Cologne cathedral, Europe’s biggest collection of pop art and vintage shops are all less than four and a half hours from London by train
t’s on about our fifth Kölsch that we begin to get the idea of Cologne’s constitution. We are sitting in, one of the traditional brewhouses that produce the pale yellow beer unique to the German city. It comes in small straight glasses and each time one is emptied, another one is delivered by a waiter swinging a, or circular tray, which appears to defy gravity. The process of replacement goes on until you place a beer mat on top of your glass to signal that you’ve had enough.
Cologne, Germany’s fourth-largest city, is less than four and a half hours from London by Eurostar and connecting Ice train, a fact that takes many by surprise. Berlin is a further four hours away, but in attitude is a million miles from Cologne with its ultra laid-back reputation. This attitude is reflected in its unofficial constitution,, in a neogothic building in the Belgian quarter which once housed the city’s archives.
Cologne’s unofficial constitution, the Kolsche Grundgesetz, offers aphorisms such as It is what it is and Come on, have a drink!
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