Things to see in Bonn
Bonn is a city in Germany, with an urban population of about 681 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 7 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Bonn Minster Place of worship
Bonn Minster is a Catholic church in Bonn. It is one of Germany's oldest churches, having been built between the 11th and 13th centuries.
2Beethoven House Museum
The Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany, is a memorial site, museum, and cultural institution serving various purposes. Founded in 1889 by the Beethoven-Haus association, it studies the life and work of composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
3Palais Schaumburg History
Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and the primary official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1976.
4Museum Koenig Museum
The Museum Koenig Bonn is a natural history museum and zoological research institution in Bonn, Germany. The museum was formerly known as Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig.
5Kunstmuseum Bonn Art
The Kunstmuseum Bonn or Bonn Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Bonn, Germany, founded in 1947. The Kunstmuseum exhibits both temporary exhibitions and its collection.
6Haus der Geschichte Museum
Haus der Geschichte is a museum of contemporary history in Bonn, Germany. With around one million visitors every year, it is one of the most popular German museums.
7St Maria and Clemens Church Place of worship
The Doppelkirche Schwarzrheindorf is a Romanesque church in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The church was once part of a Benedictine nunnery located at Schwarzrheindorf, now part of Bonn.
8LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn Museum
The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, or LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, is a museum in Bonn, Germany, run by the Rhineland Landscape Association. It is one of the oldest museums in the country.
9Bonn Egyptian Museum Art
Bonn Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum for ancient Egyptian antiquities located in Bonn, Germany. The museum is part of the University of Bonn.
10Beethoven Monument Landmark
The Beethoven Monument is a large bronze statue of Ludwig van Beethoven that stands on the Münsterplatz in Bonn, Beethoven's birthplace. It was unveiled on 12 August 1845, in honour of the 75th anniversary of the composer's birth.
11Bonn Women's Museum Museum
The Bonn Women's Museum is a women's museum in Bonn, Germany. It was founded in 1981 by Marianne Pitzen (the current director) and an interdisciplinary group of working women, and claims to be the first museum of its kind in the world.
12Alter Friedhof Bonn History
Alter Friedhof (Old Cemetery) is a historically significant cemetery in Bonn, Germany, 1.2 hectares (3 acres) in area, located near the center of the modern city.
13Kennedy Bridge Landmark
The Kennedy Bridge is one of Bonn's three Rhine bridges connecting the city center of Bonn on the western side with the town center of Beuel on the eastern side, situated between the North and South Bridges.
14Bonn Botanical Garden Park
The Botanische Gärten der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (6.5 hectares open to public, 3 hectares private), also known as the Botanischer Garten Bonn, is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Bonn.
15Akademisches Kunstmuseum Art
Akademisches Kunstmuseum (Academic Art Museum) 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.
16Beethovenhalle Arts & culture
The Beethovenhalle is a concert hall in Bonn. It is the third hall in the city to bear the name of the Bonn-born composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
17Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Art
Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the most visited museums in Germany. Known as the Bundeskunsthalle for short, it is part of the so-called "Museum Mile" in Bonn.
18Bundeshaus Landmark
The Bundeshaus or Federal Parliament is a building complex in Bonn, Germany, which served as the seat of both the Bundestag and Bundesrat in West Germany from 1949 until 1999.
19Godesburg History
The Godesburg is a castle in Bad Godesberg, a formerly independent part of Bonn, Germany.
20August-Macke-Haus Art
The August-Macke-Haus or August Macke House is a museum in Bonn, Germany, opened in 1991, dedicated to the expressionist painter August Macke.
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