Köln's 'Tatort' Revisits Techno-Era Mysteries at Iconic Colonius Tower

The latest 'Tatort' episode intertwines a modern murder case with the history of wild 1990s techno parties in the now-closed Colonius tower restaurant.

• The 'Tatort: Colonius' episode explores a murder tied to a 1990s techno party scene in the Colonius tower, a former cultural hotspot in Cologne.
• The storyline connects a present-day murder of a former scene photographer with a decades-old disappearance during a party at the tower.
• Colonius, a 266-meter-high telecommunications tower, once featured a rotating restaurant and hosted legendary techno events in the early 1990s.
• The techno parties, branded as 'UFO,' were forced to shut down in 1993 due to safety concerns caused by overcrowding.
• Efforts to reopen the Colonius tower for public use, including its restaurant and observation deck, face financial and structural challenges, with an estimated renovation cost of €60 million.

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