Parks & Gardens
19 places in Cologne
Beethovenpark
A near-natural landscape park in Sülz from the 1920s – with wide lawns, mature trees and a special garden.
Blücherpark
A strictly geometric people's park in Nippes from 1913 – with a pond, play lawn and Baroque-style avenues, designed by Fritz Encke.
Cologne City Forest
A sprawling woodland park in Lindenthal with a deer enclosure, ponds and playgrounds – a popular recreation area in western Cologne.
Flora Botanical Garden
Cologne's botanical garden with over 10,000 plant species, historic themed gardens and the grand glass ‘Flora' festival hall in Riehl.
Forstbotanischer Garten Köln
A sprawling forest botanical garden in southern Cologne with the adjoining Friedenswald – around 90 hectares of trees, ponds and calm, free to enter.
Friedenspark
A city park in the Südstadt near the Rhine, built on an old fort – a quiet green space by the approach to the South Bridge.
Fritz-Encke-Volkspark
A socially minded people's park by Fritz Encke (1920s) in Raderthal – with flower gardens, an open-air theatre and a reading garden as rare features.
Groov
A popular leisure island on the Rhine in Zündorf – with a marina, beer gardens, mini-golf, a pool and lawns, linked by a Rhine ferry.
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Park
A peace park in the inner green belt – a place of remembrance for the atomic bombings, designed as a quiet green space.
Humboldtpark
A small listed green space in Humboldt/Gremberg – one of the few inner-city parks in the Kalk district.
Klettenbergpark
An idyllic natural garden in a former gravel pit – a hidden gem with ponds, rocks and lush greenery by Fritz Encke.
Klingelpützpark
An inner-city park in the northern old town on the site of a former prison – today a popular green open space.
Mülheim Stadtgarten
A historic city park in right-bank Mülheim from 1912/13 – a green oasis with mature trees near the Rhine.
Rheinpark
A riverside park between Deutz and Mülheim on the right bank, heritage-listed since 1989 – with views of the Old Town.
Rose Garden
A symmetrical rose garden by Fritz Encke on a former fortress fort – in summer a fragrant sea of blossoms in the green belt.
Stadtgarten
Cologne's first public park in the Neustadt – a green oasis and at the same time a legendary venue for jazz and concerts, with a beer garden.
Südpark
A small listed park in Marienburg from around 1900 – a quiet, well-kept green space in Cologne's elegant south.
Volksgarten
A popular park in the Südstadt with a boating lake, pedal boats, beer garden and the Orangerie – one of Cologne's loveliest meeting spots.
