Send Flowers to Cologne, Germany

Cologne is a city that hands out flowers in the street. During the Rose Monday parade at the height of Carnival, the floats throw small bouquets called Strüßjer into the crowd along with sweets, and that easy generosity describes the Rhineland temperament well. Around the twin spires of the cathedral lie very different quarters: the Belgian Quarter and Ehrenfeld with their studios and bars, the Südstadt and Nippes with corner pubs and long-established families, academic Lindenthal near the University of Cologne and its hospital, and Deutz and Mülheim on the right bank of the Rhine.

If you want to send flowers to Cologne from abroad, write the recipient's surname exactly as it appears on the doorbell, since apartment doors in Germany rarely carry numbers.

Orders placed before midnight local time are delivered the next day, Monday to Saturday. There is no Sunday delivery. During the Carnival days between Weiberfastnacht and Ash Wednesday parts of the centre are closed to traffic and many businesses shut on Rose Monday, so for anything urgent in that week pick a date just before or after. The mild Rhine climate brings an early spring, and tulips, hyacinths and blossom branches fill local flower shops while much of Germany is still wintry.

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