Cologne Health Office – STI and Sexual Health Service

Fachdienst STI und sexuelle Gesundheit, Gesundheitsamt Köln

Public sexual health clinic · Cologne, Germany

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Can I go now?

Appointment needed

Published by Stadt Köln· 19 Sep 2026

Book online and choose the session that fits you: sex workers and their partners; people with no health insurance valid in Germany (also for travel insurance only); or people with regular German insurance. If unsure, phone Mon, Tue, Wed and Fri 9:00-12:00 or Mon-Wed 14:00-16:00.

Can a visitor use it?

Yes — The booking page has a session for people without health insurance valid in Germany and tells people who only have travel health insurance to book it. Visitors are not named as such.

Published by Stadt Köln· 19 Sep 2026

What will it cost?

STI check free

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About

The city health office tests and often treats STIs free and anonymously, speaks English, and has a bookable session for people without German health insurance, including those with only travel insurance.

Specialises in: Everyone welcome
Also serves: Sex workers · Migrants & people without insurance

Published by Stadt Köln· 19 Sep 2026

Why you might feel comfortable here

Anonymous testing available — Yes

This clinic doesn’t advertise itself as LGBTQ+ friendly. Most clinics don’t, so this isn’t a sign that it’s unwelcoming. If you’ve been, tell us how you were treated.

Services

Rapid HIV test — Yes

Finger-prick or mouth swab; result in about 20 minutes.

Result in 1 to 2 hours.

HIV lab test — Yes

Blood draw; result in days; picks up recent infection sooner than rapid tests.

Full STI check — Yes

Chlamydia, gonorrhoea and syphilis (usually with HIV) in one visit.

Swabs, urine and blood tests, chosen according to your history and symptoms.

Syphilis test — Yes

Blood test.

Seen with symptoms — Yes

Will examine and treat if you have symptoms, not only screen.

Tests are chosen according to history and symptoms, and acute infections can often be treated in the same session.

Treatment on site — Yes

Antibiotics or injections given at the clinic.

Acute infections are often treated straight away; otherwise you get a private prescription to fill at a pharmacy.

Hep A / B vaccine — Yes

Hepatitis vaccination is mentioned; which vaccines and for whom is not detailed.

Results: Lab results after 2 to 3 working days, usually by phone.

Booking, access & languages

Online Phone

Visitors accepted — Yes

Short-term visitors without local residency can be seen.

The booking page has a session for people without health insurance valid in Germany and tells people who only have travel health insurance to book it. Visitors are not named as such.

No insurance required

You can be seen without local insurance or a health card.

Walk-in — No

Sessions by arrangement only.

Appointment required

You must book before coming.

Anonymous option — Yes

You don’t have to give your name.

Languages: German, English

Interpreter available — Yes

Video interpreting for other languages on request.

Cost

Service	Who	Cost
Full STI check	Everyone	Free The city says the anonymous STI examination is free. Acute infections are often treated in the session; otherwise you get a private prescription and pay for the medicine at the pharmacy.
HIV lab test	Everyone	Free The HIV test is free: lab test or rapid test with counselling, plus a syphilis lab test depending on risk.

Prices are shown in the local currency as stated by the source on the date shown. “Consultation” is often charged separately from tests.

After you leave

Results by: phone call

Germany: good to know

What visitors pay. The City of Cologne's health office tests for HIV and other STIs free and anonymously, by appointment. Its booking page has a separate session for people with no health insurance valid in Germany and tells people who only have travel health insurance to book that one.
Published by Stadt Köln· 19 Sep 2026
PEP in this country. Aidshilfe Köln says PEP should start at once, ideally within 24 hours and no later than 48 hours, and names the out-of-hours practice (Notdienstpraxis) at Uniklinik Köln as the place to go. You get the first doses there and the rest of the four-week course through an HIV specialist practice. It adds that German health insurers pay only in justified emergencies; it does not say what people without German insurance pay.
Community-endorsed Aidshilfe Köln· 19 Sep 2026

Emergency number: 112

Sources & last checked

Last checked 22 Sep 2026.

e1 · Published by Stadt Köln · 22 Sep 2026 · www.stadt-koeln.de — HIV test service page: anonymous and free, lab and rapid HIV test, syphilis test by risk, results usually by phone, German and English, video interpreting.
e2 · Published by Stadt Köln · 22 Sep 2026 · www.stadt-koeln.de — STI examination page: anonymous and free, swabs, urine and blood by history and symptoms, acute infections often treated in the session or private prescription, hepatitis vaccination.
e3 · Published by Stadt Köln · 19 Sep 2026 · www.stadt-koeln.de — Booking page: three session types (sex workers and partners; no insurance valid in Germany, also for travel insurance only; regularly insured).
e4 · Published by Stadt Köln · 19 Sep 2026 · www.stadt-koeln.de — Address, phone, email, phone hours, sessions by arrangement only, note that the counselling and test offer is currently limited, building works.

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