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Culture and Tourism Tips in Bonn and Region RECREATHION, NATURE, CHILDREN MUSEUM MILE Freizeitpark
Rheinaue
Freizeitpark Rheinaue's popularity soars in good weather. In this large leisure park children can explore various playgrounds, go skateboarding or inline-skating, or rent a boat. The Rheinaue also has a popular clubhouse, in which children can play and do handicrafts. Whoever gets hungry after so much playing can cook dinner on one of the barbecue grills in the park. Don't forget to bring your own food! Schiffchensee (a small lake with a boat rental) Balancierstrasse (a path with balancing poles) Compost nature trail Spielhaus der Beethovenstadt Bonn (children's clubhouse) Skateboard lane Baseball field Miniature golf course Youth traffic school Tip for kids: At the large flea market you can buy everything from comic books to ice skates. The flea market is held every third Saturday from April to October. ![]() Over 11,000 different plants from all over the world grow here. Many of them visitors have certainly never seen before: Who has a coffee tree or a lime tree in their garden? Or who has ever seen giant water lilies so large that you can place babies on their leaves? Without them letting them sink of course! Meckenheimer Allee 171 53115 Bonn Tel.: 02 28 / 73 55 23 Fax: 02 28 / 73 90 58 E-Mail: botgart@uni-bonn.de www.botgart.uni-bonn.de ![]() The Sea Life Center Königswinter offers not only a glimpse of Germany's fascinating underwater world, but also sweeps visitors off on a magical journey into the world of sagas and fairytales. Start your tour in the forests along the Rhine in Königswinter and explore the fascination of the diverse marine life at ever greater depths. Rheinallee 8 53639 Königswinter Tel: 0 22 23 / 29 72 97 E-Mail: koenigswinter@sealife.de www.sealifeeurope.com ![]() A scenic gem and one of the oldest nature reserves in Germany. The state of Prussia prevented the destruction of this magnificent scenery by purchasing Drachenfels mountain in 1836. Over 40 volcanoes, not only 7, make up the Siebengebirge ("Seven Mountains"). The name "Sieben" (seven) stands for abundance and is used in many German expressions to indicate a large number. Drachenfels Where Siegfried fought the dragon Although at 321 metres Drachenfels is not the highest, but it is by far the most famous mountain in the Siebengebirge. Here - says Nibelungen expert Karl Simrock - is where Siegfried's battle with the dragon took place. stattgefunden. E-Mail: info@naturpark-siebengebirge.de www.naturpark-siebengebirge.de Bergbahnen im Siebengebirge AG Drachenfelsbahn (Drachenfels railway) A monument from the history of technology Right at the foot of the Drachenfels mountain is the valley station of Germany's oldest cog railway, the Drachenfelsbahn. On its track of nearly 1.5 kilometres from the valley up to the lookout terrace right below the peak of the Drachenfels the train climbs up 220 metres with an steep incline of up to 20 percent. Drachenfelsstr. 53 53639 Königswinter Tel. 0 22 23 / 920 90 Fax 0 22 23 / 47 34 E-Mail: info@drachenfelsbahn-koenigswinter.de www.drachenfelsbahn-koenigswinter.de |
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