Cologne, and Cologne in English and French, is a big city, active nightlife with many bars and restaurants, but also old, full of history, monuments and sites. Period famous Cologne carnival is a good enough time to visit the city.
From Cologne you can make a boat trip on the Rhine to Strasbourg, France. The picturesque area of the route lies between St. Goar and Rüdesheim (many castles, vineyards, etc..). There are a rail route from Frankfurt to Cologne passing through Loreley, Rhine Valley and other scenic places.
Cologne offers more than history: whether it is street music on the Hohe Strasse or galas in modern opera, the paving from the set of paintings of cathedrals or old masterpieces Wallraf Richartz Museum, the annual music festival along inner ring road or carnival in town, in Cologne all this combines into a vibrant work of art, a cosmopolitan metropolis with nearly one million inhabitants and that, despite the size, it apparently never lost his district.
Dortmund is 8th in the ranking of the largest cities in Germany. The city is crossed by the Ruhr and Emscher rivers, but also by the Dortmund-Ems canal on which is the largest canal port in Europe. It is a city renowned for its sports, traditions in music and theater. The city has an airport 9km from the center, a central station and a port all intensely circulated and of great importance for the city's economy.
Dusseldorf, or better Doesseldorf, is one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. It is an elegant and modern city on the banks of the river Rhine. Here all the locations are near one another: just near the famous shopping street is Konigsalley Oudstad, the old city center. With 260 pubs and taverns city is known as "the biggest bar in the world."
Bottrop in summerThis is the place to bring your children - the big wheel is a firm favourite with younger visitors. The château Schloss Beck in Kirchhellen-Feldhausen is amongst one of the few remaining buildings designed by Johann Conrad Schlaun, one of the most famous architects of the late baroque period. Today the gem of the Ruhr chateaux accommodates a fairy tale castle and is surrounded by a leisure park which includes a big wheel, go-carts and water rides, a zoo for children, a railway, slides, trampolines, a cable slide and play areas. Also at Haus Beck there are places were you can eat. The Kirchheller heath is particularly appealing as a place to relax and unwind, with around 100 kilometres of marked cycle paths and footpaths and its streams and lakes, such as the Heidesee and the Heidhofsee. With barbecues, shelters, and a 35 metre high viewing platform, as well as play areas and rest areas, a wide variety of interests are catered for. A picnic at the forest station and the "Heidhof" holiday centre or long walks around one of the lakes - all of these guarantee rest and relaxation.
Neuss is a city in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and has the administrative status of an urban district, belonging to the county of Dusseldorf.
Düsseldorf is the capital and one of the five largest cities of the North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an elegant German city, with old medieval landmarks and numerous wineries.
