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Cologne
FOR MEMBERS
Eat, sleep, and fall in love like a Kölner: 8 unique things to do in Cologne
In the shadow of the fast-paced, buzzing capital is a more sophisticated German city: Cologne.
WWII bomb forces evacuation, travel disruption in Cologne
Controversial ride-hailing app Uber launches in Cologne
Escaped mentally ill prisoner remains at large in Cologne area
Düsseldorf and Cologne to suffer highest income losses in no-deal Brexit
Guard critically injured in robbery at Cologne-Bonn Airport
IN PICTURES: Rosenmontag Carnival celebrations go ahead despite storm
10 words you need to know at Cologne's Carnival
Storms threaten Carnival celebrations across west Germany
The calls you'll hear at Carnival - and what they mean
2018
No evidence of terrorist motive in Cologne hostage drama
10,000 people affected by unexploded bomb found in Cologne
German-Kurdish singer jailed in Turkey on terror charge
Cologne and Bonn hit with diesel ban orders
Teenager helps save 11 lives after carbon monoxide scare near Düsseldorf
Drought-hit Rhine forces Germany to tap oil reserves
Two die as fire rips through central Cologne town house
'We need intense rainfall': Drought cripples crucial German waterways
Water woes as drought leaves Germany's Rhine shallow
Cologne hostage drama 'likely a terrorist act': prosecutors
Syrian in Cologne hostage drama had mental problems: police
Police not ruling out 'terror' motive in Cologne hostage taking
Update: Police report end to hostage situation at Cologne's Hauptbahnhof
Cologne braces for protests as Erdogan opens mega mosque
German woman sues airport security for missing flight to Mallorca
Fire next to high-speed rail track rips through houses, injuring 32
Police punch Israeli academic in face after mistaking him for anti-Semite
Report: Cologne man arrested over alleged deadly poison attack plot 'had been planning his escape'
Police 'foiled biological attack' with arrest of Tunisian in Cologne
Tunisian man held in Cologne 'sought to build biological weapon'
Cologne police arrest Tunisian man on suspicion of possessing toxic substance
10 facts you probably didn't know about Cologne (even if you live there)
Passengers warned to expect serious delays at four German airports due to strikes
Strikes in Rhine region bring public transport to halt: what you need to know
Dozens injured in Cologne tram crash, driver reportedly drunk
Sea lions’ nighttime ruckus leads to Cologne Zoo’s first ever squabble with neighbours
Several injured after horses bolt at Cologne Karneval
Karneval: satirical floats in Rhine region ready to make Rose Monday parade debut
8 fascinating things you probably didn't know about Cologne Cathedral
Trial starts over collapse of Cologne city archive that killed two
Gambling ban on Cologne seniors’ illegal bingo game to be lifted
Small hole, big impact: landings temporarily halted at Cologne Airport
Rhine closed to shipping between Duisburg and Koblenz due to high waters
Far-right MP faces police complaint over 'incitement to hate'
2017
No injuries after minor earthquake rattles Cologne
Will new fair Art Düsseldorf compete with largest German art fair in Cologne?
Is Cologne becoming a more dangerous place to live?
Mayor accuses police of ‘giving up control’ after murder in busy Cologne square
Robber uses 11-year-old son as lookout in Cologne bank heist
Several police injured after football hooligans brawl in Cologne town centre
Hours of train delays in Cologne after asylum seeker protests on busy bridge
Threat prompts Turkish Airlines flight evacuation in Cologne
Couple who left Germany after Nazi persecution donate $22 million to Cologne Zoo
Investigation starts after dramatic cable car rescue in Cologne
Police make arrest after American tourist pushed in front of tram in Cologne
Court orders retrial of street racers let off jail after killing young cyclist
10,000 Muslims to march in Cologne against terrorism
easyJet plane diverts over 'suspicious conversation'
WATCH: Video of boy running through 'mini tornado' in Cologne goes viral
Skull found by schoolkids could unravel mystery of headless body in Cologne
Cologne enacts four-day no-fly zone ahead of AfD party meet
Thousands of protesters expected to 'shut down' AfD party conference
14 furry fugitives from Cologne petting zoo run amok through city
Bag ban at Cologne cathedral leaves visitors seething
Cologne Carnival - The Local's essential guide
Syrian teen on trial in Cologne over Isis bomb plot
Cologne to protect its famous Carnival from truck attacks
Most Germans don't think racial profiling is a problem: poll
Cologne police now say fewer North Africans ID'd on New Year's Eve
'I'm an American and I was racially profiled in Berlin 23 times'
The word 'Nafri' and why it is causing such a stir in Germany
Cologne police accused of racial profiling at New Year celebrations
2016
How Cologne sexual assaults 'changed German mood completely'
10 words and phrases that'll make you sound local in the Rhineland
Cologne to have 10 times more police for New Year's Eve party
Police mull helicopters, CCTV to fight New Year sex crimes
25,000 Kurds protest against Erdogan in Germany
