admire its heritage.

6/10

dmagsteph
May 24th, 2008, 12:21 PM
7,5 /10

I prefer Frankfurt skyline, but Koln remains nevertheless a beautiful city!

thomyorke26
May 25th, 2008, 05:09 AM
simple, so, thats why im gonna put a 6 / 10

Skyline_FFM
May 25th, 2008, 01:52 PM
8.5 for the cathedral that saves it, otherwise it would be 3...

K.A.T.Z
July 13th, 2008, 02:18 PM
cute... skyline is a little bit small though

W!CKED
July 26th, 2008, 12:33 AM
7/10

Brisbaner21
July 30th, 2008, 03:15 AM
8/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 30th, 2008, 11:58 PM
7.5/10- the only problem is that there's no ral cluster, all the highrises in one place would make it definately No 2 in Germany. Like this I think it's only slighty better than Berlin

Kawasaki KG
October 22nd, 2008, 09:02 PM
4.5/10

Chadoh25
October 25th, 2008, 07:30 PM
9/10

Riocuartense
October 25th, 2008, 07:31 PM
5/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 7th, 2008, 10:35 PM
del

romanito
December 7th, 2008, 11:20 PM
7/10

Miguel_Prat
February 22nd, 2009, 11:33 PM
8.5/10

FabriFlorence
February 25th, 2009, 03:44 PM
Great city!!! 8/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
March 22nd, 2009, 10:20 PM
Skyline from Triangle Tower

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3452/3376098003_3b7762c988_b.jpg

Pic taken by me in April 2008

alekssa1
March 22nd, 2009, 11:55 PM
8.5

Major Deegan
April 26th, 2009, 12:10 AM
The skyline of cologne seen from the 'Drachenfels', about 25 km away from the city. You can see the TV tower on the left side and almost in the middle the silhouette of the famous cathedral.

by manganite (http://www.flickr.com/photos/manganite/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3090/2845881117_4c6be515f0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/manganite/2845881117/)

christos-greece
April 26th, 2009, 10:51 AM
Another great german city :) - 10/10 :cheers:

Orfeo
April 27th, 2009, 01:44 PM
8/10

love it, but not for the skyscrapers.

#obert
April 28th, 2009, 01:09 AM
6/10

sieradzanin1
April 28th, 2009, 04:58 PM
8/10

tonyssa
May 15th, 2009, 02:17 AM
6/10

bOrN2BwILd
May 15th, 2009, 09:33 AM
7.5/10

henry hill
June 20th, 2009, 12:05 AM
7/10

DidacXavier
June 29th, 2009, 07:08 PM
Decent skyline for a german city

5/10

Skyline_FFM
June 30th, 2009, 06:00 PM
Decent skyline for a german city

5/10

Friendly comment - for your standards! :rofl:

Srdjan Adamovic
June 30th, 2009, 07:42 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/249649116_7b820477ed_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/114/261277602_7350ccb70e_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2083739573_27cbf9dcba_b.jpg

Skyline_FFM
June 30th, 2009, 07:44 PM
Awesome pictures! Thank you!

Srdjan Adamovic
June 30th, 2009, 07:44 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2195/2387470180_16cc8c027d_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/1708335830_14667a72b3_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/334333252_585f684067_b.jpg

Srdjan Adamovic
June 30th, 2009, 07:47 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2372639778_948e75da88_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2665381537_a1043dfcff_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3394889826_0439a96ff3_b.jpg

Srdjan Adamovic
June 30th, 2009, 07:48 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/119/272450724_79f831b751_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/3652268312_84ec7c2a2f_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3426/3375620268_f1465a9864_b.jpg

Srdjan Adamovic
June 30th, 2009, 07:49 PM
Awesome pictures! Thank you!

Cologne is absolutely incredible!

Srdjan Adamovic
June 30th, 2009, 07:53 PM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/1409505693_25df8a9339_b.jpg

Skyline_FFM
June 30th, 2009, 09:01 PM
Cologne is absolutely incredible!

