Cologne - Twin Towns and Sister Cities

Twin Towns and Sister Cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Cologne is "twinned" with the following cities:

Liverpool, United Kingdom, since 1952
Lille, France, since 1958
Liège, Belgium, since 1958
Rotterdam, Netherlands, since 1958
Turin, Italy, since 1958
Burgas, Bulgaria since 1991
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, since 1958
Kyoto, Japan, since 1963
Tunis, Tunisia, since 1964
Turku, Finland, since 1967
Neukölln, Germany, since 1967
Tel Aviv, Israel, since 1979
Barcelona, Spain, since 1984
Beijing, China, since 1987
Cork, Ireland, since 1988
Thessaloniki, Greece, since 1988
Corinto/El Realejo, Nicaragua, since 1988
Indianapolis, United States, since 1988
Volgograd, Russia, since 1988
Treptow-Köpenick, Germany, since 1990
Katowice, Poland, since 1991
Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority, since 1996
Istanbul, Turkey, since 1997
Cluj-Napoca, Romania, since 1999
Batangas, Philippines
Saskatoon, Canada
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 2011

Additionally, the districts of Rodenkirchen, Lindenthal and Porz continue to maintain individual town-partnerships, established during their time as independent municipalities.

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