Kurds march against Erdogan in Germany and France
Protest bubbles up against bizarre Cologne street art ban
Thousands evacuated after WWII bomb found in Cologne
Why an old lady scribbled on an €80,000 Nuremberg artwork
Tired Nazi jibes bring German-Turkish relations to new low
Turkey calls in senior German diplomat after Cologne rally
Tensions as tens of thousands rally for Erdogan in Cologne
Huge pro-Erdogan rally puts strain on Turkish community
Woman accused of false rape allegation at Cologne NYE
Cologne woman reports pregnancy after NYE rape
Kids playing on Rhine River find body parts in bag
2,000 men were involved in NYE sex crimes: police
Police report increase in sex crimes at swimming pools
First guilty verdicts for sexual assaults at Cologne NYE
Germany toughens rape law after NYE assaults
Cologne pride parade remembers Orlando
Man who stabbed Cologne mayor gets 14 years jail
Sartorial slip-up leads police to pipe bomb
Russian hooligans jailed in Cologne for beating Spaniard
Stabbed Cologne mayor mourns Jo Cox death
Ex-police chief asks Cologne attack victims for forgiveness
3 asylum seekers arrested for sexual assaults at music fest
Confused Spaniard to blame for alarm at Cologne airport
Sexual assaults reported at Berlin street festival
Will amphibious buses solve jams on Cologne's bridges?
Video emerges of Cologne New Year's Eve violence
Algerian man cleared of New Year's sex assault in Cologne
Officials 'tried to erase rape' from Cologne NYE report
German women battle for 'no means no' in rape law
Cologne mayor tells court of being stabbed in neck
Suspect in Cologne sex assaults caught in Switzerland
Inspectors smuggle bomb parts through Cologne airport
Trial begins of man who stabbed Cologne mayor
Man on trial in Germany for New Year's sex assault
Minister accused of cover-up in Cologne sexual assaults
First suspect charged with sexual assault in Cologne
Honest Cologne woman gives back €48,000 found on street
Wild boar droves refuse to let Cologne dead rest in peace
Police misled public on Cologne NYE operations
Cologne police 'fail to act' as anarchy breaks out at school
Germany tightens rape law in wake of Cologne assaults
Photos help police nab New Year sex assault suspects
Islam-critical French play is huge hit in Hamburg
Cologne celebrates its ancient Roman heritage
Snooty crowd turns nasty at harpsichordist's Cologne gig
Havoc at Cologne airport as brazen cop crashes security
30-strong group harasses young girls in north Germany
Six months suspended: first verdict in Cologne NYE trials
Refugee women 'abused by camp security guards'
Cologne faces inquiry into NYE sexual assaults
Reports of three refugees in Cologne attacks 'wrong'
Cologne attacks 'not organized': police chief
Big rise in sex offence reports at Cologne Karneval
Cologne locals take refugees under their wing for Karneval
Germans rush for weapons licences amid public anxiety
6 things I learned at my first Cologne Karneval
Storm rains off Rhineland carnival parades
Journalist 'groped' in front of live camera in Cologne
Cologne opens Karneval on edge after sex attacks
Women plan protests against 'pro-rape' pickup artists
Cologne police promise huge carnival presence
Moscow accuses Germany of hushing up Russian girl's rape
Police fight rumours they hide truth on refugees
Convicted rapist escapes during brewery visit
Even police can be idiots and incendiaries
First suspect arrested after Cologne sexual assaults
Town bans male refugees from pools amid complaints
Polls show most Germans fear refugee burden too great
Rhineland town axes Carnival over sexual assault fears
Huge gulf in crime rates among migrant groups
Merkel ally calls for 1,000 deportations daily
Criminal complaints in Cologne rise to 561
Criminal foreigners to be more easily deported
'We told you so,' Eastern Europe tells Germany
Paris attacker was held for Cologne sex assault
Spate of racist mob attacks shocks Cologne
Refugees shouldn’t be deported for sex crimes
Most Cologne attackers 'of foreign origin'
Papers criticized for ‘racist’ Cologne covers
Police chief suspended after mayor's final blow
Artist protests naked at Cologne Cathedral
Two arrested over NYE sexual assaults
How to deal with the Cologne sexual assaults
Cologne police face fresh NYE cover-up claims
Cologne still tense in wake of sexual assaults
Police hunting 16 over Cologne sexual assaults
Police report shows their side of Cologne assaults
New Year sexual assaults in Frankfurt, police say
'Keep men at arm's length': no fix for assault
Cologne police have 'no leads' on sex attacks
Silence on sex crimes will make racism worse
Cover-up claim over NYE mass sexual assaults
2015
Quake makes sleepy German town tremble
'I won't back down' after attack: Cologne mayor
Paris attack planner 'spent time in Germany'
Karneval season kicks off to lift winter blues
The real-life crime played out across 3 days of TV
Cologne stabber charged with attempted murder
1000s mobilize against far-right in Cologne
Cologne braces for mass 'hooligans' Sunday demo
Cologne gang 'stole from churches to fund Isis'
Pro-refugee candidate wins after knife attack
Could you take care of Cologne Cathedral?
