Old Market

3 Osama Shafiq - a month ago

Nice vibes but not a very wide square. Multiple cafes/restaurants are there. The statue is beautiful, but somebody has messed it up by putting a beer bottle in lady sculpture hand ????

5 Aggie Wang - 2 months ago

A historical place dotted with colorful cute little houses. There are lots of restaurants, cafes and bars to bring life to this place. Wandering in the small alleys is very enjoyable.

4 Michael West - 7 months ago

This review is way overdue, but someone said it's "better than never." Since Christmas season has come and gone for 2021-22, I'm finally picking up a pen (though a virtual one it might be) and writing this down. All the Cologne Christmas markets (perhaps with one exception--City Park Markt was not that great with disorganized area and just a minimal vendors) were very nice indeed. Though this one was not my favorite per se, it was still a very nice one and worthy of a review for sure.

Christmas market is a great German Advent/Christmas tradition. It really heightens the Christmas spirit in the land. Even though the atmosphere was a bit dampened by the COVID pandemic for the last couple of years, I'm so glad this one was open. After the announcement of total closure for Bavaria and Saxony in 2021, we were so disappointed for the second year. We searched for any open ones and decided to make a trip to the west Germany/Luxembourg to visit as many markets as we could. We weren't disappointed. We traveled to seven cities/towns and saw at least fourteen separate Christmas markets. Needless to say, it was a very successful weekend trip for us.

Just a little down the street from the very impressive Cologne Cathedral Christmas Market, the biggest attraction here in Heinzelmannchen "Helpful Elves" Christmas Market is the ice skating rink. Folks playing curling is very fun to watch, by the way. As the name suggests there are elves all over this market. By comparison there aren't too many vendor booths here besides a very large mulled wine hut (photo).

If you are in Germany during Advent/Christmas season, you must visit as many Christmas markets as you can to really enjoy German holidays for sure.

4 Karthik Kumar - a month ago

Beautiful and vibrant market place with plenty of cafe's and restuarants. Wandering through the bylanes of this historical town is nice.
Would love to visit during winter when Christmas market is set up. Close to the Cologne cathedral and Hauptbahnof so it's easily accessible.

5 Deborah Hadley - 9 months ago

Love this market, so many different crafts and nice vendors. Great decorations and food and a general friendly vibe. Except for the poster guy who got all belligerent with people taking pictures. ????

4 Al Spearsmith - 2 weeks ago

Old German square surrounded by bars and restaurants. Lovely relaxed vibe, aided by the 3 piece string trio playing modern classics

5 Charyfe's vlog - 3 months ago

It is a very lively and historical old market,rich of history. Just a walking distance from Kölon Cathedral.