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City of Bonn

Barrier-free access to the administration

The administration is constantly striving to improve the accessibility of the administrative buildings. In the City Hall, for example, the elevators have Braille controls and voice output, while a tactile guidance system on the floor also provides noticeable guidance.

Assistance dogs are welcome

Assistance dogs welcome

The city of Bonn has joined the "Assistance Dog Welcome" access campaign run by the non-profit association Pfotenpiloten, thereby setting an example for an inclusive society.

Assistance dogs are specially trained to compensate for or ease the chronic impairments of their owners, such as epilepsy, diabetes, autism or mobility restrictions, through targeted assistance services. People with assistance dogs are therefore dependent on being able to take their "animal helpers" with them to places that are not normally accessible to dogs.

The Pfotenpiloten campaign stickers with the words "Assistance dog welcome" on the entrance doors of municipal service buildings visualize the laws and signal to the assistance dog teams that the doors are open to them. The city has also adapted the house rules for its office buildings, expressly allowing assistance dogs to enter. In the entrance area of the City Hall, there are brochures and flyers from the Pfotenpiloten on the subject of assistance dogs, also in Braille.

City Hall

The City Hall has:

  • barrier-free access via the tram stop on line 66
  • disabled access via the ramp from Weiherstraße/Maxstraße
  • several wheelchair-accessible elevators at the Thomas-Mann-Straße/Budapester Straße (Loggia), Weiherstraße and Franzstraße entrances
  • the elevators in the building are equipped with Braille and voice output; a camera system in the cabins enables contact with deaf people in an emergency
  • The building has designated parking spaces for the severely disabled
  • barrier-free toilet in the entrance area
  • a tactile floor guidance system at the entrances and on the first floor makes it easier for blind and visually impaired people to find their way around