Gay Cologne

Club 21

Gay Bars & Clubs

Club 21 is a Gay bar where you can dance all night with a DJ spinning pop, dance and house tunes into the early hours…

ONE-Nightclub (Clip-Cologne)

Gay Bars & Clubs

ONE-Nightclub (formerly Clip Cologne) is a Gay bar & party venue, popular with a young crowd. Has karaoke night on Tu…

Casino-Eck

Gay Bars & Clubs

Casino-Eck is a gay bar featrues a variety of live music acts and cabaret shows. With a relaxed setting during the we…

Kattwinkel

Gay Bars & Clubs

Kattwinkel is voted ‘Best Bar of the Year’ by local gay magazine, Kattwinkel is a large gay bar & café with a fun, re…

Badehaus Babylon Cologne

Gay Saunas

Badehaus Babylon Cologne is one of the most beautiful gay saunas in Europe, famous for its pool in the inner courtyar…

Pansauna

Gay Saunas

Pansauna for gays, bi's and friends that offers plenty of facilities, including a dry sauna, Jacuzzi, sun loungers, m…

Phoenix Sauna

Gay Saunas

Young and stylish popular gay sauna in Cologne. With hot-jacuzzi, an entire new bar and vast cruising-areas. Young lo…

Sauna Vulcanus

Gay Saunas

Sauna Vulcanus is the Oldest gay sauna in Cologne Germany. Clientele mainly mature men and their admirers. 

Brunos

Gay Shops

Brunos is a gay sex shop chain with several locations in Germany. The Cologne branch stocks plenty of hardcore and so…

ES Collection

Gay Shops

It is a cologne branch of the very popular gay store chain, selling underwear, sportswear, swimwear, toys, gifts and …

MGW Cologne

Gay Shops

A relatively new gay concept store has already proven very popular with Cologne’s gay crowd. MGW sells large selectio…

Pullermanns

Cruising Areas

Formerly “Hands and Boners”, this long-running men-only gay cruise bar in Cologne is popular with guys over 35.

Ex-BASEMENT Cologne - closed

Cruising Areas

Ex-BASEMENT in Cologne was a well-known gay hotspot, particularly recognized for its underground gay cruise club. Thi…

Hopper Hotel et cetera

Gay Hotels

The stylish HOPPER Hotel et cetera offers 48 modern, en suite guest rooms. The hotel has a gym, solarium and sauna, a…

Hotel Ariane

Gay Hotels

Hotel Ariane is a straightforward hotel that is 4-minute walk from Heumarkt tram station. It's also a 7-minute walk f…

Hotel Domstern

Gay Hotels

Hotel Domstern is an elegant setting when in Cologne and it is close to everything the area has to offer. The multipl…

Hotel Lyskirchen

Gay Hotels

Offering a sauna and an indoor pool, Hotel Lyskirchen is situated in Cologne and is a five-minute walk from the Colog…

Cafe Rico

Gay Restaurants

Situated on the corner of Rudolfplatz, Cafe Rico is one of the few places that offer heated outside places, even in t…

LANXESS arena

Entertainment

Lanxess Arena is an indoor arena, in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known as the 18,500-capacity hom…

Gloria Theater

Entertainment

The Gloria-Theater is a multi-purpose theatre and event space, originally a cinema-theatre, in the centre of Cologne,…

Cologne’s Old Town

Entertainment

Cologne’s Old Town has a distinctive historical charm. Visitors are drawn by its rustic narrow alleyways lined with t…

Cologne, Germany

Cologne Gay Pride — CSD 2026

Cologne CSD (Christopher Street Day) is Germany's largest pride celebration and one of the biggest in Europe, drawing up to 1.5 million people to the Rhine city each July. The parade route winds through the medieval old town past the magnificent Cologne Cathedral — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — before ending in a massive festival ground along the riverbank. The Cologne CSD has been running since 1979 and has grown to become a full-day spectacle: thousands of floats, community groups, and marching bands fill the streets from morning until evening, followed by an outdoor concert and the legendary afterparties in the gay-friendly Heumarkt and Rudolfplatz areas. Cologne's central location in Germany, excellent rail connections, and the city's warm and welcoming culture make it a prime destination for LGBTQ+ visitors from across Europe. The city's Cathedral, rising beside the Rhine, provides a backdrop that no other pride event can match.

Cologne, Germany

Cologne Pride (CSD Köln)

Cologne's Christopher Street Day is consistently one of the biggest pride parades in the world by attendance. The street party along the Rhine stretches for kilometres, and the city's notoriously welcoming queer scene makes sure the celebrations last for days before and after the main event. Worth knowing: hotel rooms book out months in advance.

Cologne, Germany

Cologne Gay Pride — CSD 2027

Cologne CSD 2027 returns to the Rhine for Germany's largest pride event, expected to again draw over a million to the streets of the medieval city beneath its magnificent cathedral.