The photos you have posted also!!! :drool:

Eduardo L. Ramirez
June 30th, 2009, 09:53 PM
Great pics @ Srdjan!
Some more:

http://cdn.******************/photos/7220560.jpg

by Dirk Eubel (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/688118) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjIzMiI7fQ&pos=239&display=7220560))

http://cdn.******************/photos/13878914.jpg

by Hansjürgen Köhler (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/424170) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjI0MCI7fQ&pos=242&display=13878914))

http://cdn.******************/photos/12488810.jpg

by andreas-g. (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/1001663) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjI0MCI7fQ&pos=247&display=12488810))

http://cdn.******************/photos/17162452.jpg

by Da Silva Moreira Joaquim (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/1106434) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjI1NiI7fQ&pos=256&display=17162452))

http://cdn.******************/photos/6122197.jpg

by Björn Mus (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/786828) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjI3MiI7fQ&pos=277&display=6122197))

http://cdn.******************/photos/13856485.jpg

by Knipsfix (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/1155630) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjMwNCI7fQ&pos=311&display=13856485))

http://cdn.******************/photos/5065745.jpg

by Markus Niehczery (http://www.*****************/pc/pc/mypics/19782) (fotocommunity (http://www.*****************/search?q=skyline+k%F6ln&index=fotos&options=YToxOntzOjU6InN0YXJ0IjtzOjM6IjM1MiI7fQ&pos=353&display=5065745))

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/3084534762_41898cf7fd_b.jpg

by Alfred_Jodokus_Quak (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfred_jodokus_quak/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/alfred_jodokus_quak/3084534762/))

Skyline_FFM
June 30th, 2009, 09:54 PM
Fotocommunity is a great source for images from Germany and other places! I had a fotohome there also. Great fotos Eduardo! :applause:

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 1st, 2009, 09:53 PM
Thanks but why do all of these fotocommunity pics disappear after a short time? I credited them to the most possible extend. Is there any general problem with pics from this site? I already asked this the moderator De Snor about half a year ago but didn't receive an answer...

Anyway: two more fotos:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/26130495_e21b068cbc_b.jpg

by benidormone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benidormone/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benidormone/26130495/))

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/183585763_e4dc213ba3_o.jpg

by jstryd (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93372744@N00/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/93372744@N00/183585763/))

Lariabian
July 1st, 2009, 10:23 PM
7.5/10

diz
July 1st, 2009, 11:34 PM
interesting... other than the wonderful cityscape and the obs tower... there pretty much isn't a skyline considering the church towers are more like midrises despite the dominance of their appearance.

6.5/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 9th, 2009, 12:31 AM
Some fresh pics of the Rheinauhafen area:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3327/3441539107_e0f296c836_b.jpg

by Santa Cruiser (http://www.flickr.com/photos/santacruiser/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/santacruiser/3441539107/))

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3663177505_f543bbee2b_o.jpg

by Globifuzzi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/globifuzzi/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/globifuzzi/3663177505/))

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/3663174305_85dd54e5cd_o.jpg

by Globifuzzi (http://www.flickr.com/photos/globifuzzi/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/globifuzzi/3663177505/))

Skyline_FFM
July 10th, 2009, 12:18 PM
Thanks but why do all of these fotocommunity pics disappear after a short time? I credited them to the most possible extend. Is there any general problem with pics from this site? I already asked this the moderator De Snor about half a year ago but didn't receive an answer...



Well, I have been a member there also. And most of the photographers do sell their workd and fear the photos to become everyone's property. Most of them are really very arrogant and see anything as a theft! This is paranoid but this is the reality there. One of the reasons I left the site and created my own.

Nout
July 10th, 2009, 12:57 PM
I love this city :). The skyline isn't that impressive, but they've got all ingredients with a beautifull cathedral, a few modern towers, bridges... Its only not all in a cluster. 6/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 10th, 2009, 02:11 PM
Well, I have been a member there also. And most of the photographers do sell their workd and fear the photos to become everyone's property. Most of them are really very arrogant and see anything as a theft! This is paranoid but this is the reality there. One of the reasons I left the site and created my own.

