Northern Altstadt
by Sjalen
Win took us here during the WineRoll and whilst my first impression was of people having had too much to drink, that stopped close to the City Council building and from then on it got calmer and full of nice restaurants and little bars as well as the brewpub we visited (see tip). A mix of intellectuals and immigrants share this area it seems, and therefore it has lots of nice night time food as well as corner shops, but also cafes where you can have brunch all day, the Womens Museum, bicycle shops and such. An interesting place to stroll around and not immediately obvious since it is off the core of the Old town so you have to cross Oxfordstrasse to get here. Brunch all morning at Godot I think. Just such a wonderfully lazy morning with good friends :)
Old Town Hall
by prleprle
The colourfull town hall dominates the three-cornered market place. In 1737, was laid the foundation stone for this impressive building at the place of an older Gothic building. The town hall’s flight of outdoor stairs with its golden grating had been the scene of historical events for several times already: Gottfried Kinkel wove the black-red-golden flag here in 1848, and Theodor Heuss, the first Federal President, stepped in front of Bonn’s citizens the night he was elected on September 12, 1949.
Today, the Lord Mayors escorts VIPs into the town hall over the stairs with the golden grating, as her predecessors did in the past. For more than 700 years the town hall from the Rococo era and its predecessor building has been the seat of the citizens’ self-government.
Beethoven
by lil_traveller
Within the streets of Bonn you may come across Beethoven's actual home where he used to live. There you can aso pay a small fee and go and check out his home. There is also some of his pieces of work for show.
Bonn Welcome Card
by Nemorino
If you are going to be in Bonn for one, two or three days, and want to look at several of the museums or other attractions, you might want to consider getting a Welcome Card. An individual card costs EUR 9.00 for a 24-hour card, EUR 14.00 for 48 hours and EUR 19.00 for 72 hours. Double that for a group or family.
The card gives you free admission to twenty-three museums in Bonn and vicinity (actually the German History Museum is free anyway, so you really only save money on twenty-two of them), as well as reductions on things like river cruises and bicycle rental. And it gives you unlimited travel on public transportation within the Rhine-Sieg transport area.
I got my card here at Bonn Information, in the city center near Münsterplatz.
Bonn
by ginte
My trip to Bonn was on my way from Bad Honnef to Cologne. So, I've spend just several hours there. Too little time for to get a sightseeing tour. All I remember is that it's quite a nice city with wonderful church and a train station.:)
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Koblenzer Tor, Bonn, Germany 2010
Refreshing local beer with a view over the Rhine
grave of Robert and Clara Schumann
Reza and Basti
