Christmas Weekend December 22 - 26 What’s happening in Bonn?

Bonn/Region · The State Russian Ballet will be putting on a performance of Swan Lake this weekend in Bonn and “The Nutcracker” will be at the Bonn Opera. Don’t forget a last visit to the Christmas markets as most will close after Saturday!

Merry Christmas to all of our readers from the GA-English Team! We wish you, your families and friends a very happy holiday season!

*Just a reminder that December 25 and 26 (Monday/Tuesday) are public holidays and stores will be closed.

Friday, December 22

BONN

Maria and the Dynamites: "Coming Home for Christmas"; soul-funk concert, Mausefalle, Weberstr. 41, 7pm, (0228) 220184

Bonn Christmas Circus: For the 11th time, it’s the Rhineland traditional event for the whole family - this year for the first time right in the heart of Bad Godesberg in a big tent at the Rigal'sche Wiese. Featuring a new program and winners of the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo! Unique artists from all over the world, breathtaking show acts, sensationally funny clowns and lots of surprises. Runs through December 31, https://www.bonner-weihnachtscircus.de 3 & 7pm, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 29, Bad Godesberg

Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 10pm

Toys: GOP Varieté-Theater, A look through the window of the little toy-shop on the corner lets us all rediscover them - the joys of our childhood. But the toys wake up after closing time - opening up a world full of poetry, magic and wit that touches our hearts. Be part of this colorful theater, which can only take place in the dark of the night! Karl-Carstens-Str. 1, 6 & 9pm Fri., 6pm Sat., 2 & 5pm Mon. & Tues., (0228) 4224141

Pinocchio: Theater (in German) for children from age 4 , Junges Theater Bonn (Youth Theater Bonn), (0228) 463672, Kuppel room in the Thalia-Metropol, Markt 24, 10 am & 3pm

REGION

Morris Open: "Sing, Sing, All Earth"; Songs & dances from Britain's Isles, Drehwerk 17|19, Wachtberg, Töpferstr. 17-19, 8pm, (02225) 7081719

Festive river lights in Bad Neuenahr (“Uferlichter”): The spa park in Bad Neuenahr becomes a winter wonderland with river lights illuminating the area to create an enchanting Christmas atmosphere. Regional culinary delights and wines attract adults and children can take a magic walk. Open December 8 -10, December 15 - 17, December 22 - 23, December 27 - 30. The lights go on from 4 - 9:30pm, and on Sundays they begin already at 2pm. For more information, please see our story: http://www.ga.de/ga-english/Winter-fun-in-Bad-Neuenahr-on-Advent-weekends-and-between-the-holidays-article3718899.html

Wine tasting for everyone: at the Ahrweiler Winzerverein (Winegrower’s Association). 4 flights of wine and a tour of the wine cellar (in German), 3pm, Walporzheimer Str. 19 in Ahrweiler

Saturday, December 23

BONN

Highlights of international dance: "The Nutcracker", Ballet Dortmund, Bonn Opera, Am Boeselagerhof 1, 4 pm and 8 pm, (0228) 778008

Christmas Concert: Works by Mozart, Handel and M. Haydn, Kreuz Church, Kaiserplatz, 6:30 pm

Bonn Christmas Circus: For the 11th time, it’s the Rhineland traditional event for the whole family - this year for the first time right in the heart of Bad Godesberg in a big tent at the Rigal'sche Wiese. Featuring a new program and winners of the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo! Unique artists from all over the world, breathtaking show acts, sensationally funny clowns and lots of surprises. Runs through December 31, https://www.bonner-weihnachtscircus.de 3 & 7pm, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 29, Bad Godesberg

Pinocchio: Theater (in German) for children from age 4 , Junges Theater Bonn (Youth Theater Bonn), (0228) 463672, Kuppel room in the Thalia-Metropol, Markt 24, 3pm

Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 10pm

REGION

Festive river lights in Bad Neuenahr (“Uferlichter”): The spa park in Bad Neuenahr becomes a winter wonderland with river lights illuminating the area to create an enchanting Christmas atmosphere. Regional culinary delights and wines attract adults and children can take a magic walk. Open December 8 -10, December 15 - 17, December 22 - 23, December 27 - 30. The lights go on from 4 - 9:30pm, and on Sundays they begin already at 2pm. For more information, please see our story: http://www.ga.de/ga-english/Winter-fun-in-Bad-Neuenahr-on-Advent-weekends-and-between-the-holidays-article3718899.html

Sunday, December 24

BONN

Bonn Christmas Circus: For the 11th time, it’s the Rhineland traditional event for the whole family - this year for the first time right in the heart of Bad Godesberg in a big tent at the Rigal'sche Wiese. Featuring a new program and winners of the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo! Unique artists from all over the world, breathtaking show acts, sensationally funny clowns and lots of surprises. Runs through December 31, https://www.bonner-weihnachtscircus.de 2pm, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 29, Bad Godesberg

Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 10am - 4pm

COLOGNE

Christmas masses in English: The Anglican parish of St. Boniface will have a Christmas Eve midnight mass at 11:30 pm in the All Saints Church, Lindenallee 61, Cologne-Marienburg. On Christmas Day, they will have a service at 10am at the St. Paulus Church, Siegburger Strasse 75, Bonn-Beuel, for more information please see website (in English): www.anglicanbonncologne.de