Hmm ok, I'll never post a pic from that site again :)

I love this city :). The skyline isn't that impressive, but they've got all ingredients with a beautifull cathedral, a few modern towers, bridges... Its only not all in a cluster. 6/10

I agree with that though I rated it a bit better. Here are some pics of some Cologne "clusters":

Part of North Central

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/26130401_b3f5adb4da_b.jpg

by benidormone (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benidormone/) (flick (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/26130401_b3f5adb4da_b.jpg)r)


Part of South Central

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2508/3704085120_124c251dc7_b.jpg

by Gret@Lorenz (http://www.flickr.com/photos/multiget/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/multiget/3704085120/))

Deutz

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/3005213496_d62fac8e4a_b.jpg

by dolorix (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7684055@N08/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7684055@N08/3005213496/))

Part of West Central

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/209413669_95cb4d5ad4_o.jpg

by n0ll (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-s/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-s/209413669/))

Riehl

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/209413949_9d31c3979a_o.jpg

by n0ll (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-s/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-s/209413669/))

Radio City

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/209414417_2599a7250d_o.jpg

by n0ll (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-s/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-s/209413669/))

Skyline_FFM
July 10th, 2009, 05:07 PM
Cologne would have a skyline if it had all buildings closer together!

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 10th, 2009, 05:24 PM
That's exactly what I said in my first post on this city :)

7.5/10- the only problem is that there's no real cluster, all the highrises in one place would make it definitely No 2 in Germany. Like this I think it's only slighty better than Berlin

cristof
July 10th, 2009, 05:30 PM
great de city...
what's the name of this glassy shopping center looking like the new one in Frankfurt?

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 10th, 2009, 06:24 PM
great de city...
what's the name of this glassy shopping center looking like the new one in Frankfurt?

Do you mean this one?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3546/3404227385_e0b37b5ac4_b.jpg

(pic by mamahohpe/flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/66541867@N00/3404227385/))

It's the "Peek & Cloppenburg" department store of Cologne. Sometimes it's called "Whalefish building".

cristof
July 10th, 2009, 06:40 PM
yeah isnt it one?

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 10th, 2009, 06:51 PM
^ ? It's the "P&C" department store, as I said in the last post (at the end, maybe you didn't see it)

Cologne in 1945 (not much left except of the cathedral..)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2252/2109719556_d631b54304_o.jpg

by David C. Foster (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21734563@N04/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/21734563@N04/2109719556/))

The WDR ensemble

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2308/2385589698_82829ff732_b.jpg

by go-mel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/go-mel/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/go-mel/2385589698/))

The Ice Cream building

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/319973641_c8154e9683_b.jpg

by Andrew3000 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew3000/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew3000/319973641/))

Gerling buildings (by Sir Norman Foster!)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3503939656_2f510e58fc_b.jpg

by SurfGuard (http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfguard/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfguard/3503939656/))

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/38/79743752_6f504988b7_b.jpg

by kaiser_t (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaiser_t/) (flickr)


The ABC building

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/52/119916576_3ab3716e91_b.jpg

by .mw (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwillms/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwillms/119916576/))

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 10th, 2009, 07:35 PM
Lufthansa Tower and Triangle Tower

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/419252547_469d74a3f4_b.jpg

by Santa Cruiser (http://www.flickr.com/photos/santacruiser/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/santacruiser/419252547/))

Part of the North Central skyline and construction in Deutz

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/388267654_80fed20352_b.jpg

by .mw (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwillms/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mwillms/388267654/))

A tower in Deutz

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/170005997_9a3b3c65ba_b.jpg

by unsharpnoise (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noiseunsharp/) (flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/noiseunsharp/170005997/))

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 26th, 2009, 09:33 PM
A nice pic posted by Bahnsteig (on this site (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=921412))

http://i44.tinypic.com/5n0o5s.jpg

icracked
July 27th, 2009, 12:21 AM
3/10 or a 4/10 for skyline...Frankfurt is still by a mile the best skyline in Germany.

SimsPlanet2
July 27th, 2009, 01:28 PM
7.5. I like the cathedral!

Jan Del Castillo
July 27th, 2009, 06:28 PM
8. Regards.

Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 28th, 2009, 02:19 AM
Some more pics:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2800295432_6610cd1d40_b.jpg

by Walljet/flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/walljet/2800295432/)

http://www.koeln.de/files/images/ehrenfeld_superbas_500x375.jpg

from www.koeln.de (http://www.koeln.de/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3715882203_ffc8c1f9dd_b.jpg

by Eber M./flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eberm/3715882203/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2141/3545556219_4ff3180976_b.jpg

by Kleiner Hobbit/flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/benjaminwiessner/3545556219/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2600518130_84a00d3c78_b.jpg

by kehrseite/flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/kehrseite/2600518130/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2210/2078118831_440281df52_b.jpg

by JöSi/flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joesi/2078118831/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/1706764723_2a04a63f3e_b.jpg

by EnDie1/flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/endie1/1706764723/)

Skyton
July 28th, 2009, 02:26 AM
8/10

New Yorker25
July 31st, 2009, 08:52 PM
Koln skyline is exquisite. The cathedral alone makes for a remarkable skyline. 9/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 1st, 2009, 08:20 PM
A different view on the central skyline (scroll>)

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2022139.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2022139

Maybe the modern towers of Cologne appear quite small but keep in mind that the cathedral is 160 m tall...

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 1st, 2009, 08:45 PM
http://cdn.******************/photos/17085972.jpg

http://cdn.******************/photos/17162452.jpg

http://cdn.******************/photos/17014312.jpg

http://cdn.******************/photos/16391354.jpg

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CTRL ALT
August 1st, 2009, 09:24 PM
Looks like a very nice city at street, level but it dosn't have a skyline 4.5/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 2nd, 2009, 01:13 AM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/150587035_e852f6ba06.jpg

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 2nd, 2009, 01:29 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2073/2462390507_465d5a3525_b.jpg
by tobilaw (flickr) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobikerl/2462390507/)

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2004/2212096833_fc51f970c5_b.jpg
by hYp85 (flickr) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/79694973@N00/2212096833/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3344829483_d3ed59af92.jpg

karkar
August 2nd, 2009, 02:09 AM
wow what so beautiful city... i hope to be there this year... 10/10... somebody have photes of leverkusen

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 2nd, 2009, 02:21 AM
^ Of course! :)

I think we can count it as a suburb of Cologne..

Here is the industrial skyline of Leverkusen with the tallest building standing at 125 m (Bayer Tower, on the right):

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/188/466977693_6413d50883_b.jpg
by Roomman (flickr) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roomman/466977693/)

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 31st, 2009, 05:48 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/442101655_2375b06473_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaiser_t/442101655/

Eduardo L. Ramirez
September 6th, 2009, 01:02 AM
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1610130.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1610130

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2289400.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2289400

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4739478.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4739478

Eduardo L. Ramirez
September 11th, 2009, 09:32 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/3905743731_c8d6931644_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yreist/3905743731/

Peter The Great
September 11th, 2009, 10:00 PM
awesome city.

xavarreiro
October 6th, 2009, 04:01 AM
7/10

KAZAN RESIDENT
October 16th, 2009, 07:44 PM
6,5/10

c6josh
November 9th, 2009, 11:26 AM
voted 7/10

desertpunk
November 9th, 2009, 03:15 PM
Koln may have the "most skyscrapers in Germany outside Frankfurt", but they are too randomly scattered to have any meaningful impact. This city really needs to assert itself. 7

Skyline_FFM
November 10th, 2009, 06:32 PM
Koln may have the "most skyscrapers in Germany outside Frankfurt", but they are too randomly scattered to have any meaningful impact. This city really needs to assert itself. 7

So you think that Cologne should surround the midieval Cathedral with higrises and skyscrapers?!
We are in EUROPE! Cologne is awesome just the way it is! It doesn't nedd skyscrapers, neither a highrise impact or any other of those things to impress. It's geographical situation and silhouette are great.

Tiaren
November 10th, 2009, 07:03 PM
Actually, Cologne is a butt-ugly city. Rebuilding after WW2 couldn't be much worse... And without the amazing Cathedral, there would be nothing of interest regarding a skyline.

