Off Broadway

Especially relevant for Non-German speakers, this cosy backyard-cinema shows a great choice if high quality films. Unfortunately, they don't have popcorn.

The cinema is alternative in many ways. It doesn't mainly show the big blogbusters - and if they do, it's in the original language, mostly English. Well, if the film is French, it's French and so on. Sometimes, they are German subbed, sometimes not. I love films with a certain depth - that's a cinema to go to if you like films that make you think more about after you left the cinema than when watching the movie.

If not right from the start, you realize that you are not in a usual cinema when you try to buy popcorn. That's because they don't have any. Same with Nachos. Instead, you can buy potato chips and Haribo sweets. I had to get used to it at the beginning, but after some time you get used to it. And it would be stupid not to go there because of the popcorn. After all, as the films are a bit more special, there's fewer people who would potentially go there. I guess not having to clean sticky popcorn and cheese from the floors saves a great deal of money.

Considering, the 6 € entry are a very reasonable price for a cinema ticket in Cologne. There are no price reductions for students and so on. But there is a bonus system for people who go there often.

Last but not least: They do have spaces to put your drinks in during the film. They do not have double seats.

A nice marriage of art house smallness with American retro. Quite a charming bar, and while not cheap, the joys of being able to see both English and French cinema not far from one's door is a joy. I liked the comfortable seating, good crowd atmosphere, garden seating. A little gem.