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Bermuda Triangle
In the district Neustadt/Süd
The 'Bermuda Triangle' appears on no city map and no heritage list — yet nearly every local knows it. The name arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when a dense, alternative pub scene grew up around Zülpicher Platz and Barbarossaplatz. The allusion is clear: as in the fabled Bermuda Triangle in the Atlantic, you 'disappear' here among the bars — only with a Kölsch in hand. It refers to the tighter nightlife core of the area officially called the Rathenau Quarter, also known in Colognian as Kwartier Latäng.
Source: Wikipedia
At a glance
Landmarks in the quarter
Zülpicher Platz
The hub of the nightlife, a crossing point between the Ring and the pub strip.
Barbarossaplatz
A busy square a little further north at the edge of the triangle.
Did you know?
Cologne's Bermuda Triangle has no Wikipedia article of its own and no administrative entry — the name is pure vernacular. Yet almost every local knows it, while it appears in barely any official document.
This quarter is part of the district
Neustadt/Süd →All structural data (age, labour market, households, elections) is on the district page.
Related quarters
Around the same area — often known by several names in everyday Cologne speech.
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