4/10

Skyline_FFM
November 10th, 2009, 10:10 PM
Actually, Cologne is a butt-ugly city. Rebuilding after WW2 couldn't be much worse... And without the amazing Cathedral, there would be nothing of interest regarding a skyline.

4/10

Cologne is amazing. It is quite bustling for it's size, a highrise packed skyline would worsen the situation of WWII-rebuilding. But Cologne has other things to offer. You can not deny it, or you don't know it too well.
Or would you prefer to see the Cathedral surrounded by the highrises? Modern architecture okay. But no concurrence in height just near the cathedral.
And it is funny that people from overseas always think that all cities have to be filled with highrises and form a skyline. We have a completely different model of urbanization. At least we have 4 of the 12 best cities to live in in the world. I think a skyline doesn't improve the quality of life!

donparcero
November 10th, 2009, 10:29 PM
Well, I don't want to be too hard....6/10!

Tiaren
November 10th, 2009, 10:47 PM
Cologne is amazing. It is quite bustling for it's size, a highrise packed skyline would worsen the situation of WWII-rebuilding. But Cologne has other things to offer. You can not deny it, or you don't know it too well.
Or would you prefer to see the Cathedral surrounded by the highrises? Modern architecture okay. But no concurrence in height just near the cathedral.
And it is funny that people from overseas always think that all cities have to be filled with highrises and form a skyline. We have a completely different model of urbanization. At least we have 4 of the 12 best cities to live in in the world. I think a skyline doesn't improve the quality of life!

I am German and I'm pretty often in Cologne too, so I know what I'm talking about. I never said that the city centre should be packed with highrises. On the contrary, I love historic cityscapes...but Cologne just has one ugly post war blog after the other. The city is really ugly...but right, it's popular too. And the Kölner are the most outgoing and overall happy people I could think of in Germany. Still, the city is pure post war ugliness with just one sparkling highlight, the Kölner Dom.

Skyline_FFM
November 10th, 2009, 11:44 PM
I know that you are German! :lol: You live in Trier, where I often spent some days when I was a child. An aunt of mine lived in Schweich.

Tiaren
November 11th, 2009, 01:08 AM
Trier and Schweich FTW!!!111eleven ;)

missioneiro
November 11th, 2009, 06:54 PM
Köln ist wunderbar! :) The historic core must be preserved (or what survived from WWII) and i think that the height is OK and any skyscraper would destroy that area. But i think that Köln could have a new area for a new CBD or something like this with more skyscrapers constituing a new area in the city.

eL yOrSh
November 11th, 2009, 07:46 PM
wonderful photographs, the ratings 9 / 10 that, according to the definition of skyline (an outline (as of buildings or a mountain range) against the background of the sky), I think this very clearly defined the silhouette of the city and very recognizable .

I think these threads, many people confuse a skyline and think they have to have skyscrepers.

as only a personal opinion

Eduardo L. Ramirez
November 11th, 2009, 09:39 PM
http://www.research-in-germany.de/coremedia/generator/dachportal/en/B__Pictures/A__Discover_20Germany/Cologne_20by_20night,property=BigImage,slc=dachportal_2Fen.jpg
http://www.research-in-germany.de/coremedia/generator/dachportal/en/02__Discover_20Germany/Disover_20Germany,templateId=popup,currentContentId=16950.html

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/1313797091_5a5d6f6870_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25916960@N00/1313797091

desertpunk
November 12th, 2009, 11:18 AM
So you think that Cologne should surround the midieval Cathedral with higrises and skyscrapers?!
We are in EUROPE! Cologne is awesome just the way it is! It doesn't nedd skyscrapers, neither a highrise impact or any other of those things to impress. It's geographical situation and silhouette are great.

Who said anything about clustering skyscrapers in the center of the city? Other european capitals have found ways of blending old and new creatively without overbearing talls ruining the Altstadt the way Frankfurt did, or with districts where talls are built appealingly like Moscow or Amsterdam. Koln just has little cohesiveness to its skyline and most of those scattered talls are dreadful.

Skyline_FFM
November 12th, 2009, 11:34 AM
Who said anything about clustering skyscrapers in the center of the city? Other european capitals have found ways of blending old and new creatively without overbearing talls ruining the Altstadt the way Frankfurt did, or with districts where talls are built appealingly like Moscow or Amsterdam. Koln just has little cohesiveness to its skyline and most of those scattered talls are dreadful.

