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8 places in Cologne
Antoniterkirche (Cologne)
A Gothic Protestant church in the middle of the Schildergasse – Cologne's most visited church after the cathedral, known for Barlach's ‘Hovering Angel'.
Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum
Germany's national sports museum on the Rheinauhafen – from antiquity to the Olympics, with hands-on stations and a sports court on the roof.
Fragrance Museum in the Farina House
In the birthplace of Eau de Cologne – the Fragrance Museum tells the story of the famous Cologne scent in original 18th-century rooms.
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
Cologne's city-history museum with around 350,000 objects spanning 1,200 years – at a temporary home in the former Franz Sauer department store since 2024.
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Cologne's ethnology museum ‘Cultures of the World', with over 65,000 objects from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas at the Kulturquartier on Neumarkt.
Romano-Germanic Museum (RGM)
Cologne's archaeological museum with the famous Dionysus mosaic and 2,000 years of finds – currently housed at the Belgisches Haus during renovation.
Chocolate Museum Cologne
A cultural-history museum on the Rheinauhafen peninsula with a glass chocolate factory and a walk-in tropical house – one of Cologne's most visited museums.
