Great shop selling English, Irish, and American goods. Friendly staff. Lots of selection. They…read morewere sold out of a lot of things when we visited because they had just opened the night before. In addition to UK items, they have some Canadian/USA items (ie Kettle Chips, maple syrup, Hershey's, Reese's...), Australian stuff (e.g. vegemite), and other goods from around the world. Prices are pretty good. Highly recommended.

Globetrotter has several stores and this one is one of the smaller ones…read more As all there stores they have very knowledgeable personal, this ones as well has people that know what they are talking about. The prices for the stuff is as usual high, but at least they don't try to upsale you anything. They also have the outlet store in this location, so you always have a chance to get some pretty things on sale when you visit. Personally, I would use there little underground parking garage, if I would be you.

The Brave New World is a shop hidden in a side street of the Schildergasse in Cologne, which is why…read moreyou'll have a hard time finding it by accident. The BNW is a games shop, offering anything from role-playing games and tabletop games over board and card games to comics and even a few t-shirts. A word of caution: the shop is oriented toward a geekish audience, and you will not find many family games between Warhammer miniatures and Shadowrun sourcebooks. One advantage of its rather obscure location is the insider quality the shop has; you easily get into conversation with the shopkeeper (a fellow who actually is quite knowledgable of his stock). Even should you have a more exotic wishes, he can probably help you. Further, the BNW also hosts various events, ranging from regular game meetings to tournaments, which makes it a valuable place to be even when not trying to spend money. Thus the BNW is one of the best places for your roleplaying (and similar) needs in Cologne.

This bookstore is located inside Cologne's main train station (Hbf) and we went there yesterday…read morewhile waiting for our train back to Frankfurt. The store is large and it has a terrific selection, with the exception of too few photography & art books. Also, everyone working there was very friendly and helpful.

Located inside the central station: good spot for killing time while waiting for a train (the…read moreDouglas on the other side is also a good spot for this but less intellectual). Good selection of international press (I found le monde diplo, charlie hebdo, le monde) and a very good selection of books in English (classics, fiction and non fiction, last time I visited they had several books by Chomsky). The selection in French is less good, though, mostly current 'navets' and translations.