Domplatte is the colloquial name for the 7000 m² pedestrian platform that has surrounded Cologne Cathedral since 1970. It is located in the Altstadt-Nord district of Cologne and can be reached by the Cologne light rail through the Dom / Hauptbahnhof underground station; From Cologne Central Station, access is via the station forecourt and an outside staircase. The streets leading to the Domplatte are Trankgasse in the north, Kardinal-Höffner-Platz in the west and Burgmauer and Unter Fettenhennen, in the south Wallrafplatz and the Domkloster and in the east Am Domhof. The cathedral plate is a plateau for pedestrians, with which "the cathedral surroundings were completely reinvented" because it raised the city to the height of the cathedral.