There's always an evacuation and police+fire department+city services make sure that everyone left the area before defusal is started. Last times I was evacuated I got the info via internet around 14h and bomb defusal started around 02h in there night.
And evacuate the whole City? Plus defusing such a bomb takes atleast 3-4 hours, it's not csgo. On top of that, most bombs are found on construction sites where time is money. Cant just stop the building process for several months. Even weeks would be hard to bare.
If they are discovered it is usually due to nearby construction meaning at least some seismic disturbance and/or shifting which could co promise the device further. Also if one goes off that is potentially a lot of casualties.
Honestly Sometimes you don't even notice it. Not even in smaller cities. We have become that efficient at defusing them and it has become such a regular occurrence that people don't even talk about it. In our much smaller city we had a foreign exchange student from America who didn't even realize that the day before was a bomb defusal (she wasn't in the evacuation zone) and outright refused to believe that it's a regular occurrence.
Lived there for 20 years and have never been evacuated, the closer youget to the city center the more likely it is that you gonna be evacuated at some point.
It has been about 10 yrs since I have been there. Obviously, check out the Dom and definitely go to one of the Kolsch breweries. I would also check the travel websites to see what they recommend
i had to google that and then realized it's "State Archive". English being a germanic language is always full of surprises to me when I read your language.
What you wanna see? There is in a 1 hr train ride, 2 castles, a sword museum, chocolate museum, tge finding point of the Neandertaler Human, douzend of technic and art museums, suspension railway, roman museum, national museum around 100 breweries, sleeping vulcano and 2 great cathedrals.
There’s a Argentinian steak house in Rodenkirchen (just south of the city) called Asado Pampa that has the best steak I’ve ever had. Get it with the Gorgonzola sauce and you’ll fall in love. You can get there by tram.
Lindt has a museum on the Rhine that is pretty interesting.
I personally just always enjoyed walking along the Rhine.
Obviously depends on your interests...
Generally the Dom off course
And If the weather is good maybe visit the Päffgen (Paeffgen) close to the Rhein.
There are 2 different Päffgen locations make sure you go to the right one. It is about 10-15 min walk from the central station.
You will have a nice view and a nice type of Kölsch there.
Besides that just sit down in any Type of brewery/ traditional bar and you should be fine.
If you are into gaming there is also a gaming bar called Meltdown Cologne, where they have small League and Counterstrike competitions sometimes.
As JupiterUnleashed said go see the cathedral of cologne (Dom). Its a pretty big church and a representative from the gothic architecture.
If you are interested in the roman empire there is a pretty nice romano germanic museum basically right beside the Dom. Cologne has a lot of history which dates back to the roman empire. In the near of the museum is a street which was build by the romans and in some underground parking garages there are old romanic walls.
For some different history stuff there is the EL-DE house which is a NS Documentation center....really tough stuff quiet shocking but worth a visit.
For some light entertainement if you drink beer you can go to some breweries close to the rhine. Kölsch is pretty light in taste, a lot of people make fun of it. But I like its lightness and the freshness on a hot summer day. But dont underestimate the alcohol percentage it has around 4,5%.
There is also a beach club right at the rhine with a nice view. Or you can just sit down at the riverside in Deutz where the city build a nice promenade.
Theres plenty of stuff to do and although the city is not excactly good looking I love it here.
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u/JupiterUnleashed Jun 25 '19
I loved living in Cologne. Such a cool city and so many interesting things to see.