Is Cologne Safe for Solo Female Travelers?

Solo travel

I'm currently doing an Erasmus there. There's a lot of places to visit. Great art galleries. The people there are especially very nice, I met a lot of people and now great friends. As a queer person you will be very welcomed

Solo travel

I've been there many times, yet everytime I was there and id look at the Dome, it was breathtaking! It's clean, modestly safe, and during Christmas period it fills with cute markets! Id advice you to go there during those colder times.

Solo travel

Generally Cologne was really safe, I liked it so much first time as Solo traveler, so I decided to go there second time with my family and show them around, it was beautiful too, and I was surprised to hear turkish people everywhere lol, more than german

Group travel

Cologne is a wonderful city with a lot to explore especially the cathedral. It is also quite interesting during carnival season. It feels relatively safe although you should avoid places like chorweiler.

Family travel

Cologne Cathedral was the best part of city. Entrance was free but outside view is better than inside. Also Hohenzollern Love Bridge was look colorful. The Bridge was walkable to opposite side. I loved Cologne as I love Germany.

Solo travel

I felt safe in cologne. It was a nice experience and I visit a lot of bars. I met a lot of new people. And I had a great time there. There were a lot of good vegan restaurants. Most of the time I felt very safe

Group travel

Cologne is a very touristy city. Consider your travel date if you want to avoid the crowds. During my short one-day trip, I visited the Lindt Chocolate Museum, the Cologne Cathedral, which you can't miss, and the shopping streets. I recommend heading away from the city center if you want to feel more immersed in the city.

Solo travel

For me it was a little difficult, sometimes I felt alone and had no one to go out with, there aren't that many things to do and they don't have festivals or as much street music as I expected there would be, the people are friendly but they don't make much of an effort to include you, unfortunately the first day I arrived I had a very persistent experience in terms of xenophobia but nothing went wrong.

Solo travel

I felt safe. You can see the churches around, there are 12 of them. It's nice to see the botanical garden, grab some Kölsch and stroll around the river. I stayed at Novo Hotel. I walked mostly on foot but it's easier if you rent a bike or go by bus.

Solo travel

It was my first time doing a solo trip. I felt pretty safe considering the fact that the city itself has free wifi and you can find an english speaker everywhere in the city. The only thing that out me off was the food options. Maybe I couldn't find something good but everything was pretty bland, especially after trying amazing food all around in my Paris trip.

In general pretty safe but there are some places where there is a lot of drug addiction. Would NOT recommend parks in the night alone and some underground station especially in winter get really creepy.

In general I consider Cologne very save space. People are open and friendly and I personally got never robbed I'm Cologne. However at night I would avoid walking around the "Ringe" and places like ebertplatz, Kalk, Chorweiler or Mühlheim since there lots of drug addicts and aggressive party people.

Id say Cologne is safe overall. But it has its spots like every other cities does too, that I would try to avoid alone at night. Spots where I wouldn’t want to walk alone at night as a woman would be: -Ebertplatz!!! -Wiener Platz (Mülheim in General) -Kalk -Zülpicher Platz -around the Cathedral is a pickpocket hotspot due to the many tourist

I feel safe as a woman walking alone at night. As safe as a woman can feel with men being around them generally. Most of the people in Cologne are very friendly. ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I feel like Cologne is generally pretty safe but there are areas where you’ll be approached by Homeless people especially in the city centre but I have never experienced them being aggressive. They will usually just walk away

In Cologne you won't be stealed from. There's a lot of homeless people asking you money and it's easy to be catcalled. Overall nothing to dangerous but I'm still cautious when going outside at night.