Our recently launched service between East Midlands and Cologne operates six flights a week and with flight times of just one hour, this new service provides the quickest link between the East Midlands and Germany. It also offers ideal connection times for anyone travelling to Hamburg, too.
What's more, these flights are operated by bmi regional offering a business and economy service including complimentary inflight food, drink and newspapers.
Cologne is Germany's party city and with a carnival centre and riverside resort, this medieval place of pilgrimage doesn't have to try too hard to attract visitors. Not least because, right by the railway station, it has Germany's most famous tourist attraction: the vast yet exquisite Cologne Cathedral. Started in 1248, the Kölner Dom was completed 600 years later. Its 19th-century spires dominate the city, and you can climb to the top for an overwhelming view.
Below the Dom is the compact city centre. The main shopping street, Hohe Strasse, runs south. To the south-east, squeezed by the Rhine, are the narrow lanes of tourist-friendly taverns forming the Altstadt, the medieval centre. Pleasant green patches overlook sightseeing boats gliding down the Rhine. A ring road, with names given to each section, envelops the heart of town. Nightlife hubs are dotted at various points. Just beyond, to the west, are parks where Cologne's sports activities are based. Here stands the recently rebuilt (and renamed) RheinEnergie-Stadion, one of the venues for the 2006 World Cup. Cologne is very much an outdoor city. Cyclists rule the city streets - listen out for loud bell rings as you make your way along the city's pavements.
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