4711 Original Eau de Cologne

Perhaps the oldest and most well known product out of Cologne is the 4711 Echt Kölnisch Wasser (Original Water of Cologne). It stems from the recipe of a Carthusian monk’s which includes citrus fruit, rosemary and lavender, all of which are dissolved in a light alcohol mixture. The precise mixture is naturally held to be secret. 4711 was

constructed on the site of the firm Mühlens over 200 years ago, who, today, offers colognes and perfumes of many sorts. 4711 actually doesn’t belong such a list, because once is was identified with holy water. For Napoleon anno 1810 required the recipies for all doctor’s remedies to be disclosed, the water was renamed a perfume. 4711

still has the beloved and fresh effect today. The name 4711 comes from Cologne’s occupation by the French revolutionary troops, who, in 1796, numbered all of the houses in Cologne. One of theses hou- ses was numbered as 4711 nowerdays lying at Glockengasse that's still the postal adress today. And because the French soldiers loved to give the perfume as a gift back home, it got the name "Eau (Water) de (from/of) Cologne".

4711 is available in many souvenir shops, department stores and the 4711 main shop on Glockengasse across from the Opera. Internet: www.4711.com.

Antique Glasses as Stylistic Souvenirs

Cologne was a center for glass making at the times of the Romans. Some hundreds of glass artifacts, like a popular thin neck bottles or the expensive single pieces of the Diatret glass, are on display at

Cologne’s house of ancient history, the Roman-Germanic Museum. But the beautiful works of art don’t have to stay in the mu- seum because the museum gift shop and the CCAA Glass Gallery (near Breite Straße) offer original replicas of works that are in Cologne and throughout Europe priceless.

For your selection are shell-bowls, cups and carafes, which were pro- duced in the traditional Roman method. Next to leading the manufac- turing of the replicas, the CCAA Glass Gallery also makes modern glass, predominantly Unicat, which is finished by contemporary artists.

Adress of the CCAA Glas Gallery: 30 Auf dem Berlich. Phone: 257 61 91. Internet: www.ccaa.de.

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Presents & Souvenirs

Typical souvenirs are around the Dom and at the Alter Markt. Presents from Cologne can be purchased throughout the city. Here are a couple of tips:

Roman Germanic Museum

The museum shop offers little terracotte figures and heads of ancient ro- man VIPs like emperors as well as many history books. Adress: 4 Ron- calliplatz. more

Dom Shop

In the store next to the treasure chest of the ca- thedral there are coins, Dom models and pic- tures for sale. Entrance is at the left side of the building oposite the main station.

Main shop 4711

See to the column left "4711 Original Eau de Cologne". 

Flag Shop Meinel

Next to flags there’s also pretty Karneval hats here for sale. Adress: 16 Hämergasse, phone 25 76 372.

Festartikel Schmidt

Karneval’s needs like costumes, gag gifts and Karneval coins. Adress: 67 Johannisstr, phone 12 36 87.

Chocolate Museum

The museum gift shop sells all the fine sweets with the well known brand names like Stollwerck, Gubor and Sarotti. Adress: Rheinauhafen, phone 391 88 80.

Gaffel Shop

Anything around the Kölsch beer from the brewery Gaffel: glasses, T-Shirts, handkerchiefs. Adress: 24 Alter Markt, phone 257 78 18.

Maus & Co.

Stuffed animals desig- ned to look like the fa- vourit German series for children like the Maus, Käptain Blaubär or artic- les for fans of the weekly TV soap Lindenstrasse. Adress: at WDR-Arcades, phone 257 21 34.

Art Gallery Pelster

Nice and cheap etchings of Cologne’s panorama in black and white or color. Adress: 13 Kleine Budengasse, phone 258 20 40.

Postkarten

A whole store devoted to postcards, for example, for greetings from Cologne or for birthdays. Adress: 93 Breite Str.

Bookstore Kösel

The store next to the Roman-Germanic Muse- um provides a selection of picture books from Cologne, on to art, histo- ry of the Dom and the city itself. Adress: 2 Roncalliplatz, phone 2 72 72 10.