Americans First Time in Germany! Exploring Cologne
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- čas přidán 8. 06. 2024
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2:45 You are right! They are constructing on the site since 1248 AD (incl. some 600 year break due to rhinisch composure. There even is a local saying that, when the Cologne cathedral once is completed, the world's gonna end.
I visited Cologne in 2008 and was in awe of the cathedral. One of the best pieces of architecture I've ever seen. I also went to Lindt's chocolate factory near the river; it had a chocolate fountain to dip wafer biscuits in. Germany has so many great towns and cities - Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin are some of my favourites.
Try cathedral limburg an der Lahn. It’s very small compared to Cologne. Maybe 1/4 the size but beautiful inside!
I visited beautiful Cologne with my wife in 1998. Hope you enjoyed your trip there.
Quite a challenge to make Cologne interesting.
I 💗 Europe! It has beautiful architecture and food.
We visited Cologne a few years ago and my abiding memory is the large number of homeless people. Not what I expected at all.
Great. Those medieval buildings at the beginning reminded me of the one's in Nosferatu 🧛♂️
I have visited Cologne twice & loved it.We went to the chocolate factory on one of our visits too.❤
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You two are living my dream. I am also a huge Disney lover, like you guys, and hope to get to go back to the UK in the next few years. My sister and I were in London about 10 years ago for only 3 short days as a layover coming back from Poland to see family, and fell in love. You two should travel to Poland if you can. It is a beautiful Country and the food is great.
Would have loved to see you guys visit Europe's best theme park Phantasialand near Cologne. Guessing doggo prevented that though.
Haven't seen you guys for ages. Welcome back. Not sure Cologne interests me that much to visit. Some other cities your visited look nicer.
The Archbishops of Cologne ran out of funds quickly when building their „new“ cathedral from the mid-13th century on and by the 1550s construction had stopped. Only the stumps of the two western spires and the high altar with the shrine for the three wise men (kings) had been completed. The rest just got a provisory roof and that was it. The wooden crane with its huge treadmill to hoist those heavy stones was left in place. After the end of the French occupation during the Napoleonic era the political power over the Rhineland was handed over to the Prussians at the Vienna Congress in 1814/15. There were tensions between the mostly catholic Rhinelanders and the protestant Prussians. When the original drawings for the cathedral (on parchment) had been recovered in archives and in some shops for antique books the quest for finishing the cathedral as a monument of German history became a movement all over Germany which in that era was only a cooperative body of some 35 states under the presidency of the Austrian Habsburgs. The Prussian king supported that move. The cathedral was finally finished in the 1880s. When it came to the roof the decision was made to use riveted steel and not wooden timbers as it would mean less weight and a lower fire risk. That is one of the reasons why the cathedral survived allied bombing despite of being hit by those 14 bombs that are often mentioned. It did nit catch fire. The stained glass windows had been stored in a safe place. As Cologne is situated amidst lots of heavy industries and the Cathedral got the railway station as a „neighbour“ around 1900 the cathedral suffered a lot from air pollution, soot and acid rain. Lots of the outer surface had to be replaced by exact copies from a more durable material (basalt) than the original sandstone.
Good effort to make Cologne interesting, looks kid of dull
Went to cologne for the christmas market which was ok, wandered the streets to window shop and found a fantastic cheese shop. Stopped at a cafe for coffee and dessert but found people quite rude even though i can speak german they knew we were brits.. that was just the cafe though where we experienced that, may go back one day, maybe.
Cable cars in cities are cool, definitely put the London one on your to do list next visit. What did the dog think, ruff, ruff.
Oh,nice, u made it out of US Germany (Bavaria) thumbs up^^
Haven't watched it yet, I'm sure it's great ,but I'm a little disappointed you haven't posted for ages and then this one is only short :(
Have you ever been to Center Parcs? If you liked the view into the pool complex it might be an interesting experience for you.
Heidelburg is nice too.
Famtastic video. I will be Subscribing
Awesome, thank you!
No visit to a Cologne shop such as 4711, which is right next to the cathedral ? there's also a chocolate museum although I didn't visit that when I was there
PapaJ oe’s Bier Salon also has a robotic cocktail maker inside!
Hi ,shame you missed the Roman museum ,the best thing in Cologne,apart from an Italian opposite the station!!!!!!
We did used to have Gamestop in the UK but Game bought them out.
Lovely city thanks for a great video 😊🇬🇧 ✌
I'm from edinburgh you should go to verona very pretty.
Where have you been???
Whenever somebody makes fun about the way you pronounce Köln, just let him read places like Massachusetts or Punxsuatawney 😂
It's only fair that English speakers have made up their own names for difficult German places like Köln or München. No need to twist your tongue if you don't really have to.
Oh come on whys the video so short 😔
Have fun in Germany
Thank you. It's beautiful!
Did the UK invent Champagne?
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The cynic in me is thinking that the padlocks have lasted way longer than most of the relationships they represent.😉
Get down to Munich,Bavaria is so different, it's not like the rest of Germany
We'll have some Bavaria videos coming up soon!
I have never understood ( I have - its a lack of Govt spending ) as to why, post war, the UK was a wasteland for so ling then crappy buildings which are now crumbling were constructed on the site. I mean Koln was near flattened yet the cathedral is rebuilt here Coventry cathedral is still un restored and most of Coventry centre is an early 60's industrial designers wet dream when it was a gorgeous Middle Aged city pre-war
I agree with you. The British government's attitude after the war was " just throw anything up, it doesn't matter". In Germany they cared - Dresden was another city flattened by the allies, but rebuilt carefully. I used to live near Coventry; the new cathedral is 50s arthouse, and boring. The ruins of the old one are better!
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Sorry, the past month has been a bit crazy. We intended to take a couple of weeks of and the life threw a curveball and now it took a lot longer.
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Munich please
To be contrary. I think that cathedral is really ugly & in need of a wash.
Probably does need a clean up. Problem is you don't clean these ancient structures with cheap bottles of bleach. Hot water cleaning, low-pressure cleaning, and steam cleaning are one of the safest methods of restoring and maintaining soiled building façades and exteriors made from natural stone such as sandstone, limestone, slate, or quartzite, and other natural stones. Often carried out by experienced craftspeople or conservators.
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