Cologne Cathedral is the key attraction of my home town Cologne, of course (it is even one of Germany’s very top attractions) – but many people visiting the city stroll along the river Rhine southbound for a very different experience:…

Cologne Cathedral is the key attraction of my home town Cologne, of course (it is even one of Germany’s very top attractions) – but many people visiting the city stroll along the river Rhine southbound for a very different experience:…
50 years of Bläck Fööss – the “naked feet”, what is the literal translation of their band name are a constant in Cologne music, not only in carnival. Multiple songs are closely related to the history, but also to the…
After having a couple of hotel reviews from nearby cities Dusseldorf and Bonn already, I felt it was a huge lack on Flyctory.com not to have a hotel review from my beloved home town Cologne. I was thus looking for…
After the Divij Sharan as the last Indian player had bowed out of the tournament the day before, I could alter my reporting schedule to matches which I felt could be interesting matchups (and also reduce my coverage to focus…
Third seeded Dennis Shapovalov (Russia) had a tough time in his Cologne debut appearance: against Gilles Simon (France), he struggled in the first set and had no chance. After his second set comeback in this second round match, he felt…
Unfortunately, my work schedule on the Championship week Wednesday was a bit busy, so that I had to rush from a home office meeting right to LANXESSarena to arrive in the middle of the first of the match of our…
German wildcard Dennis Altmaier was almost swept by Belarus qualifier Egor Gerasimov. I just saw the second set – the match was definitely not as clear as the score may suggest – but finally, Altmaier was weaker in any deciding…
Right before Sumit Nagal’s match against Kecmanovic, I had at least the chance to have a short spot on the first match of the day (19th October 2020) between Aussie Jordan Thompson and French Gilles Simon. The match felt to…