Student's selfie horror short storms the internet
Elite cops destroy offices in chainsaw tantrum
Whiff of foul play in Cologne mayoral election
Studying in Germany left me down in the dumps
Elite cops' hazing ritual: eat ice cream off thighs
Traffic jams are price of strong economy
Cologne's 10 must-see spots for culture vultures
'Hooligan' jailed for Cologne mass rampage
'Russian Roulette' on the streets of Germany
Burglars coast to €1m theme park haul
Rhine church bells to toll for drowned refugees
Car-sharing trip turns into cocaine nightmare
Angry driver sprays petrol in child's mouth
Femen activist fined for topless church stunt
Cologne's giant bomb successfully defused
Leader warns AfD could become National Front
Biker brawl breaks out at Cologne hospital
Football fans abuse AfD head on train
Bomb alert grounds Germanwings Milan flight
'Space stone' brought back to Cologne
A party that makes Oktoberfest look civilised
Karneval revellers keep first responders busy
Cologne Karneval scraps Charlie Hebdo float
Hooligans stopped at NSU bomb vigil
Hooligans join Cologne Pegida demo
2014
HoGeSa demo planned for Essen
Merkel slams 'mud-slinging' anti-Islam demo
Merkel draws battle lines for 2017 election
Extortionist's bomb threats shut down city
Thieves tunnel into jewellery display case
Court overturns firing for sleepy train chef
Arrest ends Leverkusen explosion threats
State sells Warhols as critics mourn 'black day'
Court rejects Hanover ban on hooligan march
Hooligans: We're kind of sorry for Cologne chaos
Hooligans want to march in Berlin and Hamburg
'We can't allow a proxy war on German streets'
Minister wants to ban hooligan protests
Far-right thugs injure 44 officers in Cologne clash
Tourists stranded on cable car over Rhine
What's so great about... Cologne?
Thousands leave homes after bomb found
Passes, passports, police – a week in pictures
Police sorry for fining one-armed bike rider
Knife-wielding man killed on motorway
Mother and daughter killed in own home
Mayor urges Erdogan to cancel German trip
Cologne secure return to Bundesliga
Mailman keeps tallest flats in Germany posted
Child dies in Rhine, rescuer also feared dead
Passengers stuck on lost bus as flight leaves
Drunks and onlookers delay bomb explosion
2013
Scary German landing spooks Man United
Graveyard cremates wrong body in mix-up
Wanted: Owner of gold fortune found in locker
The man who gate-crashed Merkel's plane
Grounded ships close the river Rhine
Man run over by train lives, shouts at driver
Gay pride parade draws more than a million
The ever-popular Cologne Cathedral
Student dives 700 times in 24 hours
Detectives' beloved sausage kiosk re-opens
Police bag biggest-ever crystal meth haul
Police end kindergarten hostage situation
Bird traps hundreds in Cologne train overnight
Cologne divided over Jewish artefacts
Strikes hit hundreds of flights in west Germany
German railway stations ordered to go electronic
Strikes hit Cologne-Bonn, Düsseldorf airports
Cologne-Bonn, Hamburg airports hit by strikes
Strikes at Hamburg and Rhineland airports
Rosenmontag parades mark Karneval climax
Karneval – the schedule
Karneval – the history
Karneval – the societies
Karneval – the glossary
Cologne Cathedral gets bad vibrations
2012
Women on contracts can keep pregnancy mum
Ant-man ruins house with poison bombs
Belgian Ford workers storm Cologne factory
Poker player loses vital hand against tax man
Stuntman left ablaze as fire extinguishers fail
German gets diploma - 40 years after enrolling
German European equine victory hopes dashed
Airbus 'nearly crashed' when pilots fell ill
Bullied footballer:club abandoned me
Cologne football bullies could face charges
11 injured as smoke fills plane in Cologne
Cologne player quits over fans' threats
Woman's tumour as heavy as four babies
Lufthansa strikes to hit on Friday
Father 'killed daughter's boyfriend in flat fireball'
Zoo chief 'had to kill tiger to try to save keeper'
Escaped tiger kills zoo keeper
Pussy Riot copycats sing in Cologne Cathedral
Pocket urinals hit the streets of Cologne
Millionaire dentist falls to death 'after lovers' tiff'
Giant rubbish fire sends smoke over Cologne
Budget trains steam into Bahn monopoly
Grave error: woman finds skull at mum's headstone
