25hours Hotel The Circle

Top choice in Cologne


The Cologne edition of this mod lifestyle hotel chain occupies a listed circular building (a former insurance company headquarters) and is bathed in a retro-futuristic design theme. Past the vast lobby with bike rental and DJ corner are good-sized rooms that bulge with quirks, character and zeitgeist-capturing amenities such as Bluetooth speakers.

Catch cathedral views from the 8th-floor restaurant-bar.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Cologne attractions

1. Church of St Gereon

0.16 MILES

The most eccentric looking of Cologne's many Romanesque churches, St Gereon grew from a late-Roman chapel into this massive complex lidded by a 10-sided…

2. Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

0.28 MILES

The Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, in the former medieval armoury, explores all facets of Cologne's history. Although the permanent exhibit remains closed while…

3. NS-Dokumentationszentrum

0.31 MILES

Cologne's Third Reich history is poignantly and exhaustively documented in the NS Documentation Centre housed in the very building that served as the…

4. Käthe Kollwitz Museum

0.39 MILES

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945) was a famous early 20th-century German artist whose social and political awareness lent a tortured power to her lithographs,…

5. Römerturm

0.49 MILES

This jaunty tower marks the northwest corner of the ancient Roman town fortifications, which stretched for 4km and had at least nine gates and 19 round…

6. Museum für Angewandte Kunst

0.52 MILES

If Aalto, Eames and Olivetti are music to your ears, you should swing by the Museum of Applied Arts, which displays a prestigious and extensive collection…

7. Kolumba

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Art, history, architecture and spirituality form a harmonious tapestry in this spectacular collection of the Archdiocese of Cologne's religious treasures…

8. Church of St Ursula

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If you look at Cologne’s coat of arms, you’ll see what looks like 11 apostrophes. In fact, the squiggles represent St Ursula and 11,000 virgins who were…