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title: Cologne
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# Cologne

Posts in this archive: 4

- [Culture and collaboration in Cologne’s meanwhile spaces](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/cologne-meanwhile-spaces-cultural-transformation.md) — In Cologne’s city centre, culture is being tested as a catalyst for urban revival. Launched in 2024, an innovative collaboration between Cultural Space Management and TH Köln University is transforming three vacant retail units near Schildergasse and Hohe Straße into vibrant “meanwhile spaces.” By curating cultural pop-ups, performances, and community-led interventions, the project explores how temporary uses can attract new audiences, extend city life beyond retail hours, and foster social diversity. Through this living laboratory, Cologne is reimagining how culture can drive the renewal of central urban spaces in transition.
- [Art Everywhere: Cologne’s advertising pillars turned into open-air art museum](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/art-on-cologne-advertising-pillars.md)
- [How Cologne used culture to revive Neumarkt Square](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/cologne-cultural-activation-of-neumarkt-square.md) — Once Cologne’s historic Neumarkt square was better known for decline than community. In 2023, the city launched Take a Seat—a cultural programme combining temporary architecture, performances, and community co-creation—to reclaim the square as a safe, vibrant civic space. Over two summer months, Neumarkt was transformed into a hub of cultural life, offering a model for how cities can use culture to spark urban renewal.
- [Cologne](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city/cologne.md) — Cologne is a hub for media innovation in the Rhineland, with prosperous film, broadcasting, games, design, and IT industries. Content creators, artists, creative entrepreneurs, e-sports professionals, industrial designers, and successful brands all drive the creative economy and shape the future of Cologne in unique ways. With a population of over one million people, the city punches above its weight with approximately 6,500 media and creative companies, generating €9.5 billion annually and employing roughly 60,000 people.