Jews, Muslims increase calls for circumcision law
'Witches' pardoned 400 years after executions
Tap water 'better than bottled brands'
Muslims, Jews denounce circumcision ruling
Religious circumcisions are crimes says court
Study: Arctic went through ice-free stages
Poor marks expected for teacher parking fee idea
Google butchers Cologne Cathedral
Cops chase thief onto Cologne Cathedral
Drunken golfer practices in central Cologne
'Send him to hell': rapper in hiding after Fatwa
Eurostar plans speedy London to Frankfurt link
Berlin, Cologne fight to stay in Bundesliga
Hooligans break Leverkusen player's nose
Poll: Sexiest Germans are Hamburgers
Kurds try to hijack Rhine pleasure boat
'A Koran in every home' project makes waves
Thousands gather at airports to protest noise
Tenant booted for peeing in common garden
Crumbling Cologne cathedral drops stones
Cologne FC parts with director of sport
Podolski 'signs with Arsenal for €13 million'
Postman prime suspect in parcel pilfering plot
Government party loses another PhD
Police confiscate more amphetamines
'Budget' rail company takes on Deutsche Bahn
Rhinelanders go mad for Rose Monday
New drugs 'often no better' than old ones
Carousing at Cologne carnival - now in English
Cologne witchcraft trial reopens after 400 years
Cathedral usher caught stealing cash donations
'Bondage Fairies' launch global USB treasure hunt
Treasures on show again after building collapse
2011
100 snakes found in Cologne hotel
22-year-old German wins poker World Series
German taxis rank well for service but poorly on price
RTL reviewing security after Kurds storm studio
Man admits multi-million euro art forgery
Spectacular art forgery trial begins in Cologne
Storms chaos hits North Rhine-Westphalia
Shit hits the fans at Bundesliga match
Cologne food fair foie gras snub angers French officials
Cologne council members consider opening Rhine to swimmers
Canadian singer Neema woos German music fans on European tour
Man's body eaten by pet dogs
Cologne apartment blaze leaves one dead, 17 hurt
Ballack fined €8,000 for anti-FC Köln chant
Huge anti-nuclear protests hit the streets
Traffic lights giving way to roundabouts
Dortmund stretch lead at the top
Cologne residents weary of Karneval craziness
Cologne come from behind to stun Bayern
Lena's Eurovision song selection begins
Court orders workers to wear bras
Cologne Cathedral's 'Fat Peter' bell clapped out
2010
Three dead after blast destroys home
Couple gunned down in Cologne street shooting
Funeral home tries to cater to gay funerals with erotic caskets
Major new museum opens in Cologne
ZDF game show scandal gives new meaning to 'captive audience'
Rape victim, 12, secretly filmed attack
Criticism of controversial essay on anti-Semitism ruled unconstitutional
Cologne zoo takes action to protect penguins from foxes
Rail accidents leave one youth dead, four others injured
Cologne shopping street ranked Germany's most popular
Alisar crowned 'Germany's next Topmodel'
States agree to reform TV licence fees
Critics call for end to GEZ television licence fees
German ice hockey team stuns US
The Best of the Rhineland in April
Westerwelle to kick off Gay Games in Cologne this summer
Bayern goalkeeper takes blame for Cologne draw
Anger burns a year after Cologne archive collapse
Cologne puts metro flooding plan on hold
Cologne to flood metro tunnel as Rhine rises
Organised crime suspicions spread to Düsseldorf U-Bahn
Suspected ‘German’ Mossad killer probed
Germany prepares for floods as big thaw looms
Cologne may use controlled flooding to save metro
Karneval floats feature giant Obama, naked Merkel and zombie bankers
Organised crime may have caused Cologne archive collapse
More shoddy building uncovered in Cologne
Cologne considered evacuation near metro
Rhineland jesters try to get Munich to lighten up for Karneval
Construction worker confesses in Cologne archive collapse case
The Best of the Rhineland in February
Folklorists baffled over 'love locks' in Cologne
Extremist Swede gives anti-Islam party millions
The Best of the Rhineland in January
2009
Severed pig's ear sent to Muslim organisation
The Best of the Rhineland in December
Two dangerous criminals escape Aachen prison
Germany's best Christmas markets
Karneval kicks off in Cologne
