Where to live in Cologne

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erkana Member

Member since 12 May 2016

erkanaMember01 June 2016 14:41:23

Hi All,

I am moving to Cologne in August and I am trying to get information about neighbourhoods. I'm trying to figure out where to live so if someone could share a short description of some of them would be awesome.

My job is at Sparkasse am Butzweilerhof but I don't want to live around, looks very quiet. As I have seen so far the trendy neighbours are Belgian Quarter (Belgisches Viertel) and Ehrenfeld. My idea is to spend around 700 - 1200 euros.

Thank you very much for your time.

Sergio!

Bhavna Team

Member since 01 June 2015

BhavnaTeam02 June 2016 05:04:18

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Hi Sergio,

Till members provide you with their feedbacks, i suggest you read the Accommodation in Cologne article of the Expat Guide. It may be useful to you.

All the best,
Bhavna

erkana Member

Member since 12 May 2016

erkanaMember07 June 2016 10:19:00

Hi Bhavna,

Thank you very much for your reply.

I will have a look!

All the best,
Sergio

JohannesM Contributor

Member since 07 July 2010

JohannesMContributor07 June 2016 15:20:35

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see old post here

in particular a visual overview of rental costs in Köln here (The map is zoomable, klick on Köln and zoom ). The legend is visible on that chart.
1) light orange will give you 77 Square meters = 830 square feet for 700 € or
2) Red will give you 83 square meters for 1200€ (There are larger "red" zones in Frankfurt, Munich or Hamburg - and much less in Köln, which is lucky for you)

You can see I'm a visual person. But it is a quick way of getting an overview fast without wanting to ask seemingly insensitive questions or cause unintended offfence.

Have fun.

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