Getting there
By public transportation: Your admission ticket is also your ticket to the concerts and back. Use buses and trains free of charge within the Rhein-Sieg transport association four hours before and after the concert. The admission ticket cannot be transferred to other people after attending the event, not even as a travel ticket.
By car: If you attend a concert in the Kölner Philharmonie, you can park in the Philharmonie car park for the special price of € 2.50. The special price is valid for up to six hours after entry. Simply present your entry ticket with your parking ticket to the parking garage cashier or pay at the pay machine.
Service team
If you have any questions or problems during your visit, our team is glad to help you at any time. Please approach the employees directly.
Gastronomy
In the foyer of the Kölner Philharmonie, several bars offer you cold and hot drinks as well as delicious snacks before the concert and during breaks. There is also a wide range of dining options nearby.
(Also check out our »The early bird...« program. Just scroll further down.)
Accessibility
Kölner Philharmonie
The Kölner Philharmoniecan be reached by car to let people get on or off. Friendly foyer team members will be waiting for you at the ground floor main entrance, offering their help and helping with the doors. The Kölner Philharmoniel has an adjacent parking garage with a total of nine disabled parking spaces. Use of the parking garage is free for wheelchair users who visit our house by car. Having used public transportation, you an reach the Kölner Philharmonie from the Cologne Central Station and Heumarkt without having to take any stairs or steps.
The person accompanying a person using a wheelchair receives free entry.
ALTE FEUERWACHE
The Alte Feuerwache is barrier-free for wheelchair users and visitors with walkers.
DIE KUNSTBAR
die kunstbar is barrier-free for wheelchair users and visitors with walkers
FILMFORUM
The Filmforum is barrier-free for wheelchair users and visitors with walkers if arrive passing the cathedral.
LAGERSTÄTTE FÜR DIE MOBILEN HOCHWASSERSCHUTZELEMENTE
The access to the venue is at ground level and there are no steps inside the building. Nevertheless, the outside area is not asphalted and can be muddy when the weather conditions are bad. The mobile sanitary facilities will be set up especially for the concert, including a toilet for wheelchair users.
Changes in program and line-up
We do our best to avoid changes. Unfortunaly, sometimes there can still be short-term changes to the program and/or line-up.
Photos and phones
Please understand that image and sound recordings are not permitted during the concert (for copyright reasons). During the final applause you are welcome to take photos without a flash.
We invite you to share your pictures on social media channels (#achtbrücken).
Please remember to turn off or mute your phone before the concert begins.
Air conditioning
Our air conditioning with fresh air supply will be in full use during concerts in the Kölner Philharmonie. The ventilation situation in the Kölner Philharmonie was rated as very good by the DTHG (German Theater Technology Society).
More offers before and after the concerts
Meet-up before the concert ... the early bird! 🐥
Talking to you and having you talk to each other is one of our declared aims this year.
With our »The early bird!« program, we created an extra opportunity for you to get into conversation.
All you have to do is to arrive at the venue an hour before the concert and automatically you will get to chat with other concert goers over a delicious piece of cake or a pretzel. You will also have the chance to browse the digital program booklet with one of our iPads.
The food is on us – but only while it last and the cake/pretzels will be limited to one tray or one basket. Only the early bird gets a share! The offer applies to all concerts with the bird symbol.
Perception program: hall + stage 👁️🗨️
The perception tour is an invitation to interested visitors with and without visual impairments. Let us take you near the stage half an hour before the concert starts and we will describe to you in detail what we see on stage and which instruments and musicians will be involved in the concert.
Meeting point: The foyer team counter on the inside left behind the main entrance. You can recognize our perception offerings in the program by the eye symbol.
Perception programm: instruments 👁️🗨️
This offer is also aimed at people with visual impairments as well as sighted people. Lecturers from the Rheinische Musikschule describe various instruments and how they are constructed in the foyer of the Cologne Philharmonic. The listeners are invited to touch and feel the instrument or the parts described. Meet the clarinet on May 10th at 7pm, the violin on May 11th at 5pm, the grand piano and harp on May 15th at 7pm and the grand piano again on May 16th at 8pm. The instrument introductions take place in the foyer of the Cologne Philharmonic, in the sofa corner to the right of the entrance (past the bar and cloakroom). You can recognize our perception offerings in the program by the eye symbol.
This offer takes place in cooperation with the Rheinische Musikschule.
The Lounge is back!
You missed it, we brought it back: The ACHT BRÜCKEN Lounge. On four festival days, we will end the day with a free concert (Pop, Jazz or Elecronics) at the kunstbar, a three-minute walk from the Kölner Philharmonie.
You can recognize the lounge in the program by its pink label.
Digital booklets
May is a time of renewal and this time at ACHT BRÜCKEN that includes the program booklets. For the first time, we can provide you with a digital program booklet for every concert and thus also image and sound material for the individual concerts, additional information and multimedia content.
You will find the digital program booklets available free of charge on our website in advance of the individual concerts. All you have to do at the concert venue is to scan the respective QR code. You can find this under the program information in our brochure and on posters at the venue. As always, the digital program booklet provides background information on the participants, composers and works and gives a comprehensive insight into the concert program.