The MediaPark is an

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neighborhood in

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, Germany, completed by the turn of the millennium. It was set up to accommodate companies of the

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and

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industry, as well as cultural institutions, a hotel and some apartment buildings. The MediaPark is situated in Neustadt-Nord, Cologne, on the site of a former

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, and is some 20 hectare large. The project was designed by Canadian architect Eberhard Zeidler, with construction lasting from 1990 until 2004. The buildings sit radially around a central square, and are surrounded by parks and a small lake. The city quarter's focal point is the 148 metre tall KölnTurm, designed by French architect

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and completed in 2001. The MediaPark is home to over 250 companies and a workforce of some 5,000 people. Among the corporate firms at MediaPark are EMI Music Germany, Radio Köln and

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studios of 1LIVE; among the cultural institutions are a large multiplex cinema (Cinedom), the Filmbüro Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Fresenius

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, the musikFabrik and SK Stiftung Köln with the Akademie för uns Kölsche Sproch (''Academy for our Kölsch language'').

Public transport

MediaPark is served by the nearby Christophstraße/Mediapark

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station, located on the Cologne Ring.

References

External links

official site

Cinedom website
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Public transport

See also

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