Media and Creative Industries

Cologne – energetic media city in the heart of Europe

Cologne's burgeoning cultural and creative sector shapes the identity of the Rhenish capital as a centre for media innovation as well as a progressive, cosmopolitan metropolis. It has strong international ties: creative professionals from around the world come here to present their ideas at leading media trade events and festivals, while the city itself is home to a large community of expats. Cologne's prosperous film and broadcasting industry – unique in Germany – as well as its thriving games, design and IT industries attract ambitious, creative people.

Cologne is a young, diverse and creative city of just over a million inhabitants. Every year Cologne's universities turn out 3,000 highly-skilled graduates from media and arts courses, ready and eager to work in the media and cultural industries. They provide a constant stream of fresh inspiration and talent for Cologne's many renowned TV and cinema production companies and studios and they make it easy for media companies settling here to recruit.