230,000 square meters, 1400 exhibitors, ten hours a day - if your feet don't hurt, were you really at the convention? Gamescom starts in Cologne, and we've written down all the things you can do in the city after a day at the trade fair. The first thing this author's body cries out for when she leaves the crowded, noisy, large exhibition center is a place to sit down comfortably. To take a deep breath.
Somewhere where a stranger's elbow doesn't land in her ribs every five minutes. It's handy that Cologne has this wonderful Rhine panorama built right in. The bad news: it's a 1.
7-kilometer walk to the Rheinboulevard. The good news: you can take the train for at least one stop! Take the 3 or 4 from the Kölnmesse stop, then the 1, 7 or 9 from Messe/Deutz to Deutzer Freiheit and you can already see the Rhine from there. The steps of the Rheinboulevard are pretty, made for sitting on, and the skyline is unbeatable.
Cathedral and Hohenzollern Bridge included! Admittedly, the white steps are a popular meeting place. If that's too busy for you after the fair, there are various other benches, meadows and little walls up and down the river. By the way, you can get a wonderful Veedel feeling a little further upstream in Mülheim.
The "Mäuerchen", a low boardwalk wall, is a meeting place for neighbors, friends, dates and people in love with Cologne all summer long. If your feet are willing to carry you a little more, this is a great place to spend the evening. If you still have some .