In the old inner city of Koblenz, across from the entrance to the town hall courtyard, pedestrians are surprised by a statue of a boy that occasionally spits in their direction. Das Schängelchen, as ...

When I told my friend, a Cologne local, that I was excited to visit Koblenz, she laughed. It was a fair response. I was travelling from afar to visit a town only locals usually head to, which I ...

Text description provided by the architects. In 2011, Koblenz was chosen as the site for the Bundesgartenschau, a biennial horticultural show that drew 3.6 million visitors. Various structures were ...

The Upper Middle Rhine Valley between Bingen and Koblenz was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. The committee praised the region as a "cultural landscape of great beauty." Just past ...

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