Tag Archives: Cologne

The Mysterious Banana around Cologne by Thomas Baumgärtel

Stadtbanane

Plenty of Bananas in Cologne Have you recognized all the bananas in Cologne and other places?  The cityscape includes quite some interesting aspects once in a while. Who is actually behind the scenes of the Banana? Around 30 years ago, Tomas Baumgärtel started to spray the banana for the first time onto buildings. This he is […]

Streetart Gallery in Ehrenfeld: Heliosstraße

Are you ready to see new streetart around Cologne? Yesterday, I was super excited to see new art in Ehrenfeld, Heliosstraße. I love taking this street to find new streetart. If you are into streetart I highly recommend you to check out Heliosstraße (streetname) in Köln- Ehrenfeld as well as Vogelsanger Str. If you are coming from […]

Free Alternative Cologne Tours

Starting December 2016: Free Alternative Cologne Tours December 2016, I started hosting Free Walking Tours in Cologne.  What are Alternative Cologne Tours about? It’s all about the Alternative. We make things different. The approx one and a half hours walk through the city includes more than just the basic historical dates and sights. You will have an insight into […]

Fair Fun: CGN Deutz

Cologne Fair Fun

If you are seeing a ferries wheel across the river in Cologne …the fair is still on. This year (2016), the fair is on until the 10th of April. I was not too happy to go to the fair the other day because I assumed it to be boring. But I told myself that I […]

Make yourself happy! Every day!

Make yourself happy

I think it’s important to do something every day which will make you happy. That can be pretty much everything… Get a good coffee, take more time for yourself than usually, meet a friend, write a letter, read, work out, plant something etc.. Just something to look back in the evening that will satisfy you! […]

Some like it sweet…TörtchenTörtchen

TörtchenTörtchen

Cologne: Places I like I am living in Cologne as many of you already know. Usually I spend a lot of time exploring the city and new locations… I thought about giving you some suggestions and insights which places I liked and you might want to try them as well. Let me know what you […]

THANKFUL CHALLENGE / Day 5

Day 5: Thankful for a fun night with my girls…at the museum….and walking around the city! It’s awesome that Cologne has a for free eve in museums ? (this one is once a month for citizens of Cologne… But many cities have it for everyone each month… Good for low-budget travels 😉 ) ‘in the […]

Something you would not expect in Cologne Ehrenfeld

Cologne Dome

Surprise in Ehrelfeld Ehrenfeld is a district in Cologne which is worth visiting for many reasons which I will introduce you to in different posts. Today I am introducing you a quite obvious one which is still not known to many visitors of Cologne. Ehrenfeld has a lighthouse. YEAH 🙂 isn’t that amazing?! A lighthouse in […]

Heads up

Enjoy your day to the fullest… have a conversation with the person next to you…have a look and maybe you will find something that will brighten your day 🙂 Can you see it? Happy weekend everyone :o) Start living now… Stop scrolling down and put your cell phone aside…