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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cochem, Germany

Updated February 5, 2026
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Bundesbank Bunker Cochem

Cochem, Germany

Bundesbank Bunker Cochem

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

Cochem, Germany

Reichsburg Cochem

This 12th-century castle majestically overlooks the city and the beautiful Mosel River valley.
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Emerging from the wintry fog in all its grandeur, this 80-room castle has remained in the same family for 33 generations

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Eltz Castle - Burg Eltz

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
8 miles from Cochem
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Hängeseilbrücke Geierlay

Germany's longest suspension rope bridge.
8 miles from Cochem
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Bernkastel-Kues, Germany

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This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
16 miles from Cochem

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Wallender Born 'Brubbel'

A rare cold-water geyser that bubbles to life every half hour.
19 miles from Cochem

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Burg Lahneck

Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
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