Mensacolognian Jan Sieckmann will guide you. Highlights of 2000+-years-old Cologne await you. From the Cathedral façade to picturesque places, stories and legends: Get addicted!
After this tour you will want to return for a longer visit, or for now enjoy a few other events we have on offer in Cologne the same day!
Please note that we do offer guided tours into the Cathedral as well as its rooftop.
Directions (from IBD Hotel)
Travel time is about 90 minutes
... including some potential waiting time for the trains you will take and the time locally in Cologne.
- If you're on the ground floor where the hotel’s reception is take the stairs or elevator up to first floor, the conference level
- On the first floor of Maritim Hotel - with IBD meeting room, organisation office, board game room, etc. - head for the large hall
- At the end of that hall between the two bars (Galeriebar and Morley’s Bar) is the exit to the elevated footpath towards Düsseldorf Airport – go for it
- After taking the footbridge follow the signs for "Departures" and once entering the airport building turn right
- Follow the signs to SkyTrain and "Flughafen Bahnhof/Airport station"
- Take elevators or escalators up to the SkyTrain station
The SkyTrain is free of charge, runs every 5 minutes and takes 7 minutes to the final stop "Flughafen Bahnhof/Airport station" - Get off and head for the railway station "Düsseldorf Flughafen"
- Take the regional train RE1 or RE5 or RE6 to Cologne central station "Köln Hauptbahnhof"
Note that the aforementioned regional trains pass through the Düsseldorf central station "Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof"
Directions (from Köln Hauptbahnhof)
Travel time is some 10 minutes
- Leave Cologne central station using the exit to "Bahnhofsvorplatz" (on the side with platform 1)
- The Cologne Cathedral is slightly to the left
- Head for the front of the cathedral (to the right)
- In front of the main entrance you will see a big finial flower statue ("Kreuzblume") where you will meet your guide Jan at 10:00h
Depending on your arrival time you'll have the time to take a look into the cathedral before the tour starts
Hint: You want to visit several events in Cologne so that you have to spend a bit over an hour to get to Cologne only once.
See
Directions and Times for general information on directions.
directions from the station to the event
