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Experience Cologne: KölnCard

Activity provider: KölnTourismus
City card

Experience Cologne: KölnCard

Activity provider: KölnTourismus

From US$ 9.77 per person

Discover Cologne comfortably and cost-effectively with the KölnCard. With free access to public transport you can travel for 24 or 48 hours and receive discounts of up to 50% from numerous partners. The KölnCard is available for single persons or groups.

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Duration 1 - 2 days
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Experience

Highlights
  • Reap the rewards of free travel in Cologne
  • The card is valid for 24 or 48 hours
  • Up to 50% discounts in the areas of sightseeing, art, culture and gastronomy
  • Visit the Farina Fragrance Museum
  • Discounted entrance to the treasure chamber of the Cologne Cathedral
Full description
Discover Cologne comfortably and cost-effectively with the KölnCard. The card offers a vast range of discount offers on artistic, cultural, and leisure attractions, as well as gastronomy and shopping. For example: you get reduced entry to the Cologne Museums and to many other places of interest. Receive concessions at theater and music venues in the city, and travel through the entire region on a tour by boat. This offer also gives you free travel on the city's public transport network. KölnCard discounts: Museums - Deutsches Sport und Olympia Museum - 50% off museum entry - Duftmuseum Farinahaus - 50% off museum entry - Kölner Karnevalsmuseum - 50% off museum entry for adults - Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum - 50% off museum entry for adults - Kölner Senfmuseum - 50% off the price of mills tour - Photografische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur - 50% off entry to current exhibition - Tanzmuseum des Deutschen Tanzarchivs - 50% off entry to current exhibition - Kolumba Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln - 40% off entry price - Schokoladenmuseum - 24% off entry price - Archäologische Zone Köln - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - EL-DE Haus NS Dokumentationszentrum - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Kölner Dom Schatzkammer - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Museum für Angewandte Kunst - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Museum Ludwig - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Museum Schnütgen - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Römisch-Germanisches-Museum - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Kölnisches Stadtmuseum - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions - Wallraf-Richartz-Museum - 20% off entry price, excluding special exhibitions Food - Karstadt Le Buffet Restaurant & Café - 20% off meals and drinks - Maritim Hotel - 20% off all meals and drinks in the Café Heumarkt - Brauhaus Sion - 15% off a main meal - Café Scholl - 15% off the daily lunch meal - Dinea Café & Restaurant in Ihrer GALERIA Kaufhof - 15% off meals (excluding special offers) - Hard Rock Cafe Cologne - 15% off in the restaurant (excluding alcoholic drinks) Sightseeing - KölnTourismus tour - 50% off the daily tour (excluding Saturdays and Sundays) - Colonia Prima tour - 28% off the costume tour "Visit Heinrich Heine's forbidden city in Cologne" - Stadtgeschichten Köln tour - 23% off all tours - CCS Busreisen GmbH - 20% off the day ticket for the Tourist Shuttle Hop On Hop Off - Colonia Prima tour - 20% off public costume tours - Kolumba Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln - 20% off public tours - Köln Düsseldorfer ferry (KD) - 20% off the regular fare, excluding special cruises - KölnTourist ferry - 20% off panorama cruises, harbor cruises and day cruises to Siebengebirge - Bike rental at Hauptbahnhof - 20% off the rental of a City-Bike for 1 day - StadtKunst Köln - 20% off all tours - inside Cologne - 15-20% off all public tours for adults - RheinEnergie Stadium tour - 17% off single tickets for adults - KölnerCity Tour e.K. - 15% off all sightseeing bus tours - KölnTourismus - 15% off tickets for public city tours - perpedalo Köln Rikscha - 15% off all rides Experience - Studiobühne Köln - 50% off ticket price - Wolters Bimmelbahn - 42% off the single ride for adults - Comedia Köln Theater - 28% off entry price - Kölner Zoo - 17% discount for adults and 24% for children - Gürzenich Orchester in der Philharmonie - 20% off concerts on Monday or Tuesday - Odysseum - 20% off entry price - Oper Köln - 20% off all events - Theater am Dom - 20% off all events - Kölner Haie Eishockey - 15% off the main round games of the KEC - Kölner Seilbahn - 15% off round trips for adults - Theater am Bauturm freies Schauspiel - 15% off the ticket price - koelnwhisky Dieter Matuschke - 10% off Whisky and Rum tastings Shopping - Hard Rock Cafe Köln - 15% discount in the Rock Shop - KölnTourismus - 15% off all purchases in the KölnShop - 4711 Traditionshaus - 10% discount for purchases exceeding 25 EUR - Duftmuseum Farina - 10% off the price of an Original Eau de Cologne - koelnwhisky Dieter Matuschke - 10% off international whiskeys, wines and liquors
Includes
  • KölnCard:
  • Free travel on buses and trains
  • Up to 50% discount at attractions and museums
  • Up to 50% discount on guided tours
  • Up to 20% discount at restaurants
  • Up to 15% discount on shopping

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    Please collect your KölnCard at Köln Tourismus at 1 Kardinal-Höffner-Platz, 50667 Cologne.

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    Important information

    Know before you go

    • Please collect your KölnCard from Köln Tourismus at 1 Kardinal-Höffner-Platz, 50667 Cologne. The GetYourGuide confirmation will not entitle the customer to free public transportation or discounts; only the official KölnCard is valid for free travel and discounts.
    • Köln Tourismus opening times: Monday - Saturday: 09:00 - 20:00, Sunday and holidays: 10:00 - 17:00
    • (subject to change, Christmas Day and New Year's Day: Closed)
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.3 /5

    based on 425 reviews

    Review summary

    • Transportation
      4.3/5
    • Value for money
      4.2/5
    • Service
      4.4/5
    • Organization
      4.3/5

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    I was only in town for a little over 24 hrs and to be honest, you don’t really need to take public transportation. Unless you plan on going away from city center. I did take the underground one time because I wanted to get somewhere quickly, but otherwise I walked to see the city and take pics, even in the light rain. Also you can’t use this to get a discount on the Museumcard.

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    March 23, 2023

    We used this for the latter part of a 3 day trip - mostly for the free transport and the added bonus that we got a discount for the zoo. Worth getting if you plan on visiting any of the more expensive places covered by the card, otherwise you might be better off just buying a travelcard. One downside was that after buying this and showing my online voucher to the tourist office as instructed, I had to email it to the girl behind the desk so it could be printed as they weren't able to process the e-voucher!

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    March 23, 2023

    We were in Cologne for a couple of days to experience the Christmas markets and bought a group KoelnCard to cover the three of us. It was very useful, removed the headache of having the cash handy for travelling on the U-bahn and trains and I think we probably covered the cost of the card in that alone. In addition, we had good discounts at those two essential Cologne visits, the Chocolate museum and the Fragrance museum! Well worth the investment!

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    March 23, 2023

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