Cologne Photo Gallery - KolnTriangle

Deciding not to pay 8 euros to climb up the cathedral's tower, I headed across the bridge to the other side of the river for a more luxurious way to see Cologne from above. Tucked in this 103m skyscraper shaped like a Reuleaux triangle is a rooftop observation deck that opened in 2006. Elevators take you up almost all the way and it is just a short staircase to the 29th floor view. At 5 euros only, it's a cheaper alternative and I didn't need to sweat to get up here. However, this tall tower drew criticism from UNESCO, which saw a harmful visual impact to the cathedral and thus placed it on their list of endangered World Heritage sites between 2004-6. This space opens quite late in the morning at 11am so check out the cathedral's interiors first before coming here. After lunch, the light will be against you although it becomes a nice sunset spot as the sun will set right in front of you.