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Northern Old Town

4 places in Cologne

Brauhaus Schreckenskammer

4.3(2,373)· Google

A tradition-steeped Cologne brewpub in the northern old town, family-run for generations and serving its own Kölsch.

Hohe Straße

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The Hohe Straße is one of Cologne's best-known shopping streets, running as a pedestrian zone through the heart of the Altstadt-Nord district. Its history goes all the way back to Roman times, when it formed the main north-south axis of the ancient city.

Cologne Marian Column

4.6(38)· Google

A Neo-Gothic Marian monument from 1858, today standing on the Gereonsdriesch beside the Romanesque church of St. Gereon and among the oldest Marian columns in the Rhineland.

Cologne Water Gauge

4.4(71)· Google

On the left bank of the Rhine in Cologne's northern old town, the Pegel Köln has recorded the river's water level at river kilometre 688 for centuries.

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