The Deptford Lads' Holidays

Deptford Lads > Cologne > Notepad

Cologne - Notepad

This is our Cologne notepad. Here we put useful notes, links, reminders and tips on transport, restaurants, bars, places of interest, events, current exhibitions etc. for our next trip to Cologne. Information on this page only relates to our last trip. It is not kept up-to-date (unless we are visiting again, shortly).
This page is a saved version of one of our on-line notebooks on Google Notebook (last updated 03/12/07).

Index: Transport | Accommodation | See & Do | Restaurants

Our pages
 
 
 
 Links
Travel

Trains
 
Thursday 6 December 2007  London - Cologne
London - Brussels Eurostar dep. 12:55 St Pancras International £74.50 - Leisure Select
    arr. 15:59 Brussels Midi  
Brussels - Cologne ICE 17 dep. 17:59 Brussels Midi

€45.10 (£31.27) - First class (Sparpreis 50)
+ €1.5 (£1.04) - seat reservation    

    arr. 20:15 Köln Hbf.
Sunday 9 December 2007  Cologne - Brussels
Cologne - Brussels ICE 14 dep. 14:44 Köln Hbf. €45.10 (£31.27) - First class (Sparpreis 50)
+ €1.5 (£1.04) - seat reservation  
    arr. 17:01 Brussels Midi
Monday 10 December 2007  Brussels - London
Brussels - London Eurostar dep. 18:59 Brussels Midi £74.50 - Leisure Select
    arr. 19:56 St Pancras International  
Route details
 
Eurostar 9132: calling at Ebbsfleet and Lille; duration 2hrs 4mins
ICE 17: destination Frankfurt; calling at Bruxelles-Nord, Liège-Guillemins, Aachen, Köln (plat. 4); duration: 2hrs 16mins; Bordbistro
ICE 14: destination Bruxelles Midi; depart plat. 5; calling at Aachen, Liège-Guillemins, Bruxelles -Nord Bruxelles-Midi; duration 2hrs 17 mins; Bordbistro
Eurostar 9157: calling at Lille; duration 1hr 57mins
 
Acccommodation

Lint Hotel Köln
www.lint-hotel.de

Lintgasse 7
50667 Köln

Tel. +49·221·92055·0
freecall 0800-5 468 468
e-mail   contact@lint-hotel.de
 
€129 per night inc. breakfast
 Ranked 20 out of 239 hotels in Cologne on Trip Advisor
Scandic Grand Place, Brussels
 
Rue d' Arenberg 18
Brussels
1000
Belgium
+32 2 548-18-11

Room description Queen Room
Total price 80.00 EUR (including tax and local charges)
See and Do

Six Christmas markets in central Cologne

26th November - 23rd December
Daily 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Kolumba
Art museum of the archbishopric of Cologne
 
Newly opened (September 2007) art gallery in a new building incorporating a ruined gothic church, an achaeological excavation, as well as exhibits from late antiquity to the present day.
 
Kolumbastraße 4
D-50667 Cologne

Opening hours:
Wednesday to Monday 12 to 5 p.m.
closed on Tuesdays

Admission: adults € 5 / reduced € 3
Gross St. Martin
Romanesque church and crypt 
 
Romanesque church (1150 -1240) built on Roman warehouse of 2nd-3rd century.
 
Mo. geschlossen
Di.-Fr. 10.00-12.00 Uhr und 15.00-17.00 Uhr
Sa. 10.00-12.30 Uhr und 13.30-17.00 Uhr
Sonn- u. Feiertage 14.00- 16.00 Uhr
 Jo suggested we should visit the crypt.
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
History of the Federal Republic of Germany
 
Museumsmeile
Willy-Brandt-Allee 14, 53113 Bonn
Opening hours: Tue-Sun 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Free admission
 
tram lines 16, 63, 66
tram-stop "Museumsmeile/Heussallee" (exit "Haus der Geschichte")
Schokoladenmuseum
 
Opening hours:
Tues. to Fri. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sat., Sun., holidays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
closed on Mondays 
Last admittance one hour before closing

Admission prices: adults 6.50 EUR
Restaurants

Restaurant Listings
Das kleine Stapelhäuschen
 
Fischmarkt 1-3
0221-2577862
 We went here for Andrew's 40th birthday.
 Brauhaus Sünner im Walfisch
 
Salzgasse 13
50667 Köln
0221-2577879
Pfaffen Brauerei
 
Heumarkt 62
Rheinterrassen
 
Restaurant Rheinterrassen
Rheinparkweg 1 · D-50679 Köln (Deutz)
 
Di-So. 18.00 Uhr bis 1.00 Uhr
So. 12.00 Uhr bis 17.00 Uhr (chill out breakfast), 18.00 Uhr bis 1.00 Uhr 
 
Restaurant closed Fri & Sat 7 & 8 Dec '07
More from Deptford Lads: Virtual Tourist | Blogger | Picasa | Google Maps

Page hit counter
27/11/07