Take a ride around the city, exploring the Rhine River, the greenbelt, and its charming city center. If you like this one, watch the other one that heads north and goes across the river, focusing on the great trails along the Rhine.
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Special Acknowledgments:
Thanks to Thomas Stahn for including me with his soccer friends to see Euro Cup games.
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My name is Jonathan MacMillan and this channel is a hobby of mine. I currently live in Alameda, Ca, and we visit my in-laws several times a year in St. Louis. We spent the 2021-22 school year living in Valencia, Spain, which explains why so many videos are from those three areas.
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LINKS
My bike rental shop
https://www.radstationkoeln.de/en/bike-rental/
Waterfront and greenbelt ride
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Reddit thread on biking & bikes in Cologne
Eurovelo 15
https://de.eurovelo.com/ev15/from-cologne-to-arnhem-through-the-largest-industrial-centre-in-europe
Bike and barge
https://cycletours.com/cycling-tours/countries/germany/cologne-to-amsterdam/#c441
Schildergasse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schildergasse
Romanesque architecture
https://www.britannica.com/art/Romanesque-architecture
Cologne Cathedral thread
https://x.com/Culture_Crit/status/1823748451126956232
Inner Greenbelt
https://www-koelner–gruen-de.translate.goog/innerer-gruenguertel.aspx?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Outer Greenbelt
https://www-koelner–gruen-de.translate.goog/aeusserer-gruenguertel.aspx?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
My Green Belt Trail APP
https://www-koelner–gruen-de.translate.goog/mein-gruenguertel-rundweg.aspx?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
German Cyclists Association in Cologne
https://koeln.adfc.de/en
Top bike cities in Europe
https://www.iamexpat.de/expat-info/german-expat-news/most-bicycle-friendly-cities-germany-revealed
Rhinepromenade
https://www.visitduesseldorf.de/attraktionen/rheinuferpromenade-acb4eca250
Ice skating rink pic
https://www.pexels.com/photo/buildings-in-a-city-in-autumn-5731972/
Cologne Mosque image
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_Central_Mosque
OpenStreetMap
https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
1 Comment
Cologne resident here 🙂
Great video, a lot less traffic violations than expected, kudos 😀
It's always great to hear an outsiders perspective on my own city, as I absolutely despise our bike infrastructure and try to avoid cycling here – I usually go by train.
Also one weird train-nerd nit-pick: Cologne doesn't technically have an U-Bahn. We have the S-Bahn (short for "Schnellbahn" or "Quick Train") and the Stadtbahn ("City Train"). The Stadtbahn runs both above ground on own tracks and the street and underground like a U-Bahn.