25T88 Cologne: back to where this began

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More than 80 days ago, I reached Cologne. And now again, it’s the Carneval City to which I’ve returned to put a final bow tie on this 90-day summer of `25 jaunt.

Approaching the city’s central station with the world-famous cathedral in the background.
Rudolphplatz: the Hahnentorburg is one of the few remaining medieval city gates at the western edge of Cologne’s Old Town. “Rudi” is today an important transport junction and commercial hub.
“ruhender Verkehr (Static Traffic)”, by Wolf Vostell, 1969. With his Opel Kapitän car (K-RM175) encased in concrete, Vostell created the sculpture to protest the increasing glorification of car culture. The sculpture has been placed on the Hohenzollernring north of Rudolphplatz since 1989.
“He drinks Reissdorf Kölsch.” Spanning several vertical floors of the building at Aachener Straße 3, this 1968 neon advertisement is now under Heritage Protection as of 2021.
“Handy (mobile) on, World off”. The artist’s Instagram profile: liebezurfarbe.rise

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 3 August 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

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