Guide de voyage LGBTQ+ et répertoire des villes · North Rhine-Westphalia
D'après les lois nationales en vigueur en 2025
Same-sex marriage (Ehe für alle) legalised 1 October 2017. Civil partnerships (Lebenspartnerschaft) had been available since 2001. Joint adoption rights for same-sex couples since 2017. Strong federal anti-discrimination protections (AGG, General Equal Treatment Act 2006) covering employment, goods and services. Conversion therapy banned for minors 2020; full ban for adults proposed but not yet enacted as of 2026. Trans legal gender change requires psychological assessment and court order — refo
Bars & Clubs Gay
Cologne's outdoor queer and alternative festival venue — a former industrial scrapyard transformed into an art garden…
Bars & Clubs Gay
Cologne's gay cultural centre — a 1920s cinema converted into a performance space, nightclub, bar and event venue in …
Bars & Clubs Gay
Cologne's gay nightclub institution in a converted 19th-century railway waiting room at the central station. Three fl…
Bars & Clubs Gay
Schaafenstraße's classic gay bar and terrace — the anchor of Cologne's gay street. Mixed crowd, reliable daily openin…
Saunas Gay
Cologne's most central gay sauna — in the Altstadt, near the Hauptbahnhof. Steam, dry sauna, darkrooms, pool. The sau…
Saunas Gay
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Saunas Gay
Badehaus Babylon Cologne is one of the most beautiful gay saunas in Europe, famous for its pool in the inner courtyar…
Saunas Gay
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Saunas Gay
Pansauna for gays, bi's and friends that offers plenty of facilities, including a dry sauna, Jacuzzi, sun loungers, m…
Saunas Gay
Young and stylish popular gay sauna in Cologne. With hot-jacuzzi, an entire new bar and vast cruising-areas. Young lo…
Boutiques Gay
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Boutiques Gay
Brunos is a gay sex shop chain with several locations in Germany. The Cologne branch stocks plenty of hardcore and so…
Boutiques Gay
It is a cologne branch of the very popular gay store chain, selling underwear, sportswear, swimwear, toys, gifts and …
Boutiques Gay
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Boutiques Gay
A relatively new gay concept store has already proven very popular with Cologne’s gay crowd. MGW sells large selectio…
Zones de Cruising
Formerly “Hands and Boners”, this long-running men-only gay cruise bar in Cologne is popular with guys over 35.
Zones de Cruising
Ex-BASEMENT in Cologne was a well-known gay hotspot, particularly recognized for its underground gay cruise club. Thi…
Hôtels Gay
Luxury hotel in a converted 19th-century water tower in the gay district — the most dramatic hotel in Cologne, gay-fr…
Hôtels Gay
Well-positioned gay-friendly hotel on the Rhine riverbank in central Cologne — 5 minutes from the Schaafenstraße, Rhi…
Hôtels Gay
The stylish HOPPER Hotel et cetera offers 48 modern, en suite guest rooms. The hotel has a gym, solarium and sauna, a…
Hôtels Gay
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Hôtels Gay
Hotel Ariane is a straightforward hotel that is 4-minute walk from Heumarkt tram station. It's also a 7-minute walk f…
Restaurants Gay
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Restaurants Gay
Situated on the corner of Rudolfplatz, Cafe Rico is one of the few places that offer heated outside places, even in t…
Divertissement
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Divertissement
Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity hom…
Divertissement
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Divertissement
Cologne’s Old Town has a distinctive historical charm. Visitors are drawn by its rustic narrow alleyways lined with t…
Cologne CSD (Christopher Street Day) is Germany's largest pride celebration and one of the biggest in Europe, drawing up to 1.5…
European Bear Weekend in Cologne is one of the biggest bear events in Europe, drawing bears, cubs, and their admirers from acro…
Cologne's Christopher Street Day is consistently one of the biggest pride parades in the world by attendance. The street party …
Cologne CSD 2027 returns to the Rhine for Germany's largest pride event, expected to again draw over a million to the streets o…
Cologne Leather Pride is a key event in the European leather and fetish calendar, drawing the kink community to Germany's most …
Guide de voyage
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Cologne hosts Europe's largest Christopher Street Day — 1.2 million people on the streets in July. The city's gay district runs along the Schaafenstraße in the city centre and extends into the adjoining streets. Cologne's gay scene is famous for its warmth and accessibility: less stratified than Berlin, more welcoming to first-time visitors, and deeply embedded in the city's Carnival culture where gender and sexuality have always been performed publicly.
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