Culture

Alte Feuerwache

4.5(702)· Google

Self-governed socio-cultural centre in Cologne's Agnesviertel — housed in the city's former main fire station of 1890.

Kölnischer Kunstverein (Cologne Art Association)

since 1839

4.4(67)· Google

Founded in 1839, the Kölnischer Kunstverein is one of the oldest and most respected institutions for contemporary art in Germany. Today it resides in the striking building "Die Brücke" on Hahnenstraße, presenting current international art in Cologne.

Literaturhaus Köln

since 1996

4.8(61)· Google

A stage for contemporary literature in the medieval Haus Bachem – with some 700 members, one of Germany's largest literature houses.

Museum of East Asian Art

since 1913

4.4(1,040)· Google

Germany's first dedicated museum for East Asian art displays works from China, Japan and Korea beside the Aachener Weiher pond.

Theater in der Filmdose

Private boulevard and cabaret theatre in Cologne's university quarter, staging comedic productions inside a pub on Zülpicher Straße since the 1980s.

Weisshaus Kino

4.5(591)· Google

Award-winning arthouse cinema in Cologne-Lindenthal showing European film art, international narrative cinema and its own strand of children's films – housed in a 1950s theatre building.