Advantages: Compact, cultured, loads to do Disadvantages: Limited "old town", some may find it lacking vitality
Bonn was the capital of the former West Germany (or Bundesrepublik in German) between1949 and 1990. It is the nineteenth largest (according to Wikipedia) city in Germany which says much about why it was chosen to be the new capital following World War Two; Konrad Adenauer, the post-war chancellor of the Bundesrepublik, was a local lad and he pushed for Bonn to become capital over Frankfurt, a city which was in a much better position to take on the ... ...infrastructure but Bonn won the day in spite of the added costs involved.
Following World War Two, Germany was divided into four zones; this was done to satisfy the Allies who each had various claims on the territory and wished to protect their individual interests and the other reason was that it was believed that Germany needed to be prevented from becoming too powerful again in the future. Although Berlin was also divided, it was seen as imperative ...
fizzytom 20.03.2007
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Bonn (Germany)
Advantages: Nice shops, many museums, various trips Disadvantages: Lacking in something, I'm just not sure what
The former capital of Germany, Bonn is somewhere I’ve wanted to visit for a while, but especially since I went to Berlin, the new capital, in a compare and contrast sort of way. I only had 28 hours in the city, but I still saw a fair bit.
One think I would recommend that you do immediately on arrival is to get hold of a Welcome Card. These start at 9 Euros for one person for 24 hours, but ones for longer periods, or for groups and families ... ...starting from that point.
Bonn has around 40 museums, and I couldn’t possibly visit all in my short time there, but I got round a fair few, helped by the fact that with my Welcome card making entrances free, I could walk in, have a nosy around and leave if I didn’t like it, without feeling I had wasted money.
BEETHOVENHAUS
• Address: Bonngasse 20
• Tel: +49 228 9817525
• Entrance: €4 / €3 (concessions)
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zoe_page 24.04.2003
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Advantages: Interesting Disadvantages: Not enough foreign language support
When I visited Bonn a couple of years ago, I was particularly impressed by the Haus der Geschichte (Home of history) museum.
It was incredibly new at the time (or at least seemed so) and was very well put together. Designed for a mainly German audience, it concentrated very much on domestic matters and history, but was a brilliant insight from an outsiders point of view.
I was little disappointed at the time that there was no much support for non-German ... ...too, we are more guilty of being foreigner-unfriendly I think.
The holocaust section is very chilling. Original metal shelving with row upon row of little cards recording Jews etc. The furnace illustration was truly moving too. A small dark room in which there was the consant roar of the furnances of a concentration camp.
The modern part of the museum concentrated quite heavily on post-war politics and includes a setup of the then parliament.
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markedwards 29.07.2000
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