Companion Program Proposals
There are many things to visit around Bonn, also for conference participants!
Please visit the official websites of Bonn or Cologne, or have a look at the selection of the local organizing committee below.
Sight Seeing
Most museums offer guided tours in English or other languages. If you are interested in booking a tour or joining an already planned tour, contact the museums as soon as possible.
Bonn
- Beethoven House, inside the city center -Must Visit-
- Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Museum of German History), museum mile -Must Visit, Free Admission- [E-Mail]
- Arithmeum (Mathematic Museum), close to the conference venue [E-Mail]
- Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (National Art and Exhibition Hall), museum mile
- University of Bonn Egyptian Museum, close to/inside of the conference venue [E-Mail]
- Bonn Art Museum, museum mile
- Museum Koenig (Zoo Museum), between city center and museum mile with its own subway station [E-Mail]
- August Macke House, north-west Bonn
- Sea Life (recently opened, don't expect too big fish yet, please), reachable by subway line 66 (same as to the museum mile, exit station "Königswinter Fähre")
- Bonn Rheinaue Leisure Park, reachable by subway line 66 (same as to the museum mile, exit station "Rheinaue")
Directions: The fastest way to get to all sights next to the conference venue is walking; it will take you about three minutes, or maybe five minutes to Beethoven House.
To travel to the museum mile, enter the subway behind the conference venue (station "Universität/Markt"), take line 16 (to Bad Godesberg) or line 66 (to Bad Honnef), and exit the train at "Heussallee/Museumsmeile".
Cologne
Cologne is reachable from Bonn within 25-30 minutes. There are many direct DB trains (e.g. RB26, RB48, RE5) from Bonn main station to Cologne main station, which is located next the the cathedral right inside of the city center. More information about Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Brühl
Regional DB trains from Bonn main station to Cologne main station also stop at Brühl. More information about Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Classical Music
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Monday, March 20, 2006
8pm |
Fourth Monday concert
Parts of the Bonn Beethoven Orchestra
Charles Gounod,
Gideon Klein,
Alexander von Zemlinsky,
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
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Friday, March 24, 2006
8pm |
Sixt Friday concert
Anna Savytska, Beethoven Orchestra, Roman Kofman
Jean Sibelius: Violinkonzert d-Moll op.47
Dmitrij Schostakowitsch: Sinfonie Nr.11 g-Moll op.103 "Das Jahr 1905"
Tickets: € 11 to € 27 / € 5.50 to € 13.50 (reduced price for students, children etc.)
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Sunday, March 26, 2006
6pm |
Beethoven Death Anniversary Fauré Quartet
Carl Maria von Weber: Piano-quartette B-Major op.8
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdi: Piano-quartette F-Minor op. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano-quartette op.16
Tickets: € 21 / € 11 (reduced price for students, children etc.)
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006
8pm |
The English Concert, Andrew Manze
J.S. Bach,
Vivaldi,
C. P. E. Bach
Tickets: From € 10 to € 46.50
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006
8pm |
Hilary Hahn, hr-Symphony Orchestra, H. Wolff
Vaughn Williams,
Schöneberg,
Brahms
Tickets: From € 8 to € 58
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Friday, March 24, 2006
8pm |
Grosses Abonnement 9: P. Zukerman, E. Batnes, S. Blaumer, O. Shevlin, J. Wohlmacher, WDR- Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Schubert
Tickets: From € 5.50 to € 30
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