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Beer Gardens

6 places in Cologne

Aachener Weiher

4.5(451)· Google

A 1920s artificial lake in Cologne's Inner Green Belt, framed by a beer garden, East Asian art, and the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Park.

Blücherpark

4.5(2,578)· Google

Strictly geometric people's park from 1911–1913 with a rectangular pond, rowing boats, and a boathouse terrace.

Groov

4.6(105)· Google

Former Rhine island in Cologne-Zündorf, transformed between 1974 and 1978 into a leisure area with a marina, swimming facilities, and green spaces along the river.

Kalscheurer Weiher

4.7(263)· Google

A man-made rectangular lake in Cologne's Outer Green Belt — with its own island, beer garden, and boat hire on the western shore.

Rathenauplatz

Cologne's leafy Südstadt park with a plane-tree avenue, a popular beer garden, and a name that mirrors Germany's turbulent 20th century.

Schwimmbad Rhein-Sommergarten

4.1(1,193)· Google

A former swimming pool in Cologne's north, reinvented as a beer garden right on the Rhine riverbank since 1996 – with a playground next door and views over the water.

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