Here I am in Bonn

For fifty years, this tranquil city was the centre of world attention - from 1949 to 1999, Bonn was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. The city still draws on this legacy.

Nevertheless, Bonn should not be reduced to an 'ex-capital'! After all, the city is two thousand years old: founded as a Roman fort, the electors of Cologne resided here in the Middle Ages; Ludwig van Beethoven was a Bonn boy.

To compensate for the loss of its capital city status, Bonn was given great museums as well as UN authorities and various corporate headquarters.

The travel guide concentrates on the important sights and provides background information to help you understand them, city map sketches help with orientation and illustrations and graphic representations of the main attractions support a deeper understanding.