Bonn Surprised Me So Much (Former German Capital)

[@LexUniverse]

Have you ever been to Bonn? What did you think? And if not, would you go? Why? Why not?

[@NuGanjaTron]

Rubbish ppl. Nosy and intolerant neighbours. Incompetent city council. High taxes. Forget Bonn and stay in Cologne if you're in the area. So much more to offer.

[@boesawpreuen1803]

one of the most under-appreciated german cities :) very nice video!

[@LexUniverse]

I agree

[@NuGanjaTron]

6:40 The red phone booth has been there for decades. I stands in front of what used to be an international studies / student exchange centre in a tudor-styled villa, if memory serves me correctly. Come to think of it, I never checked whether that booth actually had a working phone...

[@LexUniverse]

i never checked that either... but thanks for the info, it is interesting :)

[@NuGanjaTron]

8:18 Guys in mock uniform = Carnival, presumably. Lucky they were still sober...

[@LexUniverse]

I am not sure that they were sober :D

[@NuGanjaTron]

@@LexUniverse 🤣

[@samanthafaraday1813]

surprising :) I have never know much about bonne before :)

[@LexUniverse]

❤️

[@travelalong3960]

cool city :)

[@LexUniverse]

Yes

[@AlwaysGrowAndLearn]

The Bonners are a proud people

[@LexUniverse]

that's good :) are you from Bonn?

[@NuGanjaTron]

Yeah. Too proud for their own good at times (read: arrogant). 😕 I never got along with them. And I'm actually born there, I'm sorry to say. This used to be quite a place back in the day when it was still a capital (of sorts). Now it's all gone downhill.

[@1989jarda]

wow, cool

[@LexUniverse]

❤️

[@elvengamechanger7451]

very interesting city

[@LexUniverse]

It really is!

[@meesvanp4945]

I live 2 hours away from Bonn. Is it worth it in January ?

[@bamdebambambam]

It depends. You can always visit museums like the national gallery or the house of history. I highly recommend going to the old town during cherryblossom season which is somewhere around end of march/early april. Last year it began after the first week in april, with mild weather it can start earlier. With spring in progress the botanical garden, Südstadt/Poppelsdorf are worthwile as well.

[@LexUniverse]

it will be cold, but I really liked the city :) so go for it, especially when you live that close :)

[@NuGanjaTron]

Try Cologne instead. 😉

[@filiptichy2105]

yeah I agree, you are one big child :D But i love it about you :D

[@LexUniverse]

thanks :D

[@shinytraveler747]

they are invading poland for sure :D

[@LexUniverse]

they are!

[@StephanHeinrich-gc5iv]

You should have walked once through Bonn before starting to film and say so much unqualified nonsense

[@LexUniverse]

Thank you for your opinion

[@LexUniverse]

But you really didn't say anything or relevance. If you wanna criticize, give example or stop wasting my time. I'm open to arguments

[@StephanHeinrich-gc5iv]

@@LexUniverse as I said: you should have gone more into the issue before talking. By the way: I live in Bonnva frequency take visitors around, meaning that I know why your info in superficial and partially misleading. Don't take it personally, just reflect what I said

[@vancvlogaudio-nocopyright8272]

you're like a child sometimes :D

[@LexUniverse]

always

[@sarediv]

Bonn was never the capital of Germany or West Germany. Berlin was always considered the formal capital. Since Berlin could not perform this function for several decades after the Second World War, the West German part of the country - the then old Federal Republic of Germany - needed a temporary seat of government. And this seat of government became Bonn. After the reunification of West and East Germany to form the present Federal Republic of Germany, the decision was taken in Bonn's parliament to move the seat of government and parliament back to Berlin. The fact that the capital and the seat of government can be located in different cities for historical reasons was not a unique German feature. For example, The Hague is the seat of government of the Netherlands, while Amsterdam is its capital.

[@LexUniverse]

thanks for the explanation :) it is very interesting :)

[@maxmustermann8167]

@@LexUniverse Dont listen to him its wrong. Of course bonn was the capital from 1973 bis 1990 and the seat of the government till 1999. You can look it up at any source because its a fact wikipedia for example. Because Berlin is very poor and has a low level of education Berlin became the Capital again and the government moved to Berlin as a stimulus package für one of the poorest regions in Germany.

[@vonanstetten2355]

Thats just wrong. Bonn was the Capital of Germany from 1973 until 1990.

[@KatiJaha]

@sarediv I have lived in Bonn for the past 45 years. I politely have to vehemently disagree with your take on the history of Bonn.

[@bumblebeebubblegum3296]

cool city :)

[@LexUniverse]

yes!