Land Nordrhein-Westfalen Travel Forum

6 of us are staying at the Classic Hotel Harmonie on Ursulaplatz in December. how much is the cost of a minibus from the airport, or whould the train be easier as the station is only 300mtrs from the hotel?

Best Regards
David Rayner

I will arrive on a train at Koln Hbf at 2 am and will need to take a taxi to my apartment in Koln-Pesch. The distance is approximately 10 Km. How can I calculate the taxi fare?

I will be flying into Weeze on 28 January-2 February 09 and I am aware that the town of Weeze is quite small so we do not wish to stay there. However, we would like to stay in a larger town that is convienient for visiting attractions in the local area. We do not care if this is in nearby Holland or further into Germany. It would be more suitable if the travel time is no longer than 50/60 minutes by train!

Thanks in advance.

in town for a few days and could use some suggestions on where to go and what to do as far as nightlife. If ur there as well join me 4 a drink. 26 from NYC

=Tom

We'll be off to Cologne in a few days time and I wonder if the city center is walkable from the train station.
Is it practical to buy the "Welcome Card" that costs €9 or just a 24-hour transport card?

Also, has anyone already stayed at the Classic Harmonie Hotel at the center of Cologne? Any reviews?

Tips for this trip will be appreciated.

Thanks.

***bell

I am staying in Dortmund in Late August for one day on the way to Berlin for a friends party. My wife and i would like to know if there is a vineyard we could visit whilst we are there. We are staying south east of the centre.

We are travelling to Germany from Australia in August and have booked tickets for Nena in concert in Bonn on 31st August. Is anyone else going to this concert or been to one before? My partner is a huge fan (she can speak German but I can't) Any idea where the venue will be in Bonn?...our tickets are still in the mail.

Hi,
We are group of 3 and we would like to travel from Dusseldorf Airport Railway Station to Hamminkeln. I got the info that we can use train tickets also for sky train from terminal to airport railway station. Is it possible to buy tickets before entering sky train or only at the railway station.Is there any discount ticket for group of 3 people?

Thanks.

Hi,

does anyone know of bus companies other than eurolines that operate the route between eindhoven and dusseldorf? or between dusseldorf and other cities in holland?

thanks!

gen

Is there a frequent train service from Frechan to Koln Centre?

hallo, wir haben ein teppich ersteigert und haben nun ein riesenproblem. wir dachten, dass es sich um ein anderes oberhausen in bayern handelt. Tatsächlich ist es (46147 oberhausen) . wir wollten den teppich selbst abholen aber es ist uns nicht möglich den langen weg von unterfranken zu machen. kennt jemand eine firma oder privat person der das für uns erledigen könnte. vielleicht könnte jemand von dieser gegend um oberhausen den teppich zur post bringen gegen bezahlung?

Hello, people!!
My plane arrives to Köln/Bonn Flughafen, and i need to get to Düsseldorf the very same day..
Could anyone send a tip about the easier way to get from Köln/Bonn airport, to Düsseldorf Hbf?!?!
I´d be very thankful, if someone could also send a tip about the transportation tickets, that i should buy, as i´m going to live the whole July in Düsseldorf..

Hoping of your soon answers,
thanks in advance!!

dusan

Hi there
We are three people visiting Bochum in two weeks time please can anyone tell me 1. How much will taxi fare be from Dusseldorf airport to Bochum and does Bochum have a tourist bus that would do a tour of the city? Thanks annemarie521

Hi i currently live and work around paderbon. I was wondering if there are any caping sites within 100 km that i could take my kids to for the odd weekend throughout the summer. The sites dont have to be huge just as long as they have toilet facilities, showers and maybee somewhere to eat out close by. Thans and regards Cal

I lived in Bonn a couple of years ago, and my friends and I used to visit a bar that was across the street from the Bonnsch that was called something like the Soviet, or something like that. It was a great bar, and they had a beer that came in a white can that we refered to as a "Weisse Bar" that I haven't been able to find anywhere else. Has anyone been there? Does anyone know what it that beer is called? Thanks.

Help! my husband and I are coming for the first time to Bremen for three days 13th -16th June.I would like to take him on a boat trip with perhaps a meal included,for fathers day on the Sunday 15th June. I do not speak German, so obviously I am finding it quite hard going trying to understand the web sites.Can anyone help? Many Thanks Linda

In need of help once again.
Does anyone know anything about the Mönchengladbacher Museum? Is it a new museum? This article appeared in today's Cologne newspaper. Unfortunately my German is not very good.
http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1212470936868.shtml
Thanks VTers.

