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Angehende Binnenschiffer erhalten in der Domstadt wertvolle Impulse für ihre Berufsausbildung   Es ist mittlerweile schon eine echte kölsche Tradition: Zum sechsten Mal kommen vom 20. Oktober bis 8. November 2025 angehende Binnenschiffer aus ganz Deutschland nach Köln, um beim Nautik-Workshop der KölnTourist Personenschiffahrt und der Köln Düsseldorfer Rheinschiffahrt wertvolle Tipps, Tricks und Inhalte in […]

Girls gain valuable insights into a day's work in the nautical world Who wouldn't want to be in the wheelhouse of a ship? For 11 young girls, there is this special experience and much more on Girls' Day on 03.04.2025 in Cologne on the MS RheinPerle. On this day, the KölnTourist Personenschiffahrt team will offer them a look behind the scenes

The nautical trainees of the Cologne-based family business win 1st place in the video blog competition organized by the BMDV, BDB and BDS What makes the profession of inland navigation so exciting and varied? The video blog series by nautical trainees Jennifer Rittel, Cedric Adam and Jason Jänicke, which has been available to follow on the Instagram channel of KölnTourist Personenschifffahrt over the past few months, provided funny and informative video clips

New areas of operation for the KölnTourist ships The craftsmen are currently hard at work on the KölnTourist passenger ships. They are sanding and painting, cleaning and polishing. The MS RheinLand and MS RheinPerle will be polished to a high gloss and ready for the first trips of the year just in time for the start of the season directly after the carnival days. The MS RheinTreue

KölnTourist steers ten ships across the Rhine for the spectacular fireworks event After a break of several years, the time has finally come again next year: The Cologne Lights, one of the largest and most famous fireworks events in Germany, are returning! On 30.08.2025, the sky above the cathedral city will once again light up in impressive colors and hundreds of thousands of spectators will be on the

Successful "Floating Bars" event series enters its sixth round The cathedral city is famous for its regional music scene and traditions. However, the fact that both go far beyond Cologne music or carnival is probably less well known. As the hip-hop event series "Floating Bars" organized by KölnTourist Personenschiffahrt will be taking place for the sixth time this year, you can celebrate it with

After its complete refurbishment, the "treasure chest" of the KölnTourist fleet is back in service After a full 18 months of refurbishment, the time has finally come: the MS RheinPerle, the "treasure chest" of KölnTourist Personenschiffahrt, shines in new splendor and is now back on the Rhine near Cologne. After the first test runs, the ship will be ceremoniously relaunched on Monday, 27.05.2024.