03/05/2024
F A C T S
1. During the Cologne street carnival, more than 150 million glasses of Kölsch are consumed.
2. Cologne is home to Germany’s only palm tree-lined avenue, located in the Cologne Flora within the Botanical Garden
3. The average age in Cologne is 42,2 years (2021).
4. Porz has a different area code: 02203.
5. A „Halver Hahn“ (a local dish) contains 450 calories.
6. Around 3,000 green parakeets, known as ring-necked parakeets, live in Cologne.
7. The 1963/64 season was the first season of the German Bundesliga. The 1. FC Köln became the German champion.
8. Every year, 300 tons of sweets are thrown during the Cologne Rose Monday Parade.
9. The Cologne Carnival secures around 5,000 jobs.
10. The highest line number in the Cologne Public Transport Network was Line 27 in the 1930/40s.
11. When it opened on September 20, 1941, under the name „Adolf Hi**er Bridge“, the Cologne-Rodenkirchen Rhine Bridge was considered the longest suspension bridge in Germany.
12. There used to be an airport on the Rhine.
13. The Herkulesberg is made up of piled-up war rubbish.
14. In the winter of 1962/63, it was so bitterly cold that the Rhine froze completely over a stretch of 80 kilometers.
15. Cologne is one of the warmest places in Germany.
16. Cologne’s former mayor, Konrad Adenauer, invented the soya sausage.
17. The area of Cologne fits into that of New York City 3 times.
I bet you didn’t know that…
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