Koelnmesse GmbH (''Cologne Trade Fair'') is an international trade fair and exhibition center located in

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. With around 80

trade fair A trade fair, also known as trade show, trade exhibition, or trade exposition, is an exhibition organized so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their latest products and services, meet with industry partners and ...

s and over 2,000

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annually, Koelnmesse is one of the country's largest trade fair organisers and with 284,000 m² exhibition floor area the third largest by area. The Cologne Trade Fair ground was founded in 1922. Until 2005, the trade fair was based in the historic Rheinhallen, and since then moved into new premises next to them. The old

Fair Tower Cologne A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks. Types Variations of fairs incl ...

(''Messeturm Köln'') is a landmark building from 1928 and features a tower restaurant on the top floor. Since 2018, the fair has been undergoing the greatest renovation works in its history. They are expected to last until 2030 and cost €600 million. Two thirds of that amount will be spent renovating the seven southern halls, dating from the 1970s.

Trade fairs

The following

s, among others, are held in Cologne: * Anuga, the world's most important food and beverage trade fair *

Anuga FoodTec Anuga FoodTec (official subtitle: "International Supplier Fair for the Food and Beverage Industry") is a trade fair for the food and beverage industry. It covers aspects of food production including process technology, filling and packaging te ...

, the supplier fair for the food and drink industry *

Art Cologne Art Cologne is an art fair held annually in Cologne, Germany and was established in 1967 as ''Kölner Kunstmarkt''. It is regarded as the world's oldest art fair of its kind. The fair runs for six days and brings together galleries from more than ...

Dmexco The DMEXCO (pronounced D-M-EXCO / Digital Marketing Expo & Conference) is an annual trade fair for digital marketing and advertising. The largest congress trade fair for the digital industry in Europe has been held in Cologne, Germany since 2009. ...

, the leading international exposition and conference for the digital industry *

EuVend Eu'Vend (official subtitle ''the international trade fair for the vending industry'') is organised every two years by Cologne Trade Fair (Koelnmesse) at the fairground in Cologne - Germany. The conceptual sponsor of the fair is the German Ven ...

, the international trade fair for the

vending A vending machine is an automated machine that provides items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or otherwise made. The fi ...

industry *

Gamescom Gamescom (stylized as gamescom) is a trade fair for video games held annually at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Since 2018, it has been organised by ''game – Verband der deutschen Games-Branche'' (English: Associ ...

, most important trade fair for interactive games and entertainment in Europe *

Imm Cologne The imm Cologne (internationale möbelmesse) is an international, publicly open furniture trade show held at ''Koelnmesse'' exhibition centre in Cologne, Germany, every year in January. The exhibition's primary focus is contemporary furniture ...

, leading trade fair for the furniture sector *

Intermot INTERMOT Cologne is a biennial trade show for motorcycle manufacturers. The trade show began in Munich in 1998, though it was founded in Cologne. Since 2006 it has moved to ''Koelnmesse Koelnmesse GmbH (''Cologne Trade Fair'') is an internat ...

, international motorcycle, scooter and bicycle fair * Internationale Süßwarenmesse (ISM), world's largest confectionery trade fair *

Photokina Photokina (rendered in the promoters' branding as "photokina") is a trade fair held in Europe for the photographic and imaging industries. It is the world's largest such trade fair. The first Photokina was held in Cologne, Germany, in 1950, a ...

, the world's leading fair for photography and imaging

Location

The trade fair grounds lie in Cologne's right-Rhenish district of Deutz, directly adjacent to

Köln Messe/Deutz station Köln Messe/Deutz station (called ''Köln-Deutz'' until November 2004, Colognian: , ) is an important railway junction for long-distance rail and local services in the Cologne district of Deutz in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It ...

to the south. Among others, the station has ICE connections by

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the ...

Köln Hbf Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...

and Cologne/Bonn Airport. West of the trade fair grounds lies the ''

Rheinpark The Rheinpark (meaning: ''Rhine park'') is a 40 hectare (0,4 km²) large urban park along the right bank of the river Rhine in Cologne, Germany. The park lies between the Cologne districts of Deutz and Mülheim and includes a beach c ...

'', a 40 hectare large park on the River

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, and ''Tanzbrunnen'',Koelnkongress.com
/ref> an open-air theater. Apart from the Köln Messe/Deutz station to the south, the Cologne trade fair center is also served by the

Cologne Stadtbahn The Cologne Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Cologne, including several surrounding cities of the Cologne Bonn Region (Bergisch Gladbach, Bonn, Bornheim, Brühl, Frechen, Hürth, Leverkusen-Schlebusch, Wesseling). The ...

Koelnmesse station Koelnmesse station is an at-grade Cologne Stadtbahn station in the district of Deutz, in Cologne, Germany. The station is adjacent to the Cologne Trade Fair Koelnmesse GmbH (''Cologne Trade Fair'') is an international trade fair and exhibit ...

to the East.

Subsidiaries

Image gallery

File:Koelnmesse exhibition grounds in Cologne, Germany (48986476073).jpg, Koelnmesse exhibition center in Cologne, Germany

References

External links

Koelnmesse.com

koelnkongress.com
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