But 1st the western german city of bomb is the high in much the hometown of lewd fig beethoven he was born in 1717 and spent the 1st 22 years of his life in the city next year it is a very special beethoven year in bonn as it s the 250th anniversary of the great man s birth and there s lots going on that every year there s a beethoven fest but beethoven 2020 is much more than that indeed the whole year is so packed with all sorts of events that celebrations have spilled over into this year kind of already on the way. now friday saw the opening of a special walking tour in and around bonn featuring all the important places where bait have malls on the line from the burka the artistic director the entire