Towers in Bonn

Answer: During the day, you can cover the key objects: the Cathedral of Bonn in the Romanesque style (XI-XIII centuries), the residence of the electors (now the university), where Beethoven studied, and the Old Town Hall in the Rococo style (1737-1738). A visit to the Beethoven-Haus, the composer’s house-museum with original scores and instruments.

Answer: Bonn exhibits a mixture of styles, from the Romanesque basilica Münsterbasilika (XI century) to the Baroque palace of Poppelsdorf (1715, architect Robert de Cotte). Classicism is represented by the university building (the former residence of the Electors, rebuilt in 1818), and Art Nouveau by the villas of the Poppelsdorf district.

Answer: Children will be impressed by the Haus der Geschichte with interactive exhibits about post-war Germany and the Museum Koenig, which features dioramas of the African savannah. The Botanical Garden Botanische Gärten (founded in 1818) has greenhouses with tropical plants.

Answer: The best shots will be on the embankment of the Rhine overlooking the 'Sterntor' - the preserved gate of the medieval city wall (1244). Breite Straße Street with half-timbered houses of the XVIII century and Rheinaue Park with a Japanese garden are ideal locations.

Answer: Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf (1151) with a bunk altar is a rare example of Romanesque architecture. Arithmeum is a museum of the history of computing with a collection of mechanical calculators of the XVII-XIX centuries. In the area of Bad Godesberg, the ruins of the castle of electors (XIII century) are preserved.

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven was born in a house on Bonngasse (now a museum). Karl Marx and Friedrich Nietzsche studied at the university. The poet Ernst Moritz Arndt taught here in the nineteenth century, and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer worked in the town hall building.