Bergisch Gladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with a population of 113,000 (2022).
Understand
[edit]Administratively it's a city, but it feels more two towns (Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg which were merged in 1975) that act as commuter towns in the greater Cologne region.
- Bergisch Gladbach City Council website
Get in
[edit]By train and tram
[edit]- S-Bahn S11 from Cologne (Köln Hbf) ends at 1 Bergisch-Gladbach station in the city centre.
- Stadtbahn (U-Bahn) line 1 (metro/tram) from Cologne ends at 2 Bensberg, a local tram/bus interchange in the Bensberg area.
By plane
[edit]The nearest airport is Cologne/Bonn Airport (CGN) in Cologne, accessible from Bergisch-Gladbach directly by bus route 400.
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- Rathaus in Bensberg (Affenfelsen). The town hall of Bensberg.
- Rathaus in Bergisch Gladbach. The town hall of Bergisch Gladbach.
- Schloss Bensberg. Bensberg Palace
- Schloss Lerbach.
- Burg Zweiffel.
- 1 Paper mill Alte Dombach, Alte Dombach 1 (Autobahn 4, exit "Frankenforst", direction "Bensberg"; after about 2.4 km, turn left onto "Buddestraße"; follow this road for about 3.4 km; then turn right and follow "Schnabelsmühle", which later becomes "Hauptstraße", for 3 km; or: From the S-Bahn station "Bergisch Gladbach" take line 426 to the "Dombach" stop), ☏ +49 22 34 99 21 555. Tu-F 10:00-17:00, Sa Su holidays 11:00-18:00. The largest paper museum in Germany. It shows how paper was made in earlier centuries. You can make paper yourself there. €5, reduced €4.50, children and young people up to 18 years free.
Do
[edit]Buy
[edit]Eat
[edit]Drink
[edit]Sleep
[edit]- Castle Hotel Lerbach.
Go next
[edit]- Cologne (Köln), 15 km southwest (20 minutes by train)
- Leverkusen, 13 km west (25 minutes by train)
- Siegburg, 25 km south
- Solingen, 30 km north