Free Walking Sightseeing Tours in Cologne, Germany

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Are you ready for an unforgettable time in Cologne, Germany? Then you've come to the right place with our sightseeing tours. Whether you prefer a guided free walking tour with insider knowledge or enjoy the freedom of a self-guided route, you'll find exactly what you're looking for. Click on a tour and find out more about the highlights that await you!

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Duration 2h 30min
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The Free Christmas Market Tour
Our Free Christmas Market Tour goes through five major markets in the city. We will tell you the stories that make this city and Christmas what it is for us Kölners. We’ll start at our largest and...
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Languages English
Duration 2h
Reviews 4.9/5 stars, 99 ratings

Free walking tour of Cologne
I offer guided tours in Cologne, for groups, individuals and business people. Tours focus not only on historical facts and the famous Dom Cathedral, but also on local culture and people, cooking...
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Languages English, Spanish, German
Duration 2h 30min
Reviews 9.4/10 stars, 3181 ratings

Classic Cologne Free Tour
Over our 2.5 hours, you'll get to know the inside information on what makes Cologne a special place in Germany. Why do Cologne people like the number 11 so much? And why is Cologne called “the...
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Languages English
Duration 2 hours
Reviews 9.4/10 stars, 2407 ratings

The Dark Side of the Dom Tour
Cologne today is a city full of culture, music, drinking, and happiness where everyone is welcome. But it hasn’t always been that way. On our Dark Side of the Dom tour, you will explore the gloomy...
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Duration 2 hours
Reviews 9.3/10 stars, 328 ratings

Cologne Essential Free Tour
The tour meets in Domtreppen, the cathedral stairs located in front of Cologne Central Station. We'll head to the Heinzelmännchenbrunnen fountain, so named after some curious gnomes connected to...
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Languages English
Duration 2h 30min
Reviews 9.1/10 stars, 2401 ratings

Free Christmas Market Tour
Our Free Christmas Market Tour goes through five major markets in the city (as well as a few of the smaller ones). We tell you the stories that make this city and Christmas what it is for us,...
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Duration 2h 30m
Reviews 9.1/10 stars, 3949 ratings

Free Walking Tour of Cologne
Discover the secrets of the biggest city on the Rhine on this free tour of Cologne's unmissable sights. Be seduced by the charm of the historic Town Hall, the Rheingarten, the Cathedral and much more.
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Self-guided Tour #1

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Number of sights 32 sights
Distance 6.4 km
Ascend 91 m
Descend 106 m

  • Roman Tower
  • Alte Wache
  • Der Goldene Vogel
  • Zeughaus
  • Memorial for Defectors and the Victims of Nazi Military Justice
  • St. Maria in der Kupfergasse
  • Justizgebäude am Appellhofplatz
  • NS-Dokumentationszentrum
  • EL-DE-Haus
  • St. Maria ad Ortum
  • St. Andrew's Church
  • Excelsior Hotel Ernst
  • Fürstenhof
  • Kreuzblume
  • Taubenbrunnen
  • Blau-Gold-Haus
  • Heinzelmännchen Fountain
  • Dionysosmosaik
  • Saint Peter's Bell
  • Cologne Cathedral
  • Cologne Cathedral Treasury
  • St. Maria ad Gradus
  • St. Mariä Himmelfahrt
  • Museum Ludwig
  • Kölner Philharmonie
  • Mahnmal für die schwulen und lesbischen Opfer des Nationalsozialismus in Köln
  • Musical Dome
  • Reiterstandbild König Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
  • Messeturm
  • Tanzbrunnen
  • Staatenhaus
  • Rheinpark
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Self-guided Tour #2

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Number of sights 46 sights
Distance 10.3 km
Ascend 142 m
Descend 148 m

  • Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • Basilica of the Holy Apostles
  • Gloria Theater
  • Käthe Kollwitz Museum
  • Richmodis-Haus
  • Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
  • Museum Schnütgen
  • St. Peter
  • Karl-Rahner-Akademie
  • Außenspielstätte am Offenbachplatz
  • Schauspielhaus Köln
  • Theater am Dom
  • Madonna in den Trümmern
  • AntoniterCityKirche
  • Der Schwebende
  • Palatium
  • Jupp-Schmitz-Denkmal
  • Kardinal Frings
  • Archäologische Zone / Neubau Jüdisches Museum „MiQua“
  • Duftmuseum im Farina-Haus
  • Gürzenich
  • Klein St. Martin
  • Pegel Köln
  • Hänneschen-Theater
  • Gilden im Zims
  • Gaffel-Haus
  • Kallendresser
  • Tünnes und Schäl
  • Great St. Martin Church
  • Senftöpfchen
  • Heinzelmännchen Fountain
  • Blau-Gold-Haus
  • Taubenbrunnen
  • Kreuzblume
  • Fürstenhof
  • Dionysosmosaik
  • Saint Peter's Bell
  • Cologne Cathedral
  • Cologne Cathedral Treasury
  • St. Maria ad Gradus
  • Kölner Philharmonie
  • Museum Ludwig
  • Musical Dome
  • Reiterstandbild König Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
  • Köln Triangle
  • Staatenhaus
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Self-guided Tour #3

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Number of sights 38 sights
Distance 9 km
Ascend 154 m
Descend 151 m

  • Lommi-Brunnen
  • Sankt Johannes Deutz
  • St. Heribert
  • Pegel Köln
  • Hänneschen-Theater
  • Stapelhaus
  • Great St. Martin Church
  • Tünnes und Schäl
  • Kallendresser
  • Gaffel-Haus
  • Gilden im Zims
  • Archäologische Zone / Neubau Jüdisches Museum „MiQua“
  • Kardinal Frings
  • Jupp-Schmitz-Denkmal
  • Palatium
  • Duftmuseum im Farina-Haus
  • Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Foundation Corboud
  • Old St Albans
  • Gürzenich
  • Klein St. Martin
  • St. Maria im Kapitol
  • Dreikönigenpförtchen
  • Overstolzenhaus
  • Malakoffturm
  • Der Tauzieher
  • Chocolate Museum
  • Rheinauhafen
  • Deutsches Sport- und Olympiamuseum
  • St. Maria Lyskirchen
  • Trinitatiskirche
  • St. Georg
  • Hermann-Joseph Brunnen
  • Wasserturm Hotel Cologne
  • Karl-Rahner-Akademie
  • St. Peter
  • St. Cecilia's Church
  • Museum Schnütgen
  • Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
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Self-guided Tour #4

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Number of sights 25 sights
Distance 6 km
Ascend 77 m
Descend 77 m

  • Theater im Bauturm
  • Hahnentorburg
  • Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • Basilica of the Holy Apostles
  • Käthe Kollwitz Museum
  • Kreissparkasse Köln
  • Richmodis-Haus
  • Schauspielhaus Köln
  • Cologne Opera
  • Außenspielstätte am Offenbachplatz
  • Der Schwebende
  • AntoniterCityKirche
  • Kolumba Kunstmuseum
  • Heinzelmännchen Fountain
  • Senftöpfchen
  • Stapelhaus
  • Minoritenkirche
  • Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
  • Madonna in den Trümmern
  • Opernbrunnen
  • Theater am Dom
  • Laurentinische Kapelle
  • Jawne
  • Gloria Theater
  • ruhender Verkehr
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Self-guided Tour #5

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 3.5 km
Ascend 80 m
Descend 64 m

  • Deutsches Sport- und Olympiamuseum
  • Rheinauhafen
  • Chocolate Museum
  • Der Tauzieher
  • Malakoffturm
  • St. Maria Lyskirchen
  • Trinitatiskirche
  • Overstolzenhaus
  • Dreikönigenpförtchen
  • St. Maria im Kapitol
  • St. Georg
  • Hermann-Joseph Brunnen
  • Wasserturm Hotel Cologne
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Self-guided Tour #6

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.4 km
Ascend 18 m
Descend 30 m

  • St. Severin
  • Severinstorburg
  • Bottmühle
  • Rheinauhafen
  • Bayenturm
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Self-guided Tour #7

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Number of sights 38 sights
Distance 12.2 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 102 m

