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Some impression from the campus of Cologne Business School as well as the city of Cologne:

Photo of the Cologne Business School

Cologne is the fourth-largest city in Germany and has more than million inhabitants.

Cologne´s most famous building is the Cologne Cathedral or Kölner Dom, which was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1996. Moreover, the Kölner Dom harbours the relics of the three Magi and the nickname of the Kölner Dom is the "eternal construction site".

Photo of the skyline of Cologne at night

A symbol of the modern part of Cologne are the "Kranhäuser", which are located at the waterside of the river Rhine. The shape of the three Kranhäuser, an upside-down "L", is reminiscent of the traditional habor cranes, which were used to load cargo off of and on to ships.

Photo of the crane houses (Kranhäuser) and the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom)

In Cologne exists more than thirty museums and hundreds of galleries.

Another famous feature of Cologne is carnival or the so-called "fifth season of the year", which begins on November 11th at 11:11 a.m. However, the real "crazy days" do not start before the so-called Weiberfastnacht (Shrove Thursday), the Thursday before Rosenmontag (Carnival Monday). The "crazy days" of Carnival are celebrated in Cologne with parties on the streets, in public squares and in pubs. Closing times for pubs and bars are suspended for the duration of the festival.

Photo of Cologne Carnival (Kölner Karneval)

Any further information can be found at www.cologne.de