Bonn in 2 days
A ready route for 2 days in Bonn: the main sights grouped by area, so you don't walk back and forth. Each day opens on the map with all its stops.
Old Town & Beethoven
8 places · about 5,5 h of sightseeing · 1,8 km between them
Morning
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Bonner Münster (Bonn Minster)One of Germany's oldest and best-preserved Romanesque churches, and Bonn's cathedral-scale landmark on Münsterplatz.
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Beethoven-HausThe actual house where Ludwig van Beethoven was born in 1770 — now the world's leading Beethoven museum and archive.
Afternoon
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Münsterplatz & Beethoven-Denkmal (Beethoven Monument)Bonn's grand central square, dominated by a bronze Beethoven statue unveiled in 1845 for his 75th birthday.
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Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)A pink-and-white Rococo showpiece on the Marktplatz, built 1737–38 — one of Bonn's most photographed buildings.
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Marktplatz & Bonn Altstadt
Bonn's compact, pedestrianized old town — market stalls, the Sterntor gate, and lively cafe streets between the Rhine and the university.
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Alter ZollA former customs bastion turned terrace promenade — the best free Rhine and Siebengebirge view in central Bonn.
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Universität Bonn Hauptgebäude (Kurfürstliches Schloss)A former Baroque electoral palace, now the University of Bonn's main building — fronted by the vast lawns of the Hofgarten.
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LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn (Rhineland Regional Museum)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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Museum Mile (Museumsmeile) · Government Quarter & Parks
4 places · about 6 h of sightseeing · 3,7 km between them
Morning
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Haus der Geschichte (House of History)A large, free museum on post-war German history, from 1945 to reunification and beyond — genuinely excellent, and Bonn's most-visited museum.
Afternoon
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Kunstmuseum Bonn20th-century German art in a striking Axel Schultes building — the largest public Expressionist collection outside a national museum.
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Bundeskunsthalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany)
A major rotating-exhibition hall (no permanent collection) — expect one or two large, high-profile shows running at any time.
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Poppelsdorfer Schloss & Botanischer Garten (Poppelsdorf Palace & Botanical Garden)A grand Baroque palace, now university offices, wrapped by one of Germany's oldest university botanical gardens.
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Good to know
When to go
May to September is best for the Rheinaue park by the Rhine and the museums on the Museumsmeile — the street with Bonn's five big museums.
Book ahead
Bonner Münster (Bonn Minster), Beethoven-Haus, Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), Universität Bonn Hauptgebäude (Kurfürstliches Schloss), Haus der Geschichte (House of History), Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bundeskunsthalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany), Poppelsdorfer Schloss & Botanischer Garten (Poppelsdorf Palace & Botanical Garden)
Closed days
- Beethoven-Haus — closed: Tuesday
- LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn (Rhineland Regional Museum) — closed: Monday
- Haus der Geschichte (House of History) — closed: Monday
- Kunstmuseum Bonn — closed: Monday
- Bundeskunsthalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) — closed: Monday
Want times, places to eat and a plan for your own dates?
In your own plan:
- exact times for each day, checked against the opening hours on your dates
- places to eat near every stop, in three budgets
- your flights, hotel, kids and pace taken into account