There are still frequent ferries across from Denmark, and the trip takes only 20 minutes. According to the website:
All the Helsingborg Ferries have been recently modernised to high standards and are equipped with all the latest facilities such as restaurants and bars, spacious lounges, Cafes, toilets and disabled facilities.
Helsingborgs Fyr lighthouse - entering harbor
Helsingborgs Fyr lighthouse
Turrets - city hall
Next we went to Cologne. When we visited Cologne in 1950 it was soon after World War II. Germany and particularly Cologne was still in ruins. People were living in fall-out shelters. The only building standing around the Cathedral was the Dom Hotel. So that is where we stayed There were bathtubs hanging by their pipes in the next building. I am not sure how safe it was in those days, but it was there. I've seen the Dom twice. The second time in 1964 after a long plane trip. . I remember this hotel and I looked for it when I was in Cologne in 1964 - it wasn't standing alone then.
Dom Hotel in 1950
Back of the Dom Hotel in 1950
View from the window at the end of the hall
Ruins in Cologne
Except for the Cathedral - everything else in the city was in ruins.
Rubble for blocks surrounding the cathedral
View of the cathedral from our hotel window
Officially the Cathedral in Cologne is Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria, or in English: High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and a World Heritage site that gets thousands of visitors a day - it is the main thing to see in Cologne - and you can't really visit without seeing it.
Me on the steps in 1950
Detail of the cathedral doorway in 1950
Central tower under repair - there is ongoing scaffolding
Cathedral in 1950
Cathedral in 1950
The Cathedral is visible from almost everywhere in town and this was even more the case after WWII. There was nothing standing around the cathedral for several blocks. The tall twin spires were an easily recognizable navigational landmark by Allied aircraft raiding deeper into Germany in the later years of the war.
Looking back at the cathedral 1950
cathedral through the RR station roof
The cathedral is situated right next to the central railway station (Hbf.) and simply cannot be "overlooked" because of its height You will find the entrance of the tower outside the cathedral, next to the main entrance, on the right hand side
Odd building - a block from our hotel i
Koln - June 1950
All the Helsingborg Ferries have been recently modernised to high standards and are equipped with all the latest facilities such as restaurants and bars, spacious lounges, Cafes, toilets and disabled facilities.
Helsingborgs Fyr lighthouse - entering harbor
Helsingborgs Fyr lighthouse
Turrets - city hall
Next we went to Cologne. When we visited Cologne in 1950 it was soon after World War II. Germany and particularly Cologne was still in ruins. People were living in fall-out shelters. The only building standing around the Cathedral was the Dom Hotel. So that is where we stayed There were bathtubs hanging by their pipes in the next building. I am not sure how safe it was in those days, but it was there. I've seen the Dom twice. The second time in 1964 after a long plane trip. . I remember this hotel and I looked for it when I was in Cologne in 1964 - it wasn't standing alone then.
Dom Hotel in 1950
Back of the Dom Hotel in 1950
View from the window at the end of the hall
Ruins in Cologne
Except for the Cathedral - everything else in the city was in ruins.
Rubble for blocks surrounding the cathedral
View of the cathedral from our hotel window
Officially the Cathedral in Cologne is Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria, or in English: High Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Mary. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and a World Heritage site that gets thousands of visitors a day - it is the main thing to see in Cologne - and you can't really visit without seeing it.
Me on the steps in 1950
Detail of the cathedral doorway in 1950
Central tower under repair - there is ongoing scaffolding
Cathedral in 1950
Cathedral in 1950
The Cathedral is visible from almost everywhere in town and this was even more the case after WWII. There was nothing standing around the cathedral for several blocks. The tall twin spires were an easily recognizable navigational landmark by Allied aircraft raiding deeper into Germany in the later years of the war.
Looking back at the cathedral 1950
cathedral through the RR station roof
The cathedral is situated right next to the central railway station (Hbf.) and simply cannot be "overlooked" because of its height You will find the entrance of the tower outside the cathedral, next to the main entrance, on the right hand side
Odd building - a block from our hotel i
Koln - June 1950
- Next entry in the series 'Visiting Europe - 1950, 1964, 1992, 2002, 2015': Cologne and the Rhine in 1950 - post 3
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