Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Bonn, Germany

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 9 km
Ascend 128 m
Descend 141 m

Experience Bonn in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BonnIndividual Sights in Bonn

Sight 1: Theater im Keller

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The TiK – Theater im Keller is an amateur theatre with its own stage in Bonn.

Wikipedia: Theater im Keller (Bonn) (DE)

903 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Selma Daniel

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The list of Stumbling Stones in Bonn contains Stumbling Stones that were laid in Bonn as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Bonn (DE), Website

501 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Burg Endenich

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Endenich Castle in the Bonn district of Endenich dates back to the Middle Ages. Today, only the outer bailey remains. It is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Burg Endenich (DE)

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Haus der Springmaus

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With over 65,000 visitors a year, the Haus der Springmaus e.V. in Bonn-Endenich is one of the most famous cabaret theatres in Germany and the parent company of the improvisational theatre Springmaus. It is managed by Berit Baumhoff; 1st chairman is Andreas Etienne.

Wikipedia: Haus der Springmaus (DE), Website

512 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Schumannhaus und Schumann-Grabmal

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The Schumannhaus Bonn is the house where the German composer Robert Schumann died in the Bonn district of Endenich. In the 19th century, it housed a private psychiatric hospital. Other prominent personalities were also treated in it, such as the painters Carl Gehrts, Mihály von Munkácsy and Alfred Rethel. Today, the house is a memorial and is used as a museum and music library of the city of Bonn. The Schumann House is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Schumannhaus Bonn (DE), Website

726 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: Mathematics Centre

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The building of the Rhineland Chamber of Agriculture in Bonn is a neo-baroque building that was used by the eponymous Chamber of Agriculture from 1915 to 2004. It is located at Endenicher Allee 60 in the Weststadt directly next to the Poppelsdorf sub-campus of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, whose mathematical institutes have used it since 2009. Since 1984, the building has been a listed building.

Wikipedia: Gebäude der Landwirtschaftskammer Rheinland (DE)

398 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium

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The Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium (EMA) is one of the oldest municipal grammar schools in Bonn. It was founded in 1882 under the name Höhere Bürgerschule and renamed in 1938 at the suggestion of the Protestant Church of Bonn after the Western Pomeranian publicist, historian and poet Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), who had spent the second half of his life in Bonn.

Wikipedia: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium Bonn (DE)

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Baumschul­wäldchen

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The Baumschulwäldchen in Bonn's Weststadt district is a 1.4-hectare city park. Together with the Electoral Gardener's House located here, the park is a listed building as the site of the former electoral tree nursery.

Wikipedia: Baumschulwäldchen (DE)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus

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The Electoral Gärtnerhaus is located in the Weststadt district of Bonn on the corner of Wittelsbacherring/Beethovenplatz. The historic building is located on the northeast side of a small park that is referred to as a tree nursery. The baroque building from the second half of the 18th century is a monument protection with the remaining of the site of the former electoral tree nursery as a monument.

Wikipedia: Kurfürstliches Gärtnerhaus (Bonn) (DE)

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Rheinisches Landesmuseum

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Rheinisches LandesmuseumHOWI - Horsch, Willy / CC BY 3.0

The LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn is one of the oldest cultural history museums in Germany. The collection of the LVR-LandesMuseum depicts 400,000 years of human history with its archaeological, art-historical and cultural-historical objects. The focus is on the cultural history of the Rhineland, which is depicted by archaeological finds, medieval works of art, works of the Düsseldorf School of Painting and contemporary positions, among other things.

Wikipedia: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (DE), Website

393 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: KDB Rheno-Guestphalia zu Bonn im RKDB

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KDB Rheno-Guestphalia zu Bonn im RKDB

The Catholic German Burschenschaft Rheno-Guestphalia is a Catholic fraternity in Bonn, Germany. She is a member of the Ring Katholischer Deutscher Burschenschaften (RKDB).

Wikipedia: KDB Rheno-Guestphalia (DE)

703 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: Goldfuß-Museum

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The Goldfuß Museum is a paleontological collection in Bonn and, together with the Mineralogical Museum, part of the Institute of Geosciences at the University of Bonn. It is named after the founder of the museum, paleontologist Georg August Goldfuß.

Wikipedia: Goldfuß-Museum (DE)

510 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Botanischer Garten

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The Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, also known as the Botanischer Garten Bonn, is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Bonn. It is located at Meckenheimer Allee 171, Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and open except Saturdays in the warmer months; admission is free on weekdays.

Wikipedia: Botanical Garden, Bonn (EN), Website

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Mineralogisches Museum

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Mineralogisches Museum Elke Wetzig Elya / CC BY-SA 3.0

The mineralogical museum of the University of Bonn is a mineral museum in the Poppelsdorfer Castle. It is connected to the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

Wikipedia: Mineralogisches Museum der Universität Bonn (DE)

1399 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 15: Kreuzkirche

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The Kreuzkirche is a Protestant church in Bonn, Germany. Since 1871 it has been the church of the Kreuzkirchengemeinde, which belongs to the Bonn church district of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland, and also the Protestant city church of Bonn. With a seating capacity of 1200 seats, it is the largest Protestant church in the Rhineland and the largest church in Bonn. The Kreuzkirche is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Kreuzkirche (Bonn) (DE), Website

177 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Paul-Clemen-Museum

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The Paul Clemen Museum is the art history museum of the University of Bonn, which opened in 2013.

Wikipedia: Paul-Clemen-Museum (DE)

167 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Hofgarten

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The Hofgarten is a park in Bonn, Germany. It belongs partly to the city centre, partly to the southern part of the city and borders in the northwest on the main building of the University of Bonn, the Electoral Palace. In the 18th century, the park was created as a garden for the residence of Elector Clemens August. Nowadays, Bonn's Hofgarten is a popular local recreation area, especially among students, due to its central location.

Wikipedia: Hofgarten (Bonn) (DE)

192 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: Akademisches Kunstmuseum - Antikensammlung der Universität Bonn

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Akademisches Kunstmuseum - Antikensammlung der Universität Bonn

Akademisches Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Bonn, Germany. It is one of the oldest museums in Bonn and houses the antique collection of the University of Bonn with more than 2,700 plaster casts of antique statues and reliefs, and over 25,000 originals. It is located in a neoclassical building at the southern end of the Hofgarten, near the Electoral Palace. During the renovation of the historic building, the museum can currently be visited at Römerstraße 164 in 53117 Bonn.

Wikipedia: Akademisches Kunstmuseum (EN), Website

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: Arithmeum

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Arithmeum

The Arithmeum is a mathematics museum owned by the Forschungsinstitut für Diskrete Mathematik at the University of Bonn.

Wikipedia: Arithmeum (EN), Website

1010 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 20: Sankt Cyprian

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St. Cyprian is the parish church of the Old Catholic parish in Bonn. It is located on Adenauerallee in the southern part of the city near the banks of the Rhine.

Wikipedia: St. Cyprian (Bonn) (DE), Website

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