Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
The Deutsches Museum Bonn in Bonn, Germany is a remote location of the Deutsches Museum in München. It has been opened in 1995 and is located at the Wissenschaftszentrum Bonn – the heart of the German scientific community hosting most important science organisations.
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The Drachenfels is a 321 meters high mountain in Königswinter, Germany. It contains a castle ruin dating back to the year 1167 CE and a modern visitors center with a restaurant and very good views on river Rhein. You can get to the top by using Germany’s oldest cog railway – the Drachenfelsbahn. Continue reading “Drachenfels”
The Drachenfelsbahn in Königswinter, Germany is Germany’s oldest dog railway – dating back to the year 1883. On a 1 meter wide track the trains transport passengers up to the Drachenfels with a stop in the middle at the castle Drachenburg and the Nibelungenhalle.
We wanted to visit places in Köln and Bonn, Germany. Therefore we decided for a hotel in between: the H+ Hotel in Brühl. It is a former Ramada hotel now belonging to this new hotel chain. It states to be a four star hotel but it feels to be a bit less. Nevertheless we had a pleasant stay. Continue reading “Between Cologne and Bonn”
If you need some fresh air and a walk in the sun at Bonn, Germany the Freizeitpark Rheinaue might be the right place. It is a green area outside of the city directly at the river Rhein. You’ll find vast green fields, small playgrounds, an artificial lake with boats, a Japanese garden, a restaurant and a beer garden. Continue reading “Rheinauenpark”
If you trace back the roots of the famous gummibears you’ll end up at Bonn, Germany (HARIBO=Hans Riegel, Bonn). At the location of the former factory you’ll find the factory outlet shop where you can buy plenty of candy. Not all kinds they produce but a vast amount. Continue reading “Kids and grown-ups love it so”
The city of Witzenhausen, Germany is a small one – but it contains a remote location of the university of Kassel. As a part of this you can find a tropical greenhouse close to the city center often referred to as “Tropengewächshaus” but officially called “Gewächshaus für tropische Nutzpflanzen” (greenhouse for tropical agricultural crops). Continue reading “Tropengewächshaus”
It is a brewery, but a special one. At Schinkels Brauhaus at Witzenhausen, Germany they produce beer from ecologically produced ingredients only. You can taste it there and the restaurant doesn’t serve the traditional high-caloric, unhealthy brewery-food normally served at these places. Continue reading “Schinkels Brauhaus”
It is maybe the smallest and most narrow Greek restaurant in the city center of Göttingen, Germany: the restaurant Hellas in the Kurze-Geismar-Straße. You should therefore better reserve a table if you want to eat there – but if you’re lucky you might even get a table spontaneously in the rear part behind the bar. Continue reading “Hellas!”
One of the nicest walks I made near Hann. Münden, Germany! You can follow a small river from where it runs into river Werra up the hill to its sources. On the way there are small waterfalls, natural small ponds and you have to cross the river multiple times on improvised wooden and stone bridges.