Keupstraße, street in Cologne

Keupstraße is a street in the Mülheim district with many shops, cafes, and people doing their daily shopping and errands. The buildings are mostly low-rise with simple facades, and colorful signs catch your eye as you walk along.

The street was originally called Wolfstraße and was renamed in 1914 after Sibylla Petronella Keup, who donated an old hospital. Through the 20th century it changed greatly as factories closed and migrants from Turkey and Kurdistan settled here.

Keupstraße is a place where people from different countries live and run their businesses side by side. You see Turkish and Kurdish shops, smell various foods, and hear different languages spoken as people move through the street.

Best explored on foot, taking time to visit the different shops and cafes along the way. Come during the day, especially on weekends, when the street is full of activity and you can get a genuine sense of the place.

The street was the site of a bombing attack in 2004 that wounded 22 people, but the community came together afterward with greater strength. Today places of remembrance here mark that moment and show how people stood united despite the hardship.

• Location: Mülheim
• GPS coordinates: 50.96580,7.00859
• Latest update: February 17, 2026 01:41