Walking
5 places in Cologne
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.
Groov
A popular leisure island on the Rhine in Zündorf – with a marina, beer gardens, mini-golf, a pool and lawns, linked by a Rhine ferry.
Cologne Fortress Museum
A volunteer-run museum in a Prussian fort in Marienburg – with a sculpture park and Germany's last surviving folding bridge.
Rheinauhafen
A former trading harbour in the southern Old Town – today a lively riverside quarter with the striking Crane Houses.
