At a glance
- When:
- Sun 8/01/2010 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (German)
- Sun 8/01/2010 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Spanish)
- Mon 8/02/2010 1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (German)
- Mon 8/02/2010 2 p.m.-4 p.m. (English)
- Mon 8/02/2010 4:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. (English)
- Sun 8/01/2010 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (German)
- Location: Downtown Cologne
- Fee per participant: 8 Euro
- Languages: German, English, Spanish
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Description
For more than 2,000 years we Cologne natives have been living, loving, suffering and celebrating on the Rhine. Roman soldiers, French occupying forces, merchants and priests have given the city its distinctive face. In two hours, we would like to tell you a few things from the moving history and the present of Cologne. You will hear why it took more than 600 years to complete the cathedral, why an archbishop turned a blind eye in stealing, why a mayor fought a lion and why the women of Cologne never used to have to work. You will discover where Cologne smells like an Italian field of flowers, why the fishwives gossiped so much, and why Bill Clinton particularly liked Cologne. And you will ultimately also hear who the “Dicke Pitter” and “Kallendresser” are and what a “Köbes” does. You will see: it’s really not so hard to be a Colognian!
Registration / Miscellaneous
- Event for: men and women, max. 25 participants
- Registration deadline: 1 hour prior to each tour
- Meeting place: finial in front of the cathedral
- Presented by: Benno Schlüter / Andrew MacNeille
- How to get there: finial (Kreuzblume) in front of cathedral, Tram Line 5, 16 18 to "Dom/Hauptbahnhof" (Cathedral/Main station)
* Up to 3.- EUR of each ticket purchase will go to the outreach program. More information about the outreach program is available here.
