Bonn in 1 day

Morning

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  Bonner Münster (Bonn Minster) about 30 minutes · heart of the city

  One of Germany's oldest and best-preserved Romanesque churches, and Bonn's cathedral-scale landmark on Münsterplatz.

• 5 min on foot
• 
  Beethoven-Haus about 1 hour and 15 minutes

  The actual house where Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 — now the world's leading Beethoven museum and archive.

Afternoon

• 
  Münsterplatz & Beethoven-Denkmal (Beethoven Monument) about 15 minutes

  Bonn's grand central square, dominated by a bronze Beethoven statue unveiled in 1845 for his 75th birthday.

• 5 min on foot
• 
  Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) about 15 minutes

  A pink-and-white Rococo showpiece on the Marktplatz, built 1737–38 — one of Bonn's most photographed buildings.

• 5 min on foot
• Marktplatz & Bonn Altstadt about 1 hour and 30 minutes · heart of the city

  Bonn's compact, pedestrianized old town — market stalls, the Sterntor gate, and lively cafe streets between the Rhine and the university.

• 6 min on foot
• 
  Alter Zoll about 15 minutes

  A former customs bastion turned terrace promenade — the best free Rhine and Siebengebirge view in central Bonn.

• 5 min on foot
• 
  Universität Bonn Hauptgebäude (Kurfürstliches Schloss) about 30 minutes

  A former Baroque electoral palace, now the University of Bonn's main building — fronted by the vast lawns of the Hofgarten.

• 5 min on foot
• 
  LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn (Rhineland Regional Museum) about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  The Rhineland's major regional museum — archaeology, art and cultural history from prehistory to today, a short walk from the university.

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