Leaving Bonn for one of its partner cities

The next stop on my journey was well signposted in Bonn. Next to this post pointing at the three partner…

By the river Rhine

Having been the palace, the yellow university buildings stretch to the point on the banks of the river Rhine where…

The colour of the building behind the Studentenbrunnen has become the iconic colour of the University of Bonn. The building…

Below the Bonn Lion, on the column which supports it, there is a small fountain in the shape of another…

Rather than being a science fiction artefact that connects researchers and warriors with distant planets, the Sterntor (Star Gate) now…

Bonn’s most famous resident over time must be Ludwig van Beethoven. The city was proud of him before it became…

The Zeitungsmuseum in Wadgassen is located in a beautiful former abbey building. The building allows for generous exhibiting of both…

As a child growing up in the Rhein-Main region of Germany, I learned many of the myths and tales told…

Not everything in this post is bizarre, they are just not really that connected and aren’t really worthy of a…

As well as the various markets, Braunschweig has a few grand churches. While on my way to the central cathedral,…