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5 places in Cologne

Fish-Rider Fountain© Georg Grasegger · CC BY 3.0

Fish-Rider Fountain

A listed 1913 sandstone fountain in Zollstock – showing a boy riding a fish.

Klettenbergpark© Gudrun Velten · CC BY-SA 3.0

Klettenbergpark

An idyllic natural garden in a former gravel pit – a hidden gem with ponds, rocks and lush greenery by Fritz Encke.

Leaning Tower of Cologne (St. John the Baptist)© Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0

Leaning Tower of Cologne (St. John the Baptist)

The conspicuously tilted tower of the old church of St. John the Baptist in the Südstadt – Cologne's little ‘leaning tower'.

St. Amandus (Cologne-Rheinkassel)© Chris06 · Public domain

St. Amandus (Cologne-Rheinkassel)

A Romanesque village church in northern Cologne – with a choir that recreates the famous collegiate church of St. Gereon in miniature.

Ulrepforte© Unbekannt · CC BY-SA 3.0

Ulrepforte

The smallest surviving gate of the medieval city wall in the south – with an attached windmill, an atmospheric piece of city history.