  • Lortzingplatz
  • Mor Petrus u. Mor Paulus - Syrisch-Orthodoxe Kirche
  • Karl-Schwering-Platz
  • Christi Auferstehung
  • Napoleonstein
  • Matthäuskirche
  • Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Park
  • Theater im Bauturm
  • Hahnentorburg
  • ruhender Verkehr
  • Jawne
  • Roman Tower
  • Alte Wache
  • Der Goldene Vogel
  • EL-DE-Haus
  • NS-Dokumentationszentrum
  • Justizgebäude am Appellhofplatz
  • St. Maria in der Kupfergasse
  • Memorial for Defectors and the Victims of Nazi Military Justice
  • Zeughaus
  • Hl. Konstantin u. Helena
  • Mariensäule
  • St. Gereon's Basilica
  • Kapelle St. Joseph
  • Hansaplatz
  • Klingelpützpark
  • St. Ursula
  • Tiefrot
  • Ursulinenkirche St. Corpus Christi
  • St. Kunibert
  • Musical Dome
  • St. Mariä Himmelfahrt
  • Excelsior Hotel Ernst
  • St. Andrew's Church
  • St. Maria ad Ortum
  • Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
  • Kolumba Kunstmuseum
  • Minoritenkirche
Details for Tour #7 in Cologne

Self-guided Tour #8

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 2.6 km
Ascend 54 m
Descend 49 m

  • Thomaskirche
  • Röhrenbunker
  • Bastei
  • Kronleuchtersaal
  • Wasserkinetische Plastik
  • Eigelstein Gate
  • Hansa-Hochhaus
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Self-guided Tour #9

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Number of sights 21 sights
Distance 8.2 km
Ascend 116 m
Descend 114 m

  • Neu St. Alban
  • Christuskirche
  • Star-Pit
  • Deutsches Tanzarchiv
  • Kapelle St. Joseph
  • St. Gereon's Basilica
  • Mariensäule
  • Hl. Konstantin u. Helena
  • St. Mariä Himmelfahrt
  • St. Ursula
  • Klingelpützpark
  • Hansaplatz
  • Hansa-Hochhaus
  • Eigelstein Gate
  • Wasserkinetische Plastik
  • Tiefrot
  • Ursulinenkirche St. Corpus Christi
  • St. Kunibert
  • Weckschnapp
  • Bastei
  • Kronleuchtersaal
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Self-guided Tour #10

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 4.6 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 63 m

  • Volksgarten
  • Lutherkirche Südstadt
  • COMEDIA Theater
  • St. Paul
  • Kartäuserkirche
  • St. Severin
  • Severinstorburg
  • Bottmühle
  • Römerpark
  • Bayenturm
  • Rheinauhafen
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Self-guided Tour #11

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 2.2 km
Ascend 27 m
Descend 39 m

  • Volksgarten
  • Lutherkirche Südstadt
  • COMEDIA Theater
  • Severinstorburg
  • Rheinauhafen
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Self-guided Tour #12

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 61 m
Descend 52 m

  • Deutsches Sport- und Olympiamuseum
  • Rheinauhafen
  • St. Gregorius am Elend
  • St. Johann Baptist
  • St. Maria vom Frieden
  • Kartäuserkirche
  • Ulrepforte
  • St. Johannisgemeinde
  • Diana mit springender Antilope
  • St. Paul
  • Volksgarten
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Self-guided Tour #13

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.8 km
Ascend 67 m
Descend 66 m

  • St. Mechtern
  • DITIB-Zentralmoschee
  • Colonius
  • Neu St. Alban
  • Christuskirche
  • Star-Pit
  • Deutsches Tanzarchiv
  • Hansaplatz
  • Klingelpützpark
  • Hansa-Hochhaus
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Self-guided Tour #14

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 5.2 km
Ascend 52 m
Descend 55 m

  • Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Kirche
  • Krieler Dom (St. Stephanus)
  • Sankt Albertus Magnus
  • Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche
  • Albertus Magnus
  • Katholische Klinikkirche St. Johannes der Täufer
  • Sankt Karl Borromäus
  • Volkssternwarte Köln
  • Kirche Johannes XXIII.
  • Geusenfriedhof
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Why Visit Sights? Self-guided sightseeing tours are a free and safe alternative to bus tours. You can explore Cologne at your own pace, any time! Do something good for your health by walking.