This model is used to make the cityscape look open and free. If you collect them just in clusters, the city looks american and it is not desireable for an old city where Romans have settled for a long time!
You do not have such historic backgrounds in the US so you can do whatever you want with your cities...
And Cologne is not growing that fast that there would be a need to verticalize it! IMO some of the highrise buildings could be knocked down to improve the cityscape!

desertpunk
November 12th, 2009, 11:39 AM
IMO some of the highrise buildings could be knocked down to improve the cityscape!

I quite agree.

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 10th, 2009, 10:55 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2661/4100558798_4af6fd683e_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jupp1957/4100558798/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/136342468_1f6cc2145a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peppaman/136342468/

charliewong90
December 12th, 2009, 05:44 AM
6.5/10 for modern building but 10 for its entirelity

nenad_kgdc
December 12th, 2009, 03:54 PM
9/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 13th, 2009, 02:31 AM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/K%C3%B6ln_Skyline_an_einem_regnerischem_Tag_2009.jpg/800px-K%C3%B6ln_Skyline_an_einem_regnerischem_Tag_2009.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K%C3%B6ln_Skyline_an_einem_regnerischem_Tag_2009.jpg
Larger version (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K%C3%B6ln_Skyline_an_einem_regnerischem_Tag_2009.jpg)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/467083409_b55d578db3_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/santacruiser/467083409/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/467096930_9cb092ffde_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/santacruiser/467096930/

http://n542.slnws.net/rheinvideo/i/tb/wd/qtinipf/ao4.jpg
http://www.rheinvideo.de/alben/SNDNJTL/view/detail


http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/2792/koeln06042008015yn4.jpg
By Skyland (on this site) (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=604007)

http://www.e-concierge.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/13.jpg
http://www.e-concierge.de/blog/index.php/tags/panorama/

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 16th, 2009, 02:41 PM
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5866476.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5866476

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 16th, 2009, 04:03 PM
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/4309646.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4309646

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2998421.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2998421

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/1129537.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/1129537

Skyline_FFM
December 16th, 2009, 04:47 PM
99% of Cologne's highrise and at least 50% of the midrise could be knocked down. They are so damn ugly and real landscape-killers! :ohno:

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 16th, 2009, 06:42 PM
You already said that a couple of times...

99% of the highrises? That's a bit harsh, don't you think? Some of Cologne's tallest highrises (KölnTurm -148m, Ringturm -110m, Herkules Tower -105m, TriangleTower -103m) are actually really nice for me, not to mention recladding projects of "medium" looking buildings like the Lufthansa Tower -95m (MaxCologne -100m).

However, Cologne has quite a few crimes against architecture ;) , I must agree with it generally.

Heroico
December 17th, 2009, 05:56 PM
8/10

Skyline_FFM
December 17th, 2009, 08:07 PM
One of the best things in Cologne is the World's biggest bell "St. Peter" which has a wiehgt of 24,000 kilos!

NWCjcioe5dI :drool:

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 18th, 2009, 02:25 PM
http://www.anicursor.com/koeln_5370.jpg
http://www.deutsches-architektur-forum.de/forum/showthread.php?t=1981&page=7

http://www.bilderbuch-koeln.de/img/15/cb/93834.978x1304xin.jpeg

http://www.bilderbuch-koeln.de/img/d2/86/46738.978x1304xin.jpeg
http://www.bilderbuch-koeln.de/Fotos/46738

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 23rd, 2009, 09:46 PM
http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/10485027.jpg
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10485027

Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 24th, 2009, 11:52 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2564/4207722617_344effb1c4_b.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/swiv/4207722617/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2644/4090067971_fd6ce281e8_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31490870@N06/4090067971/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2349/1760882241_616e66e0e2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16394403@N05/1760882241/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2594/3664821920_68ed8f22dc_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/globifuzzi/3664821920/

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/6754/seilbahn_1r.jpg
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Germany/West/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Cologne/photo948910.htm

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/117552520_e26629f235_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixxseventyfive/117552520/

