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11 Arguments for the location of Cologne
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Science and research ... The Arts, culture, sport … Contact:
… have a long tradition in Cologne. A university … are particularly popular in Cologne. The City of Cologne
was already founded in 1388 in Cologne – today museum scene convinces with its fl agships like The Mayor
one of the largest in Germany. The twelve institutes the Wallraf-Richartz Museum/Fondation Corboud, Mu- Offi ce of Economic Development
of higher education include the largest University of seum Ludwig or the Roman-Germanic Museum, as well Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
Applied Sciences, the only Sports University, the fi rst as many special museums like the Museum of East Asian D-50679 Köln
Academy of Media Arts in Germany and the Cologne Art or the Chocolate Museum. A magnet for visitors is Co- Tel.: +49 (0)221 221-25765
University of Music renowned throughout Europe. The logne Cathedral, the most-visited historical monument in Fax: +49 (0)221 221-26686
German Aerospace Center, TÜV Rheinland Group and Germany. The Cologne Marathon, Germany’s only sports www.stadt-koeln.de
four Max-Planck institutes guarantee research results in university, the German wirtschaftsfoerderung@stadt-koeln.de
the key technologies Sports & Olympic Museum,
of the 21st century. Olympic Training Centre and
Around 80,000 stu- three professional sports
dents and 4,500 scien- clubs underline Cologne’s
tists leave their mark in image as a sports city.
the science location of
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Cologne. Cosmopolitan and with a zest for life –
Cologne lifestyle ...
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Highly-qualified skilled workers … … supplements the hard locational factors
… guarantee sustainable business success. and makes Cologne a popular home – permanent or
Cologne offers highly-qualifi ed and motivated temporary. More than 30 percent of the population has a
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specialists. And that means not only those with a degree migration background and enriches the town with their
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from a university or polytechnic: the dual system of own offer of culture, restaurants and other companies. Offi ce of Economic Development
training in theory and practice also produces outstand- Cologne is used to dealing with other cultures and the Department for Press and Public Relations
ing skilled workers for industry, trade and services. In- people of Cologne love to share the “kölsche” way of life
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ternational schools promote – for example, in the “fi fth season”, Carnival. Each year,
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linguistic skills right from this public festival attracts Printing
childhood and the offer of pri- people from near and far Orthen Druck, Cologne
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11 Arguments … Top location and perfect logistics … Chemicals, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology ... World-class trade fair and commercial centre …
… speak for the cathedral city. Cologne is a city with … are trademarks of Cologne. Three international … benefit from Cologne’s outstanding local condi- … favoured by its customer potential and optimal
tradition and character. Much distinguishes the indus- airports can be reached in less than an hour from tions: links to the international pipeline system, transport links: the cathedral city. The Koeln
trial location on the Rhine. We have collected 11 argu- Cologne’s city centre – Cologne/Bonn, Düsseldorf and short approval times and highly-qualified personnel. messe presents around two million buyers from all over
ments because 11 is a magical number in Cologne. For Frankfurt. Cologne Bonn Airport is a central location of Global companies like Bayer, Basell, Evonik, ExxonMo- the world with about 90 percent of the exportable world
example, according to legend, St. Ursula, together with the low-cost airlines in Germany. Germanwings alone bil Chemical, Ineos Cologne and Lanxess produce in production of goods. Anuga and photokina, the Interna-
11,000 virgins, was slain by the Huns in Cologne. That serves 40 destinations from Cologne all over Europe. Cologne and the region. The proximity to science and tional Hardware Fair Practical World, Asia-Pacific Sourc-
is symbolically represented by the 11 flames on the With their hubs, UPS and FedEx guarantee the efficient research as well as the industry-specific networks BioCo- ing, the International Furniture Fair “imm cologne”, Art
municipal coat of arms. On 11th November (11.11) each handling of airfreight. Cologne is also a European rail logne, BioPartners, BioRiver or ChemCologne, promote Cologne or Europe’s leading fair of the games business,
year the fifth season – Carnival – opens in Cologne. junction. International high-speed rail services link Am- development of the location and company formations. Gamescom, are among the international events. And
sterdam, Brussels, TaconicArtemis, Lonza with Kaufhof AG and the
London and Paris Cologne or Miltenyi Biotec Rewe Group, two of the
with Cologne in a are examples in the up-and- leading international
very short time. coming field of biotechnol- retail groups are based in
ogy. Cologne.
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17 million people …
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… within a radius of 100 kilometres around Industries with a future … Radio and TV capital of Germany ….
Cologne mean proximity to the market and … are in the top class in Cologne. Deutz AG has … and top address for the IT and telecommunica-
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customer potential. With a population of one million, been supplying engines all over the world for tions industry is undisputedly Cologne. West- Cologne connects ...
Cologne is the fourth-largest city and the third-largest more than 140 years from its headquarters in the ca- deutsche Rundfunk, the largest public service radio … people, companies, networks. Doing business
industrial region in Germany and lies at the heart of a thedral city. Ford, Citroën, DAF, Mazda, Nissan, Renault, and television broadcasting corporation in continental is easy in Cologne. The access to efficient and
promising market on a European scale. Within a radius Toyota and Volvo make Cologne and the region the cen- Europe, is based here. RTL, the largest and most success- business-friendly public administration is just as impor-
of 250 kilometres, business- tre for international automobile manufacturers. Electrical ful European commercial TV channel, broadcasts from tant a factor as the possibility of establishing (business)
men already reach 45 million engineering, mechanical engineering and the energy Cologne, as do other leading TV and radio stations. The contacts quickly and efficiently. The more than 3,000 in-
potential customers. Cologne industry round off the industrial spectrum. Little-known Academy of Media Arts Cologne and the International ternational companies here also appreciate this. And the
welcomes business people market leaders from small and me- Film School Cologne provide fact that Cologne is a leader in Germany in terms of its
from Germany and abroad with dium-sized business are also very optimal support for young business-friendliness,
its cosmopolitan people and important in Cologne. Names like talent. Advanced technology has been repeatedly
with public authorities who Alfred H. Schütte, Felix Böttcher, is supplied by Adobe, Arxes, confirmed to the Of-
speak their language and offer Igus, Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, fice of Economic Devel-
optimal service. The cathedral Rimowa, Schwarze-Robitec and MindTree, Pironet NDH, SQS, opment – for example
city recommends itself as a hub Sonderhoff are often No.1 in their QSC, Unitymedia and Wipro, in recent years by Ernst
for Europe’s markets. market segments in Europe. for example. & Young.