Sights from the river Rhine

Cologne has enchanted us with its sights and views. These images were taken after the visit to the cathedral, on the Cologne Traingle, a sightseeing tower acrosss the river Reihn. The sun was just setting and the cityscapes were drowning in its orange glow. 

The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade and goods deep inland. The many castles and fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance as a waterway in the Holy Roman Empire. In the modern era, it has become a symbol of German Romantic nationalism.

The Lower Rhine flows through North Rhine-Westphalia. Its banks are usually heavily populated and industrialized, in particular the agglomerations Cologne, Düsseldorf and Ruhr area. Here the Rhine flows through the largest conurbation in Germany, the Rhine-Ruhr region.