Buildings
Cologne Cathedral
Altstadt Nord, North Rhine-Westphalia
One of the greatest Gothic cathedrals in the world, begun in 1248 and finished only in 1880.
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Buildings
Aachen Cathedral
Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia
The first German site on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Historic sites
Zollverein Coal Mine, Essen
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Once the largest coal mine in Europe, closed in 1986 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a symbol of the Ruhr region's change from heavy industr…