Cornerstone laid for controversial Cologne mosque
Cap Anamur boss acquitted of illegal immigration charges
Politicians say Twitter 'damages democracy' after exit poll leak
Frozen pizza hankering costs man his driver's licence
Making it in Germany: an American jokester
Drunk bride found trapped in baking BMW after wedding
Catholic bank apologises for shares in the Pill, guns and fags
Bonn police foxtrot back to fitness
Police arrest robber shoe fetishist of Troisdorf
Court rules former SS officer not 'too old' for murder trial
Facebook loses legal fight against StudiVZ
Swine flu continues to spread
Tornado tears through northern Cologne
Court rejects attempt to stop 'Big Brother with babies' show
National hockey team goalie dies after cancer battle
Germany tries to clobber first Ultimate Fighting event
Thousands turn up to boo racists in Cologne
Workers unearth intact Cologne archive cellars
Cologne archive collapse damages could top €1 billion
Economic crisis leaves many animals homeless
Metro construction to continue near collapsed Cologne archives
Cologne offices raided in archive collapse investigation
Cologne mayor investigated for recording archive meetings
Cologne archive sparks disciplinary hearing
Cologne officials knew archive was sinking weeks ago
Official admits to building code violations near Cologne archive
Second body retrieved from collapsed Cologne archive
Rescuers still searching for buried student
One body found in Cologne archive rubble
Search for Cologne archive survivors enters fourth day
Unstable conditions delay search at collapsed Cologne archive
Search begins for two missing in collapse
Two feared dead in Cologne archive rubble
Cologne mayor says continuing metro work 'almost irresponsible'
3 missing after Cologne archive collapses
Police chief attacks Karneval booze frenzy
Schumi donates to bring Poldi back to play for Cologne
Economic crisis cooking course conjures €3 meals in Cologne
Karneval revellers brave chilly rain for Rosenmontag parade
Karneval organisers cover up offensive procession figures
Booze gets Karneval off to a violent start
Devil and angel rob shop owner in Cologne as Karneval begins
Naked Merkel Karneval float to appear in Brazilian bikini
Recession creating Karneval cutbacks
Bakery driver on trial for burying 'lying' girlfriend alive
Bayern's Podolski set to return to Cologne
Turkish Karneval club was a TV spoof
Turkish Karneval club wants to 'civilise' Cologne tradition
2008
Germany's young adults are too fat to work
Vandals 'behead' 2,400 Christmas trees
Cat billed for GEZ television fee
Cologne court calls dog as witness
Man ignites own flat to see neighbours burn
First Christmas markets open
Cologne Cathedral named Germany's top tourist site
Cologne brothel offers tattoo discount
Seven injured in Cologne metro fire
Engineers bail out of runaway freight train
Karneval kicks off in Cologne
Cologne 'dog hater' strikes again
Drunk fined €2,400 for swiping sausage in Cologne
'Caliph of Cologne' reportedly jailed for life
Anglers discover arm washed up on Cologne riverbank
Reich-Ranicki rejects 'rubbish' television honour
3-D model of Roman-era Cologne goes online
Man accidentally sells yacht for €22.50 in online auction
Germany planning to make stay in terror camps a crime
Cologne terrorist suspects released on lack of evidence
Drunk in Cologne dials emergency to 'save the world'
‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ goes to German gynaecologist
Police struggling to find evidence against Cologne terror suspects
Cologne canine killer poisons two dogs
Police ban anti-Islam rally after clashes in German city
Left-wing protesters scuffle with police in Cologne
Right-wing extremist rally in Cologne sparks clashes
Cologne braces for extreme right anti-Islam congress
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Gila Monsters stolen from Cologne zoo
Smaller minarets win approval for huge Cologne mosque
Drug dealer can keep German job centre start-up business grant
Cologne celebrates Christopher Street Day
German judge pooh-poohs 'sex piggy' pee plea
Porsche joy ride ends in German court
German man jailed for abusing Cambodian girl
Huge blaze at Cologne plant extinguished
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