# German Dopefest in Cologne Spring 2015 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 11, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570 "2015-01-11T21:45:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/1 "2015-01-11T21:45:38Z")
Dopers in Germany, who wants to meet up in Cologne sometime this spring? ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/2 "2015-01-11T22:07:59Z")
Hi – I. Am obviously up for a Dopefest ������ but I am not arriving until October! ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/3 "2015-01-11T22:17:08Z")
> [@DaphneBlack](#): > > Hi – I. Am obviously up for a Dopefest �� but I am not arriving until October! Oh, **Daphne** , that’s disappointing. ☹ I was hoping you’d be there. After all, your post was the impetus for the meeting. So we’ll just call this springtime one a practice session. Don’t worry, we’ll hold another in the fall. We might even call it Daphnefest. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/4 "2015-01-11T22:40:03Z")
Sounds good 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/5 "2015-01-11T23:08:40Z")
> [@DaphneBlack](#): > > Sounds good 🙂 Howabout we Skype you from the pub in Cologne? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/6 "2015-01-11T23:35:42Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > Howabout we Skype you from the pub in Cologne? 🙂 Sure! I will continue to follow the thread anyways ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/7 "2015-01-12T10:22:36Z")
[Da simmer dabei, dat es prima, Viva Colonia!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHmWvTVjBPM) Sorry, I don’t even like Die Höhner or carnival music very much, but this fits too well. Of course I’m in for a dopefest in Cologne (I originally proposed the place in the Karlsruhe thread, so I’m kind of obliged to participate :)). Cologne is a great city with easy-going, open-minded folk and a legendary pub circuit in the Südstadt. Besides the already mentioned Romano-Germanic museum, there are two fantastic art museums right around the corner of the cathedral: [Museum Ludwig](http://www.museenkoeln.de/home/pages/2470.aspx?s=2470) and [Wallraff-Richards-Msueum](http://www.museenkoeln.de/home/pages/2482.aspx?s=2482). I’m sure we can have a lot of fun there. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/8 "2015-01-12T10:33:25Z")
Köln is just a little too far for me. Munich ain’t exactly the middle of Germany, huh? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/9 "2015-01-12T15:25:42Z")
Sign me up! 🙂 I live in Cologne (in the Südstadt even, **EinsteinsHund**! ;)) and I’ll gladly help organize the meeting, try to find a nice pub etc… . ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/10 "2015-01-12T16:23:45Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Köln is just a little too far for me. Munich ain’t exactly the middle of Germany, huh? ☹ I’m sorry, **Budget!** ☹ But you know you’re welcome if you want to make the trip. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/11 "2015-01-12T21:46:43Z")
Hey **Budget** , am I right in thinking you are an expat? If so, please pop over to my thread in IMHO! I’m asking for advice about Karlsruhe, but more general perspectives on life in Germany, especially expat life, recommendations for places to visit and things to see and do, Are welcome! Even if you are not an expat, feel free to comment. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/12 "2015-01-14T15:02:07Z")
Would a Spanish expat who lives in the Netherlands but can get to Köln relatively quickly be welcome? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Idilia\_Dubb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@Idilia\_Dubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idilia_Dubb)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/13 "2015-01-14T15:57:59Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Would a Spanish expat who lives in the Netherlands but can get to Köln relatively quickly be welcome? 😃 You betcha, **JoseB**! We’d love to have you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/eada6e/32.png) [@\_Undecided\_Adrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Undecided_Adrian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/14 "2015-01-21T22:22:24Z")
German native living in Stuttgart here. I was never much more than a lurker on the Dope, but I’d be interested too! Cologne in the spring might be worth a visit. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/15 "2015-01-22T02:15:52Z")
Any chance you’d do it on a weekday in April? I’m probably flying thru Frankfurt & could come in a day earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/16 "2015-01-22T05:06:12Z")
My German is absolutely rusty, but if the dates match my work calendar I’ll come on down. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/17 "2015-01-30T19:27:46Z")
I know it’s been sometime, but **The Butterfly’s Ghost** and I really want to get this thing going. So everyone who expressed interest to join the Cologne Dopefest in this thread, expect a PM from me over the weekend with further details. We roughly plan an April date, that much I can tell beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/18 "2015-03-29T11:51:19Z")
Any news? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/19 "2015-03-29T14:53:29Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Any news? Hi **Maastricht** , indeed there’s news. We have settled to meet on the afternoon of April 11 at the Chlodwigplatz in Cologne and spend a nice evening in the Südstadt. If you want to join us, please PM me, of course that applies for everyone else who’s still interested. It would be great to have some more of you with us. ---
**Author:** ![Mops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mops/32/16494_2.png) [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570/20 "2015-04-03T08:35:02Z")
Sorry I cannot make it to Cologne on 11 April - I have a long scheduled work related event on that day ☹ - I am the organizer/guide so I cannot drop out of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-dopefest-in-cologne-spring-2015/709570.md?page=2)