Cologne - The Ring

A little way north of the Severinstor in Cologne is the well-restored church of St Severinus (11th-15th C.), with an interesting Roman and Frankish burial ground.

On the west side of the Cologne's central area, at Universitätsstrasse 100, is the Museum of East Asian Art, designed by the Japanese architect Kunio Mayekawa and opened in 1977. Only part of the collection, which covers Chinese, Korean and Japanese art, can be shown at any one time. Beautiful Japanese garden.

Northwest of Cologne's central area, beyond the railroad, rises the Telecommunications Tower, known as "Colonius." It is 243 m/797ft high, with a viewing platform at 170 m/558ft and a revolving restaurant.

North of the Theodor-Heuss-Ring and the Zoobrücke (Zoo Bridge) in Cologne are the Florapark, which was laid out by P. J. Lenné in 1862 and extended in 1914 to form the Botanic Garden, and the Zoo (with aquarium, terrarium and insectarium).

Near St Severinus's Church, on the Ubierring, is the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum of Ethnography (pre-Columbian cultures of America; Oceania and Africa).

In the same building is the little Municipal Theater (Kammerspiele).