Cologne Cathedral, one of Germany’s best-known landmarks, to charge tourists for admission

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BERLIN (AP) — Cologne Cathedral, a famous German landmark and popular tourist draw, will start charging an admission fee to visitors as church officials struggle with rising maintenance costs, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Catholic cathedral’s chapter said it will start charging tourists in the second half of this year, but did not specify how high the admission fee would be. The twin-spired Catholic cathedral towers over Cologne’s main railway station, next to the Rhine River,