Showing posts with label Musical Dome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Musical Dome. Show all posts

14 Mar 2017

COLOGNE AROUND THE STATION

When I visited my old schoolfriend from 1951 (!) we wanted to make a tour in Cologne. It had been a long time I hadn't been in Cologne which I had known in my childhood. But then it looked completely different as it had been severely damaged during WWII and there were still a lot of ruins around.



We left the car outside and took the train and as in each city here too street "artists" had done their work.



My beloved Rhine looked all grey



I didn't recognize the station at all it had been completely renovated








I tried to make more pictures but it was impossible, the wind was so strong that you could hardly walk !



But I could take a picture from the Rhine



In front of the station I saw this huge "tent" looking like building. It was the Musical Dome which is a unique theater because of its extraordinary glass and concrete construction and at the same time an architectural landmark directly on the Rhine River promenade. 





The market  place and the shopping streets hadn't changed



I noticed a new statue of a singer who only sang about Cologne with very funny texts. He also had composed the most famous carnival songs.



Want a Rolex ??





We then had lunch in an old Brewery near the Dome.



One thing I have to say, I have never seen so many sorts of cake, cookies, or bread like in Germany





The Roman Germanic Museum.

Unfortunately we couldn't do more, it simply was too stormy and cold.



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