Yes! I spent years trying to find a blog that would help me imagine myself in places I'd never experienced, and I figured, be the change you want to see, haha. So glad you're here!
Cologne cathedral hosts the largest free swinging bell in the world (at 5:48 ), fat Peter, and the shrine of the Three Kings, sadly not talked about or shown in this video...but even if not religious, ya should see both of it at least once in a lifetime. Btw, you cannot only hear the tone of that bell through ear protection when standing next to it,...you feel it in your guts, literally !
@@InMyHead1996 Eau de Cologne was invented in the city. Purportedly, to mask the pong of the pilgrims swarming to the shrine of the three wise men and to the relics of St. Ursula and her 10000 virgins. Despite the story being apocryphal, the "Eau de Cologne" was first manufactured by Johann Farina in Cologne at the beginning of the 18th century. The firm still exists as "Farina gegenüber dem Jülichsplatz" (Farina opposite the Jülich Square), together with the rival "4711", so named because the house in Glockengasse, which it was manufactured in, received this number during the Napoleonic occupation.
Excellent video! It's worth noting though, Kolsch isn't traditionally served in the large tankard. Typically it's served in narrow, tall 200ml glasses that are regularly replaced as you finish them until you place your coaster on top of you glass as a signal to the wait staff to stop serving you.
I really like your videos and want to add a fact, that I have seen in no videos about the cologne cathedrals at all. This big church was needed in the ancient cologne because it is the home of the bones of the Three Wise Men (since the year of 1164) who first praised Jesus. Because tenth of thousand people wanted to visit the bones, Cologne decided in 1248 to build a new cathedral to handle the amount of visitors. No video shows the amazing shrine which was build by a goldsmith between 1190-1225 with more than a thousand gems and was the reason for this huge building. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrine_of_the_Three_Kings)
Suggestion, Michael… before doing a travelogue, learn how to pronounce local names… for example, Heumarkt Square is pronounced Hoi-markt in German. And Neuschwanstein Castle is pronounced Noi-schwanstein. Enjoy your travels!
Suggestions noted! I agree that it's important to research how to pronounce things properly beforehand so I will definitely make a point to do that in the future 🙂
