Cologne



A city in northwestern Germany on the Rhine River

From Latin Colonia Agrippina, Agrippine Colony, a settlement founded by Agrippina, the mother of Roman Emperor Nero; from Latin colonus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwel.

Cologne's airport code is CGN.

Cologne is also home to Evoke, the Soma Festival, Summerjam and Open Chaos



We also have a gallery of streetart in Cologne.

Travel Info
Area 405 sq km   156 sq miles

Population 965,300

Time Zone GMT/UTC +1

Languages German (official)

Currency Euro (Euro)

LonelyPlanet says: "A city so good you'll want to dab it behind your ears."

Links

 * http://www.koeln.de/


 * http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cologne


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne


 * http://cologne-in.de


 * KoelnWiki - The city-wiki of Cologne



Usage as a name for perfume / 4711
For the usage as perfume see:

Eau de Cologne (French for "water of Cologne", Kölnisch Wasser in German) is a type of light perfume that originated in Cologne, Germany and is defined by its typical concentration of about 2-3% essential oils. Today only used by old ladies and Japanese tourists as souvenir from Cologne ;-)


 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eau_de_Cologne

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