German language summer programs in Cologne
Youth camps
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Learn German with a Rhine River view
The City Language Camp of the Goethe-Institut in Cologne is located in the middle of the Rheinauen, a huge park on the banks of the Rhine. Many of the three- to four-bed rooms, where our participants live together for three weeks, have a window with a view onto the mythical river.Three meals a day as well as refreshments and small snacks are available, vegetarian options and meals without pork are offered alternatively at all meals. Participants in the German language course for teenagers will learn German daily in two to three teaching blocks. We practice reading, understanding, writing and speaking with the students, using the provided teaching material, but also with language games and field trips. With about 28 hours of lessons each week, our students will quickly experience great progress.
On weekend day trips, we explore the world-famous Rhine Valley and the cities of Bonn and Königswinter in the south of Cologne, as well as the fashion and media metropolis of Düsseldorf down the Rhine.
Highlights
Experience Cologne, travel the Rhine Valley
Cologne, the fourth largest city in Germany, is famous for its gigantic Gothic cathedral and for its long history, which begins around 50 AD with the Romans. In the Roman-Germanic Museum right next to the cathedral, you can find many artefacts from this early period. On the Domplatte, the square in front of the cathedral, there are even some remains of the Roman city gate.Cologne is full of sights from all the centuries since, especially the many ancient Romanesque churches from Frankish times are considered unique. However, it is the cathedral that dominates the cityscape and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. Cologne is anything but boring: The Chocolate Museum, the interactive natural history museum Odysseum, or the historical virtual reality show Time Ride Cologne are all great attractions we can visit.
During a day trip to Bonn, the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, we can visit the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven and the House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany. Nearby, Europe's most climbed mountain, the Drachenfels (Dragon Rock), awaits us. On its slopes, a wine called Dragon's Blood is grown. The Rhine Valley between Cologne and Mayence is the most romantic landscape in all of Germany, many 19th century poets and painters have dedicated one of their works to the Rhine, up to and including Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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“We manage to get along with each other on the courses in a peaceful, happy and tolerant manner – so you think to yourself: it's not that difficult and it must be possible for the rest of the world to manage!”
Hannah, 23, supervisor on the youth camps