English language Radio & News

BBC World Service

MW 648  /  3955, 6195, 9410, 12095 kHz   www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice

BBC Radio 4 can be heard in some parts of Bonn. English language programmes all day long,news, plays, etc – wavelength:  LW 198

Deutsche Welle

English program – 9 – 9.50 pm

5960, 7285 kHz

www.dw-world.de/english

Voice of America 1197 AM    www.voa.gov

BFBS – British Forces Radio & TV

Bonn 97.8    Köln/Düsseldorf: 96.5 FM  www.ssvc.com/bfbs/index.htm

CNN international available on cable and satellite

BBC News news.bbc.co.uk

EXPATICA internet website www.expatica.com news and online resources for expats and visitors to Germany

Popularity: 21% [?]

Rhine Online

There’s life beyond Bonn (honestly!) and to prove it the website Rhine Online offers news in English which, while it doesn’t cover the whole length of the mighty River, does reach for news as far as Düsseldorf.

Many older Expats will be familiar with the Rhine Magazine that used to be on the counter at the English Shop in Cologne. Well now you don’t need to even leave the comfort of your own home to see what Gabi Pinkner has put together for your perusal.

The all new, all colour, Rhine Online is just a click away at:
Rhine Online Website

Popularity: 22% [?]

Bonn Players Present: ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’

The Bonn Players will be presenting a new production in May.  ‘Last of the Red Hot Lovers’ by Neil Simon will be running from 4th to 6th May at the Brotfabrik in Kreuzstrasse, Bonn-Beuel.

Synopsis: Barney Cashman has led a nice life.  Too nice in fact.  The 47 year old therefore decides to spice his life up by arranging a series of trysts, but which one involves the real woman of his dreams?

Neil Simon’s comedy deftly explores the life of a man in mid-life crisis.

For more details and prices/times:

www.bonnplayers.de

Popularity: 36% [?]

Indian Restaurants

FANCY A GOOD CURRY?

The Taste of India – Southern Indian cuisine – serves excellent food.

Situated at the corner of Burbacher Strasse just before you go over the Reuterbrücke in Bonn. At the weekend it gets busy so worthwhile booking a table.
Taste of India Website

Popularity: 16% [?]

Open House at Bonn International School Thursday 25 February 2010

Thursday 25 February 2010 from 8.30 – 12.00

The Bonn International School Open House is a great opportunity for visitors to come and see the school in action. Classes at all grade levels will be open for observation. Visitors are encouraged to sit in on a variety of classes and age groups to see what makes education at BIS special.

Bonn International School is an independent, full-day school offering a comprehensive English Language education and low student-teacher ratios for children aged 3 – 19 years. Located directly next to the River Rhine in a modern, well-equipped facility, BIS hosts over 570 students from more than 60 countries.

Visitors should register at admissions@bonn-is.de in advance of Open House. You will be asked to present formal identification e.g. passport or driver’s license before entering the school.

Availability of future places varies from grade to grade and the Admissions Coordinator should be consulted regarding potential enrolments. There are however a definite number of places available for international students in Early Learning, Grades 1, 4, and 10 starting August 2010.

For more information, please contact the Admissions Coordinator at 0228 30854151 or visit www.bonn-is.de

Popularity: 20% [?]

Deutsch Britisch Gesellschaft

Dr David Hendy, Reader in Media and Communication, University of Westminster will give a talk in Bonn entitled Radio, The Intellect and the Imagination in Early Twentieth Century Britain on Thursday 10 December, 18.00 hrs.

More information both on this talk and others offered by the Deutsch Britisch Gesellschaft at www.debrige.de

Popularity: 17% [?]

A Host of Golden Daffodils!

This suggestion for an day out was first publised on the BEN website in 2005 – and still very popular -

The amazing sight of millions of daffodils in bloom in the Perlenbachtal and Oleftal valleys of the Eifel can be seen every year from around mid-April to mid-May.

Many many years ago the forest pines and fir trees were cut back to enable enough light to get through for the wild daffodils (Narcissuspseudonarcissus) to blossom and multiply.

