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Opening hours of the city administration during carnival

The following opening hours apply for Bonn city administration and its cultural and leisure facilities during Carnival 2025.

On Weiberfastnacht, Thursday, February 27, 2025, the service for citizens will end at 12 noon. The offices in Beuel town hall will remain closed all day on this day due to the storming of the town hall by the “Wiever” carnival revellers. On Carnival Friday, February 28, 2025, and Carnival Tuesday, March 4, 2025, administrative services will be available as usual. The city administration will be closed on Rose Monday, March 3, 2025.

City library

All city library facilities will be closed on Weiberfastnacht, February 27. They will be open as normal on Friday, February 28, on Carnival Saturday, March 1, and on Shrove Tuesday, March 4. The city library facilities are generally closed on Mondays.

For security reasons, the outdoor return desk at the Haus der Bildung, Mülheimer Platz, will be closed from 2 p.m. on Carnival Saturday until 8 a.m. on Carnival Tuesday.

Bonn Information

The Bonn Information team will also be there for its customers over the carnival days: On Weiberfastnacht, Thursday, February 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. On Friday, February 28, 2025, from 10 am to 5 pm. On Saturday, March 1, 2025, the Bonn-Info at Windeckstraße 1 will be open from 10 am to 4 pm, and on Sunday, March 2, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm. Information will only be available by phone and email on Rose Monday, March 3, 2025, from 10 am to 2 pm (phone 0228 775000 or email  bonninformationbonnde). On Veilchendienstag, March 4, 2025, the regular opening hours from 10 am to 5 pm apply again. 

Indoor pools

The following opening hours apply for Bonn's indoor swimming pools Frankenbad, Schwimmbad Friesdorf and Beueler Bütt over the carnival period:

On Weiberfastnacht, February 27, the Frankenbad and Friesdorf swimming pools will be open from 06:30 to 10:00, the Beueler Bütt will remain closed. On Carnival Friday, February 28, the Frankenbad will be open from 6:30 am to 4:00 pm, the Friesdorf swimming pool from 6:30 am to 3:00 pm and the Beueler Bütt from 6:30 am to 9:00 pm. 

On Carnival Saturday, March 1, all three indoor pools will be in regular operation. On Carnival Sunday and Rose Monday, March 2 and 3, 2025, all swimming pools will be closed. On Shrove Tuesday, March 4, 2025, all swimming pools will operate as normal.

Learn more at  https://baeder.bonn.de/oeffnungszeiten (opens in a new tab).

Old cemetery

The Old Cemetery in the city center, Bornheimer Straße/corner of Am Alten Friedhof, will be completely closed to visitors on Weiberfastnacht, February 27, 2025, as well as on Rosenmontag, March 4, 2025. 

Kunstmuseum Bonn

The Kunstmuseum Bonn is open as follows over the carnival period:

Weiberfastnacht, February 27, 2025: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m,

Carnival Friday to Sunday, February 28 to March 2, 2025: 11 am to 6 pm,

Rose Monday, March 3, 2025, closed all day

Veilchendienstag, March 4, 2025, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Further information at  https://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/de/besuch/ihr-besuch/ (opens in a new tab)

City museum and Gedenkstätte stay closed

The city museum and the memorial will be closed on the carnival weekend, March 1 and 2. 

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