Bonn in 4 days

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

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  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
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  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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Morning

• 
  Haus der Geschichte (House of History) about 2 hours

  A large, free museum on post-war German history, from 1945 to reunification and beyond — genuinely excellent, and Bonn's most-visited museum.

Afternoon

• 
  Kunstmuseum Bonn about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  20th-century German art in a striking Axel Schultes building — the largest public Expressionist collection outside a national museum.

• 5 min on foot
• Bundeskunsthalle (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) about 1 hour and 30 minutes

  A major rotating-exhibition hall (no permanent collection) — expect one or two large, high-profile shows running at any time.

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Morning

• Rheinaue about 1 hour and 15 minutes

  A huge riverside park built for the 1979 national garden show, with a lake, a Japanese garden, and 45km of paths — Bonn's answer to Rheinpark.

Afternoon

• Post Tower about 15 minutes

  Bonn's tallest building and Deutsche Post DHL's twisting glass headquarters — an architecture landmark, not a regular public viewpoint.

• 17 min on foot
• Villa Hammerschmidt & Palais Schaumburg about 15 minutes

  The former West German president's and chancellor's residences — still in official use, viewable only from the Rhine promenade or through the fence.

• 17 min by public transport
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  Poppelsdorfer Schloss & Botanischer Garten (Poppelsdorf Palace & Botanical Garden) about 1 hour

  A grand Baroque palace, now university offices, wrapped by one of Germany's oldest university botanical gardens.

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Morning

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  Godesburg about 1 hour

  A 13th-century hilltop castle ruin above Bad Godesberg — climb the keep for one of the best panoramic views in greater Bonn.