A good place to see them is to drive on the B258 towards Monschau. Near Höfen, take the B399 towards Kalterherberg, past the church, keep straight on, at the end of the village when you see the sign post for Malmedy, you turn left towards Alzen and/or follow the signs to “Narzissen” and park at “Gut Heistert” car park. From here you can follow the yellow flower signs on a 2 km or 7 km round walk on fairly easy footpaths if you wish whatever you decide to do visitors must keep to the paths and refrain from picking any flowers or plants. The 2 km Rundwanderung is marked Orange and the 7 km Rundwanderung is marked Yellow. At weekends you may not be “wandering lonely as a cloud”, as it’s a popular area for hikers. Given a good map, you can walk all day in fairly wild countryside, mostly at over 550m altitude, so dress warmly. Any of the areas marked NSG (Naturschutzgebie) are likely to have wild daffodils or other protected species. In June and July you might see the Arnica plant in flower as it too grows wild here and there but be careful, not only is it a protected species it is only a natural aid to ailments if applied externally – it can be  poisonous if swallowed. With so many wild flowers the area is also a natural habitat and crunching ground firstly for caterpillars and when the weather gets warmer many different varieties of butterflies.

Hoefen and Monschau are also worth visiting; Hoefen for its very high hedges that give shelter from the chilly Eifel winds, and Monschau for its picturesque buildings that attract vast crowds at weekends.(best park outside the town).

If you contact the tourist board they will send you a map of how to get there as well as times of tours – though all information is in German. Although you can speak English if you phone.

www.monschau.de Email: touristik@monschau.de Tel. 02472/3300

Popularity: 100% [?]

A Walk or Bike Ride in the Eifel!

READY FOR A WALK OR CYCLE IN THE EIFEL?  A very good place to start is Nettersheim. (see www.nettersheim.de)

{mosimage}You can even leave the car behind and get there by train, from Bonn, changing in  Euskirchen. From the station or car park follow signs to
Naturschutzzentrum, a field-study-centre which offers an interesting programme for children and adults, of natural history activities and suggestions and maps for walks in the area. You can also hire bikes there.

One of the simplest walks to find goes alongside the river Urft going up-river towards Blankenheim, passing a reconstructed lime-kiln, a picnic place/playground, a Roman pond, quarry, temple and  milestone,
and in summer lots of wild-flowers. In the other direction, going downstream you can walk all the way to Cologne along the Römerkanalwanderweg. This is a 100 km-long footpath, marked by a black-and-white tunnel symbol, which follows the Roman water-pipe
bringing sweet fresh drinking water from the Eifel to Cologne. In places the tunnel is visible and there are explanatory signs telling you what you are looking at.

But if you just want a good walk, the first 42 km of the path, between Nettersheim and Euskirchen-Stotzheim, offers a variety of scenery;
river, hills , woods, villages, farmland etc. And you are never very far  from “civilisation” offering food, drink, overnight accommodation, or even a station from where you can catch a train home!

See the “Wanderkarte 1:25000- Nettersheim-Kall”. Or ask at the Naturschutzzentrum for suggested walks. Or consult the Nettersheim web-site.

Further details and maps of the Roman water supply system (an amazing feat of civil engineering), and the footpath,  are in “Der Roemerkanal-Wanderweg” by Klaus Grewe.1988…….ISBN3-92 1805-16-3.

(JK)

Popularity: 19% [?]

Disclaimer

www.disclaimer.de

Popularity: 17% [?]

Rhein in Flammen

Rhein in Flammen Saturday 2 May 2009

Once again the Rheinau Park becomes the venue for thousands with live music, video disco and plenty of stalls and fast food on offer.  Live music starts 17 hrs onwards. More information and full programme at

From mid-day onwards, the side stalls, selling everything from jewellery, leather goods, music to fast food and drink. Funfair also open from around noon. onn,Rhine in Flames,side stalls

BonnInformation
Windeckstr. 1 (am Münsterplatz)
53103 Bonn
Tel.: 0228/775000
www.bonn-region.de
www.bonn.de
bonninformation@bonn.de

www.rhein-in-flammen-bonn.de

Popularity: 17% [?]

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