Animal magic in the Lindenthaler Tierpark

There’s nothing kids like more than getting close to animals and in Cologne there is a great place where kids can do this for free  – the Lindenthaler Tierpark.  It’s a fenced off part of the Stadtwald/grüngurtel where you’ll find goats, sheep, deer, turkeys, chickens, peacocks and other fowl, plus the donkey pair Dolores and Pablo, who have just had a baby.  You can feed the sheep, goats and deer - with animal food dispensers on hand stocked with boxes of food for €0.50 a go – watch delightedly as the goats and sheep jostle each other to nibble from your kids' hands, even the deer are brave enough to walk right up to the path.  Just outside the tierpark you can pay a couple of euros and take your kids for a ride on one of the many ponies who will calmly carry your excited child up and down the well trodden path.  The tierpark is in the middle of the forest so in summer it’s shady and cool and in winter provides shelter from bitter winds and rain showers. Even if you don't have kids it's a great place to escape from city life and get a little bit closer to nature.

Lindenthaler Tierpark
Kitschburger Strasse, 50933 Cologne
T: 0221 515733
Nearest tram: Maarweg, Line: 1
www.lindenthaler-tierpark.de