Free entry
10 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'.
Blücherpark
A strictly geometric people's park in Nippes from 1913 – with a pond, play lawn and Baroque-style avenues, designed by Fritz Encke.
Flora Botanical Garden
Cologne's botanical garden with over 10,000 plant species, historic themed gardens and the grand glass ‘Flora' festival hall in Riehl.
Forstbotanischer Garten Köln
A sprawling forest botanical garden in southern Cologne with the adjoining Friedenswald – around 90 hectares of trees, ponds and calm, free to enter.
Fritz-Encke-Volkspark
A socially minded people's park by Fritz Encke (1920s) in Raderthal – with flower gardens, an open-air theatre and a reading garden as rare features.
Neu St. Alban
A modern 1959 church by the Stadtgarten, built from rubble bricks – a remarkable post-war design in the spirit of Le Corbusier.
St. Agnes (Cologne)
After the cathedral, Cologne's largest church – a mighty neo-Gothic hall church that gives the Agnesviertel its name.
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.
St. Andrew's Church, Cologne
A Romanesque-Gothic basilica near the cathedral – burial church of Albertus Magnus, with a colourful stained-glass cycle by Markus Lüpertz.
