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Driving in Dusseldorf´s low emission zone
You do need an emission sticker for the inner parts of both cities. Here are links to maps showing the zone for Düsseldorf and Cologne (Köln) to see if your destination is part of the zone. If these ...
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A publicly accessible place to photo Cologne Cathedral's west facade
The first picture is probably taken from the tower of the St. Andreas church. Even if the tower is not usually accessible to the public, if this is important for you, I would have contacted them and ...
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Do I need to validate train tickets that were purchased online?
If it is an online ticket from bahn.de you have to print it out or show it in DB Navigator App and prove your identity, but you do not have to validate it before your journey. I took a look on my last ...
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What is the shortest distance Airport to Cologne Germany From San Francisco
There are only two German airports that have non-stop service from San Francisco: Frankfurt and Munich. Frankfurt is closer by about 170 miles. The official flight time difference is not meaningful: ...
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What is the shortest distance Airport to Cologne Germany From San Francisco
The most commonly used airports for such a trip are:
Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)
Dusseldorf International Airport (DUS)
Both are served by US-American Airlines from the US. There are also ...
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The Most Impressive Mass in Cologne Cathedral to attend
The German webpages are not very forthcoming about the content of the individual services either. However, I note that the Sunday 10:00 Hochamt (also referred to as Kapitalsamt/Pontifikalsamt ...
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How to narrow hotel map down to Old Town of Cologne, Germany
Depends on the search tool you are using but most that I use (Booking, Expedia, Google Maps, Tripadvisor) have a zoom feature where you can zoom in and move the search area around. Sometimes there is ...
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Do I need to validate train tickets that were purchased online?
There is a slight confusion in the question that I intend to clear up:
I heard that, in German cities, train tickets need to be validated in a machine; will I be required to do this for an online ...
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What is the shortest distance Airport to Cologne Germany From San Francisco
One option you can consider is that Lufthansa has a partnership with Deutsche Bahn, the German train operator. You can go to Lufthansa.com and make a single booking consisting of a flight from San ...
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VRS JobTicket: Extension Tickets & +1 Capabilities
A very quick search for "VRS Anschluss Ticket" reveals the official page (by VRS), where it is stated that for VRS-AnschlussTicket and EinfachWeiterTicket that additional persons travelling on the ...
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Travel between VRR and VRS regions in Germany
Congratulations. You just found out the disadvantage of splitting up the public transportation by regional transportation authorities, namely, that travel between such regions is more complicated.
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What is the shortest distance Airport to Cologne Germany From San Francisco
Frankfurt Airport has a long distance train station attached to the airport, with a direct link to Cologne. The train Frankfurt - Cologne is pretty much the fastest train run in the country. It is one ...
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What is the shortest distance Airport to Cologne Germany From San Francisco
Alternatives for Frankfurt, which has the best connection to Cologne, are Amsterdam (AMS, Schiphol airport, the Netherlands) and Paris, (CDG, Charles de Gaulle, France) and likely a couple more I did ...
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Deutsche Bahn price change compensation
No.
What you describe is how dynamic fare pricing works and is nothing unusual. While you bought the tickets for a higher price, another customer likely was about to buy the last tickets in a cheaper ...
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Do I need to validate train tickets that were purchased online?
It depends on what type of service it is. For local services such as the U-Bahn or the S-Bahn, ticket validation machines are typically located at the station. These machines will stamp the time the ...
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Any walking tours (in English) in Cologne or nearby?
Now there is a Free walking tour in Bonn as well. I've participated the last Friday, it was fun
they now have a Fb group but I found them on Instagram @bonn.city.tour
https://www.facebook.com/Bonn-...
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