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Viewfromhelioslighthouse1.jpg/775px-Viewfromhelioslighthouse1.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viewfromhelioslighthouse1.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Deutzer_Br%C3%BCcke_-_Panorama_from_south.jpg/800px-Deutzer_Br%C3%BCcke_-_Panorama_from_south.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deutzer_Br%C3%BCcke_-_Panorama_from_south.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/K%C3%B6ln_Severinstra%C3%9Fe_vom_Domturm.jpg/800px-K%C3%B6ln_Severinstra%C3%9Fe_vom_Domturm.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:K%C3%B6ln_Severinstra%C3%9Fe_vom_Domturm.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Colonius_in_view.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonius_in_view.jpg

Eduardo L. Ramirez
February 24th, 2010, 11:23 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4341766836_f94b038523_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/transkamp/4341766836/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2677/4330692718_7f65ba12b7_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/realityscans/4330692718/

Eduardo L. Ramirez
March 18th, 2010, 03:17 PM
Cologne skyline at the horizon seen from its suburb Bonn

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3530/3871852383_4e3cac6971_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24148128@N07/3871852383/

Eduardo L. Ramirez
April 4th, 2010, 05:23 PM
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4429569942_fea3a751ba_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/konstantin_quecke/4429569942/

Eduardo L. Ramirez
April 25th, 2010, 01:38 AM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3757341605_5a4dafed48_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/66541867@N00/3757341605/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2746/4376112889_23dfb7e9d2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22356644@N03/4376112889/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2693/4449815919_975ca5fc10_o.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28312749@N02/4449815919/

Eduardo L. Ramirez
November 6th, 2010, 04:56 AM
Cologne skyline seen from Bonn with Post Tower (162m) in front

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4639648193_083bdeafea_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjohn2101/4639648193/sizes/l/in/photostream/

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Cologne skyline seen from Post Tower Bonn (note: on the centre-right you can even see the Düsseldorf TV tower!)

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Kampflamm
November 6th, 2010, 10:25 AM
May I suggest visiting my Rheinauhafen-Thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1248053). :smug:

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January 3rd, 2011, 06:54 PM
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X Bomby
January 4th, 2011, 12:05 PM
cathedral 10/10. Rest of the city 5/10.

So I'll give 7.5/10

Axelferis
January 7th, 2011, 11:53 AM
3/10
the skyline isn't densified and doesn't dazzle me. :(

Eduardo L. Ramirez
January 11th, 2011, 01:13 AM
Crane Houses

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Historic skyline


1910

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2011

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RokasLT
January 11th, 2011, 06:49 PM
from far away looks beter 6/10

Squiggles
January 13th, 2011, 09:10 PM
8.5/10

I had a magnificent view on a clear day from the top of the cathedral. I admit that the city isn't exceptionally tall, but the density is awesome, as is the architecture.

Eduardo L. Ramirez
January 15th, 2011, 07:07 PM
Current flood


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Eduardo L. Ramirez
January 15th, 2011, 07:07 PM
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Eric Offereins
January 15th, 2011, 08:41 PM
Köln is a beautyful city, but with only a few skyscrapers. 7/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
February 1st, 2011, 02:03 AM
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February 1st, 2011, 02:09 AM
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Eduardo L. Ramirez
February 1st, 2011, 11:45 PM
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Kampflamm
February 2nd, 2011, 12:36 AM
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Eduardo L. Ramirez
February 2nd, 2011, 01:07 AM
Nice foggy view :okay:

Eduardo L. Ramirez
February 24th, 2011, 07:14 PM
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eurico
February 25th, 2011, 08:20 AM
6.5/10 I like that church's tower

Eduardo L. Ramirez
February 25th, 2011, 03:49 PM
With 157m height it is the 2nd tallest in both Germany and the world :okay:

Dzwonsson
February 25th, 2011, 04:41 PM
Cologne is a very nice city, I've been there many times and certainly will be there again soon, but despite its massive cathedral with its great soaring towers and the fact I love Gaffel Kölsch the skyline doesn't deserve more than 5/10...