Monday, December 25

BONN

Carmen: From Georges Bizet, Opera in four acts, in French with German subtitles, produced in cooperation with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf Duisburg

Oper Bonn, Am Boeselagerhof 1, 6pm, for tickets please visit the website! Tel- (0228) 778008

Bonn Christmas Circus: For the 11th time, it’s the Rhineland traditional event for the whole family - this year for the first time right in the heart of Bad Godesberg in a big tent at the Rigal'sche Wiese. Featuring a new program and winners of the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo! Unique artists from all over the world, breathtaking show acts, sensationally funny clowns and lots of surprises. Runs through December 31, https://www.bonner-weihnachtscircus.de/ 2 & 6pm, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 29, Bad Godesberg

Christmas masses in English: The Anglican parish of St. Boniface will have a Christmas Day service at 10am at the St. Paulus Church, Siegburger Strasse 75, Bonn-Beuel, for more information please see website (in English): www.anglicanbonncologne.de

Bonn On Ice: Outdoor ice skating on a 1300 square meter ice skating rink near Bonn city center, located at Stadtgarten am Alten Zoll, Adenauerallee, 11am - 9pm

Tuesday, December 26

BONN

Swan Lake: State Russian Ballet Moscow, Maritim Hotel Bonn, Bad Godesberg, Godesberger Allee / Access via Kurt-Georg-Kiesinger-Allee 1, 4 & 8pm performances, for tickets please see the website! Tel- (0228) 81080

Madama Butterfly: By Giacomo Puccini, after the drama by David Belasco, in Italian with German subtitles, Opera Bonn, for tickets please see the website! Am Boeselagerhof 1, 6 pm, (0228) 778008

Swinging Christmas: BonnSonata & Friends, Nachfolge-Christi-Church, Bonn-Beuel, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Str. 8, 8pm

REGION

Moscow Circus on Ice: choreography and acrobatics at the highest level, Stadthalle Troisdorf, Troisdorf, Kölner Straße 167, 3 & 7pm, for tickets please see the website!

AND THIS:

Did you know? Volleyball is scheduled every Wednesday at Bonn International School (BIS) in the Agora Sports Hall from 7-9pm and this is open for everybody who is interested in volleyball (with or without experience) and in an english speaking community.

Basketball is scheduled every Thursday at BIS in the Agora Sports Hall from 7-9pm and this is also open for everybody with or without experience.

Both groups are recreational (no coach will lead the group). They are looking forward to welcoming new players! For questions, please contact the website of the Bonn Internation School.

Sampling of Exhibitions in Bonn and surrounds:

The other splendor: historical Christmas tree with unusual and forgotten decorations from the collection of Irmgard Becker, Siebengebirgsmuseum, Königswinter, Kellerstr. 16, Friday 2 - 5pm, (02223) 3703

LEGO exhibition: “Brick on brick” with more than 600 models. The spectrum ranges from construction vehicles to racing cars to helicopters and ships. There are whole streets of “modular houses” and space flight scenes can be seen with the “Star-Wars sets”. The exhibition will run from now until 13 April 2018. It is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 10am to 6pm. Deutsches Museum Bonn, Ahrstr. 45, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 302255.

“Let it Come Down”: exhibition from Amsterdam-based artist Jennifer Tee, Tee’s sculpture, installation, performance and collage take inspiration from esoteric thought and practices. Her sculpture often incorporates traditional handicrafts such as knitting or pottery and these objects are often then used within performances. Showing at the Bonner Kunstverein (Bonn Art Association) until January 21. Hochstadenring 22, www.bonner-kunstverein.de

Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck Exhibitions: A current schedule can be found on the website (English): http://arpmuseum.org/en/ Hans-Arp-Allee 1, 53424 Remagen, (02228) 94250

Bundeskunsthalle Exhibitions: A current listing can be found on the website (English) Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4., (0228) 91710

Deutsches Museum Bonn: A current listing can be found on the website: http://www.deutsches-museum.de/de/bonn/information/ (English)Bad Godesberg, Ahrstr. 45, 10am - 6pm, (0228) 302255. For more information on children’s programmes: (0228) 302 256, E-Mail

Kunstmuseum: A current listing can be found on the website (English). Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 11am-6pm, (0228) 776260

LVR Landesmuseum: A current listing can be found here: times on website (English). Colmanstr. 14-16, (0228) 2070351

Cinemas offering English-language movies:

Want to see a movie in English? The following theaters normally offer at least a couple of movies in English.

Films labeled with OV (Orig. version) or Omu (Orig. version with German subtitles) are generally in English unless otherwise noted, i.e. (Russ) = Russian, (Frz) = French.

Kinopolis, Moltkestr. 7-9, Bad Godesberg: http://www.kinopolis.de/bn/events/filmreihe/oton

Woki cinema, Bertha-von-Suttner-Platz 1-7, Bonn: http://www.woki.de/

Brotfabrik, Kreuzstrasse 16, Bonn-Beuel: http://www.bonnerkinemathek.de/programm/

Metropolis, Ebertplatz 19, Cologne: http://metropolis-koeln.de/kino/programm/city190/

Odeon-Lichtspieltheater, Severinstraße 81, Cologne: http://www.odeon-koeln.de/inhalt/odeon/plan

Or check out this site where you can tap in your location and then select the OV Original Version.

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