Cologne
Cologne birni ne mafi girma na lardin yammacin Jamus na Arewacin Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) da birni na huɗu mafi yawan jama'a na Jamus tare da kusan mutane miliyan 1.1 a cikin birni daidai kuma sama da mutane miliyan 3.1 a cikin biranen. An tsakiya a gefen hagu (yamma) bankin Rhine, Cologne yana da kusan kilomita 35 (22 mi) kudu maso gabas da babban birnin jihar NRW Düsseldorf da kilomita 25 (mita 16) arewa maso yamma da Bonn, tsohon babban birnin Jamus ta Yamma[1].
Cathedral na Cologne na Katolika na tsakiyar birni (Kölner Dom) shine coci na uku mafi tsayi kuma babban coci a duniya [2]. An gina shi ne don ya zauna a cikin shrine na Sarakuna Uku kuma alama ce ta duniya da aka sani kuma ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da aka fi ziyarta da wuraren ziyarar hajji a Turai. Majami'u goma sha biyu na Romanesque na Cologne sun kara fasalin fasalin birni, kuma Cologne sananne ne ga Eau de Cologne, wanda aka samar a cikin birni tun 1709, kuma "cologne" ya zama kalma na yau da kullun.