Geocarlos
March 3rd, 2011, 01:36 AM
6/10

harrypowell
March 3rd, 2011, 01:48 AM
Magnificent cathedral. And that' about it really. And those odd 60's looking buildings along the river look hideous. 4/10

vfG
March 6th, 2011, 07:29 PM
Nice skyline... but according to the metropolitan area ... underdevelopped...
My top 5 in this metro area :
Düsseldorf (Diversity + night skyline)
Essen (Density)
Dortmund (Quite Modern)
Köln (Bridge Cathedral & Towers)

I think we need a topic for this incredible metro area anyway...

Werkself
March 6th, 2011, 07:50 PM
With 157m height it is the 2nd tallest in both Germany and the world :okay:
Here you see the comparison:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Groessenvergleich_UL-K-M-B-AC.jpg
I dont like it that much, maybe its because I see it everyday. Its just huge, poor glance and very windy around it. The underground of it is more interesting. If you visit cologne, dont climb it, go to the other riverside and up to the "LVR tower", so you can make a good photo of the cathedral and the city. ;-)

The new crane houses really suck! Now they are modern, but in 10 years they will look clumsy. And the destroy our beautiful architecture in the Rheinauhafen. They should have build more emotional designs like in Düsseldorfs Mediahafen. :ohno:

Eduardo L. Ramirez
March 30th, 2011, 01:22 PM
Yes, I agree

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kuzmiak
March 30th, 2011, 08:47 PM
10/10 sehr gut

mossimoh
April 30th, 2011, 10:50 PM
5.5/10

harry·chao
May 19th, 2011, 02:37 AM
6/10

capricorn2000
May 19th, 2011, 08:04 AM
8/10
not much for the handful crapers but for the cathedral - one humongeous gothic.
I can hardly believe myself being there a long time ago, crossing that huge steel bridge
by foot to take shots of the cathedral on the other side one cloudy september afternoon.

dnh310
May 22nd, 2011, 01:46 AM
8/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
May 24th, 2011, 10:59 PM
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Eduardo L. Ramirez
July 10th, 2011, 03:57 AM
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bijtkonijn
July 10th, 2011, 12:26 PM
7.5:) The cathedral is overwhelming when standing right in front of it. almost makes you fall over when looking up:P

Eduardo L. Ramirez
August 26th, 2011, 10:24 PM
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October 2nd, 2011, 03:16 AM
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Eduardo L. Ramirez
October 20th, 2011, 12:39 PM
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Eduardo L. Ramirez
December 30th, 2011, 01:14 AM
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Kölner Dom mit Groß St Martin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowfloater/5986838688/) by Lowfloater Photography (http://www.flickr.com/people/lowfloater/), on Flickr

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Cologne as seen from hot air balloon by gwiwer (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninaosmers/), on Flickr
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Srdjan Adamovic
January 22nd, 2012, 08:47 AM
7/10

Eduardo L. Ramirez
March 6th, 2012, 10:18 PM
Cologne
seen from Bonn

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Bonn mit Post Tower und Panorama Blick auf Köln (Dom und Funkturm) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rene_bonn/5026969762/) by rene_m (http://www.flickr.com/people/rene_bonn/), on Flickr


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èđđeůx
March 8th, 2012, 01:57 AM
Lovely surprise, such a beautiful city! 7/10

TheReconstructer
March 10th, 2012, 12:29 PM
Cologne is a really beautiful city, was there 4 years ago and it was a great city :) The only thing I think is a shame that Cologne doesn't rebuilt historical houses in the Altstadt. Does Cologne has any plans for reconstruction? I know they rebuilded the quarter near the Groß St. Martin and the promenade of the Rhein.

Eduardo L. Ramirez
March 11th, 2012, 01:14 AM
^ This particular area was 'completed' by 1990. They are still reconstructing some buildings from time to time but there is no consideble quantity anymore, unfortunately.


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Rheinauhafen, Köln (http://www.flickr.com/photos/derguy/6492010959/) by Guy Gorek (http://www.flickr.com/people/derguy/), on Flickr

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Leonardo M. Gaz
March 11th, 2012, 07:29 PM
7/10

konny
March 11th, 2012, 09:34 PM
very nice city 8/10