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P Regierungsviertel VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Until 1999 this was the
central authority of one Practical Information
of the most powerful Road map B4. * 310,000.
countries in Europe. Now n Windeckstraße 1 (0228-77
it creates a somewhat 50 00). _ Rhein in Flammen
desolate impression. Some (1st Sat in May), Museums-
ministries and offices have meilenfest (Jun), Beethovenfest
remained in Bonn, and the (Sep), Jahrmarkt “Pützchens
transfer to Berlin is under Markt” (Sep). ∑ bonn.de
discussion, but the town Transport
is definitely changing. Autumn colours around a villa on the banks of the £ Hauptbahnhof. @ ZOB.
river Rhine in Bonn k Cologne-Bonn Konrad-Ade-
P Haus der Geschichte nauer Flughafen (02203-404 001).
der BR Deutschland August Macke. Next to the
Willy-Brandt-Allee 14. Tel (0228) museum is the Kunst- und
916 50. Open 9am–7pm Tue–Fri, Ausstellung shalle, which + Poppelsdorf
10am–6pm Sat & Sun. opened in 1992 as a venue for This leafy southwestern suburb
This excellent free museum temporary exhibitions. is home to the Baroque Schloß
details the history of Germany Clemensruhe (1715–18). Both
after World War II, with } Bad Godesberg the castle and its extensive park
fascinating multi-media The small spa town of Bad with an attractive botanical
displays. It is one of the Godesberg was incorporated garden belong to the university.
architecturally impressive into Bonn in 1969. An elegant The Baroque pilgrimage
buildings which form Bonn’s neighbourhood, its villas line church on the Kreuzberg, a
“Museums Mile”. the spa park. On top of the hill low hill, houses the chapel
is the Godesburg, a ruined of the Holy Steps, attributed
E Kunstmuseum Bonn 13th-century castle. to Balthasar Neumann.
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2. Tel (0228) 77
62 60. Open 11am–6pm Tue–Sun,
11am–9pm Wed. Closed 24, 25 & 31
Dec; Sat, Sun & Mon in carnival. &
This superb museum of
20th-century art, in an inter-
esting building designed by
Axel Schultes, has a great collec-
tion of Expressionist pain tings,
including many works by The Baroque Schloß Clemensruhe, in Poppelsdorf

Bonn City Centre Flughafen 0 metres 300
13 km (8 miles)
WACHSBLEIC HE Beethoven- 0 yards 300
1 Beethovenhaus halle
2 Markt NENSTRASSE THEATERSTRASSE
3 Rheinufer
WELSCHNON-
4 Universität HATSCHIERGASSE
5 Münster St Martin ERZBERGERUFER
JOSEFSTRASSE
WIL HELMSTR. KASERNENSTR. OXFORDSTRASSE B.-v.- BERLINER FREIHEIT Kennedy-
Brücke
SANDKAULE
FRIEDRICHSTRASSE Suttner-Pl.
Stadthaus BONNGASSE Beethoven- Oper
Haus RHEINGASSE
STERNSTRASSE MARKT RATHAUSG. Rhein
THOMAS-MANN-STR. WINDECKSTRA SSE VIVATSGASSE REMIGIUSSTR. AM HOF Rathaus STOCKENSTRASSE KONVIKTSTR. B R A S S E R T U F E R
DREIE C K ACHERSTRASSE
BELDERBERG
Haupt- Universität
RABIN STR.
bahnhof GANGOLFSTR. St Martin Hofgarten
Münster
BACHS TRASSE COLMANT- AM HAUPTBAHNHOF REGINA-PACIS-WEG Kunstmuseum ADENAUERALLEE
HERWARTHSTR.
Akademisches
Haupt-
Rheinisches STRASSE bahnhof AM HOFGARTEN UFER
Landesmuseum QUANTIUSSTR. KAISERSTR.
RATHENAU-
Ehemaliges (former) Regierungsviertel,
Haus der Geschichte der BR Deutschland,
POPPELSDORF Kunstmuseum Bonn
BAD GODESBERG
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