Bonn is located on the Rhine River only 20 km south of Cologne and is a part of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1949, quiet and quiet Bonn became the temporary capital of the Federal Republic of Germany and remained until 1991, when after the reunification of the German government the capital was moved to Berlin.
For many visitors, Bonn is primarily associated with Ludwig van Beethoven, the city of the great composer. And in Bonn there are museums with the highest ratings in the world.
Bonn Tourist Center is located on the street Windeckstraße, 1.
How to get to Bonn
The Bonn and Cologne joint airport is flying from other cities in Germany and Europe, as well as from New York. From the airport to the city every half hour from 05:30 am to 00:30 am there are buses (route number 670) (fare 5.45, travel time 35 min). Taxi from the airport will cost 35-40 EUR. Other nearby airports are located in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt
By train from Cologne to Bonn 30 minutes en route (cost 6 euros), also trains arrive from Koblenz (9.1 EUR, 45 min.)
Search for air tickets to Düsseldorf ( nearest bus to Bonn)
By car
Bonn can be reached via the A3 motorway (Cologne - Frankfurt), along the A61, then following the A565 and from Belgium to the A4, then A555. And the high-speed highway B9 runs from north to south right through the city center
The car can be parked in one of the many parking lots in the city center
Climate
The weather in Bonn is very changeable. The best time to visit the city is from May to September. The summer is usually sunny, although the small rain here is not a rare phenomenon.
Transport
VRS company provides public transport services - bus and tramway services, and U-Bahn commuter trains. The ticket for one trip will cost 2.1 EUR, travel for a day - at 5.7 EUR.
Bicycles can be rented at the rental point Radstation on the street Quantiusstrasse 26 for 7 EUR per day. The rental office is located on the south side of the main railway station square.
Shopping
From April to September every third Saturday of the month in the Rheinauenflohmarkt square a large flea market opens. The main trading area of Bonn is the market square and adjacent narrow streets. The Christmas market is open to all comers from November to December at the Munsterplatz and Friedensplatz squares.
Cuisine and Restaurants
The local cuisine can be sampled at the Bierhaus Machold restaurant on Heerstrasse Street or Bonnsch in Sterntorbrucke 4 where they brew their own beer. And in Bonn there is a sweet store at the Haribo Factory Store, one of the world's most famous
Entertainment, sightseeing and attractions Bonn
Bonpin and the surrounding area are notable for the Rococo Poppelsdorfer castle and botanical garden; the ruins of the castle of Godesburg beginning of the 13th century, destroyed during the siege in 1583, and in 1959 rebuilt for the needs of the hotel and restaurant. The old picturesque cemetery Alter Friedhof, where you can visit the graves of Robert and Clara Schumann, Friedrich Schiller and other famous personalities, is worth a visit.
You should take a walk along the southern part of the city of Sudstadt with houses from the 19th and 20th centuries, and also visit the Beethoven house museum -Haus) and the August Macke Haus house museum, details of which can be found on the page "Bonn Museums."
For art lovers, numerous museums of Bonn will be of interest - the Kunstmuseum Bonn, the German Museum, the Zoological Museum Alexander Koenig Research Museum . And the Egyptian Museum (Aegyptisches Museum)
"Double" Doppelkirche church in the Romanesque style is located in Schwarzrheindorf, an eastern suburb of Bonn; the Kreuzbergkirche Baroque church as well as the Das Bonner Munster basilica, one of the oldest in Germany, is interesting.
Events
Rhein in Flammen, RheinKultur music festival, one of the largest in Germany, the Beethovenfest music festival and the Putzchens amusement festival Markt. Photo by Bonn (68)