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Bonn has it's own airport, the Cologne/Bonn airport. But there are many nearby airports that are very accessible too, so it's worth shopping around for the best deal. Dusseldorf also has a major international airport, with destinations on four continents, and you can be in Bonn in about an hour from there. Less accessible is Weeze Airport, popular with budget airlines, especially Ryanair. Even Frankfurt airport, the second busiest in Europe, is only about an hour away by direct ICE express train.
Cologne/Bonn airport isn't as busy as Dusseldorf but it's a little more convenient and has a lot of destinations served by two of Germany's high quality budget airlines: Air Berlin and Germanwings. These serve a host of major European cities, including Budapest, London and Copenhagen. They are joined by a number of other budget airlines, like EasyJet and Wizz Air, as well as a small number of national airlines, including Turkish Airlines, Air France and even Iran Air.
To get to Bonn just take Bus SB60.
Updated Feb 2, 2011
Website: http://www.airport-cgn.de/
Written Aug 24, 2002
Use the train. The airport is too far away from the city and transportation is costly. Most planes from abroad arrive in Frankfurt.
As the region is not too hilly take a bike and make a trip along the river Rhine. It´s a must during summer season.
Written Aug 24, 2002
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Trains and plains. Look for trains to Koln which is an hour from Bonn. Look for planes to Frankfurt, which is aprox. 45 min away.
Take the metro and bus systems. Try to acquire a monthly pass if staying for at least a week and plan on using public transportation often. Monthly pass cost around $20 dollars.
Written Aug 25, 2002
Written Aug 26, 2002
You can use every kind of transportion; airplane to Cologne, directly into the heart of Bonn by train, subway or car.
The best way exploring Bonn is to go by bus AND subway AND BY FEET.
Written Sep 2, 2002
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The train network of Gremany is very efficient and impressive. The fast trains to different cities and trams for around the city are excellent.
Updated Oct 11, 2004
Website: www.db.de
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Since the new ultra high speed ICE line between Cologne and Frankfurt Airport has been introduced, there now are two ways of getting from Bonn to Frankfurt. The traditional way would be to use Intercity trains from Bonn Hauptbahnhof. These take a very scenic route through the Rhine valley via Koblenz and Mainz. The trip to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof takes about 2 hours; for Frankfurt Airport deduct 15 minutes. The other opportunity is to take the 66 tram bringing you to Siegburg's brand new ICE station. From there, it is only 39 minutes to Frankfurt Airport and about an hour to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof. The ICE travels at a mind-blowing speed of 300 km/h, and the amazing thing is that when on it, it is smooth and quiet, you don't feel the speed at all.
Okay, which alternative is the better one? If it is easier for you to get to Bonn Hbf, I would strongly recommend sticking with the traditional Rhine valley route. It is much more scenic and it is also cheaper. Unless you can get to Siegburg ICE station quickly (like myself), you won't save much time anyway.
Updated Apr 23, 2005
Website: http://www.bahn.de
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Bicycling seems to be a very a popular way to move around Bonn. For a person like me that lives in Sofia it is very surprising to see that people are so keen on bicycling around the city. The reason is that bicycling in Sofia, with its crazy traffic and no bicycling infrastructure, almost equals a suicidal attempt although there are still some brave people who are testing their luck around the Sofia streets :)
I had seen tons of bicycles around the center of Bonn as you can see from the pictures. Also, I had seen that they have the relevant infrastructure for that kind of transportation. They have special lanes for bicycling and also marked paths in the pedestrian zones. I would assume that of the have all these bicycling lanes and paths, they would also have the relevant maps showing the routes around Bonn. So, if you are a fan of bicycling you would enjoy your stay there :)))
Updated Feb 20, 2006
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The fastest (but only the second best) way to get from Frankfurt to Bonn is to take the new high-speed InterCityExpress (ICE) railway line Frankfurt-Cologne, making sure you get a train that stops at Siegburg. There you have to change to the streetcar # 66 (which for some sort of crass commercial reasons has recently been dubbed the Telekom Express) to take you into the center of Bonn.
All the ICE trains on this new route stop at Frankfurt airport, which is an unnecessary detour in my opinion. The time wasted on the slow loop to the airport cancels out a good chunk of the time you save by going 280 kilometers per hour on the rest of the trip.
A few of the trains also stop at Limburg or at Montabaur, which is where I took the photos on this tip. And of course some of them stop at Siegburg, not far from Bonn.
Some of the newer ICE trains on this route now have wireless LAN, so you can turn on your laptop and go on line for part of the journey. This is why it says "Mobility Net" and "WWW im ICE" on the side of the train. I haven't tried this, but as far as I know it only works on certain parts of the route, and not in the tunnels. In any case, there is an electric outlet at each seat so you don't have to run down the battery of your laptop.
Second photo: Another ICE at Montabaur, advertising its onboard "Internet Hotspot".
Third photo: Only one or two trains an hour bother to stop in Montabaur. Most of them just barrel on through, like this one.
Fourth photo: Here are the taillights of an ICE leaving Montabaur on its way to Cologne.
Fifth photo: This new high-speed railway line runs roughly parallel to an Autobahn, so in some places if you pay attention you can see that your train is going much faster than all those Porsches and BMWs.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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