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get to Cologne from Trier? Thanks

Does anyone know of a good psychiatrist or psychologist in Aachen? I need an E-mail address and phone number- it is for a friend of mine who will be there this summer. Thank you.

I'm in Dusseldorf soon on business and whilst I'm there would like to check out a few bars that might be up for hosting a live music evening sometime soon....

As a sideline I am involved with 3 marvellous young up and coming UK indie guitarpop bands and would like to put on a music night in a Duss bar...

Any recommendations on bars that might be worth checking out... nearer to the altstadt the better... I had some awesome nights out there in my teens (20odd yrs ago now...

All ideas gratefully recieved...........

Hello everyone,

I need to go to Maritim Hotel on Heumarkt street every day for a few days when I visit Cologne. I want to find an alternative 2 or 3 star hotel near Maritim Hotel (which has 4 stars). It may even be a bit further away from Maritim, as long as there is easy public transportation between the two, such as a bus connection. Does anyone have a recommendation for such a hotel?

Thanks,

Hakan

Hi!

I wanted to know how can one get to Aachen from Bonn. while taking the train, one has to apparently, change the train twice. in this case, would it be better to take a bus?

Also, the tourism section there has a "casual programme" to cycle from Aachen to Maashtricht. Has anyone taken that? If so, what is the cycling like? is it difficult? I dont cycle regularly... so would that be a problem?

Apart from this what else should one do in Aachen for say a day?

Looking forward to your inputs!!

Thank you

Hi,

I wanted to ask if one could go to the neatherlands/holland for say a day from bonn? is there any place that one could visit there, near the border perhaps?

Appreciate your response!!

thanks!

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone stayed here and if it is a decent hotel
is it centrally located and near the exhibition hall

thanks

Does any one have any ideas on how to get from Bonn Main station to Hotel Garni Jacob?

Thanks

Later this month we will be travelling to Holland and staying in Nijmegen for a week. The family consists of ourselves (two adults and a girl, 16 and a boy 13) and my parents. We will have a rental car. Since Germany is just across the border, can anyone recommend some events in that last week of April? I've looked at many VT pages and have in mind to visit Xanten, for example. Perhaps we will travel as far south as Monschau and Trier, but not for sure yet.

Can anyone advise us on the pool facility called GochNess in Goch? Their website has no English translation but it seems there will be a Maybaumfest event there... is this worth attending? Will we need reservations for it? Are there any other Maybaumfests in the area (but still in the month of April)?

Also, my parents will be flying out of DUS the morning of May 1 and we want to drop them off at a train station that will take them directly to the airport. I've found a direct train using bahn.de from Wesel to DUS. Is it recommended that I purchase tickets online for them in advance, or will they be able to take a 07:00 train by purchasing in person at the counter (will this train be sold out? or will the price increase?) Does the Wesel train station have parking so we can make sure they're okay before leaving?

By the way my parents speak Hollandse... this may help...

I will post in the Netherlands forum as well...

Thank you in advance for your ideas!

Lisa

Planning a day trip driving to Cologne for Sunday, April 27 but was wondering what kind of traffic problems I may encounter?

We'll be crossing the Rhein on the Zoobrucke/55a; and then coming down the Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer; hope to park somewhere near the Hauptbanhof.

How heavy is the traffic on a typical Sunday?
Is the 27th a typical Sunday (nothing special which may cause traffic problems)?
Any other advice or tips would be much appreciated.

When I visited Cologne 2 years ago, I remember seeing a wonderful shop where there were many different kinds of empty bottles that you could fill up with different olive oils.

Can anyone tell me what the shop is called and if they have a website?

Thank you

Hello,

I found the timetable of the Veolia-operated Bus No.50 from Aachen to Maastricht in the Netherlands. Does anybody know the price for the travel? I tried looking it in the AVV website, but they do not show the international prices.

Thank you very much for your help.

Best,
Venelin

We will be flying into DUS for a weekend and have found a Mercure Hotel near DUS airport for only 20 Euro per night.
My question is:
Is it easy to get to the city and back from the airport?
Are there passes for the metro/train?
Should we take this low price and deal with the transportation or pay 100 Euro and be in the city?

Thank you so much!