View to Drachenfels from Petersberg, Germany

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Germany View to Drachenfels from Petersberg

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One of the many mountains in the Siebengebirge is the one called "Petersberg", which is near the Rhine and offers a great view over Bonn and "Drachenfels".

Photography Tips

Sunset is a great time to be here, but the sun is, unfortunately, going down on the right side of you behind Bonn. Nonetheless, this is a good time to shoot this place, especially during autumn when all trees are colourful.
Another good time to be there is during "Schlossleuchten" when they illuminate the castle in crazy colours like in films by Walt Disney. They do this usually in March when it's still dark pretty early in the evening.

Travel Information

There is free parking at the top of Petersberg, but sometimes you have to pay a small fee if you want to get up there by car.

Spot Type Outdoor

Crowd Factor Just a few people

Best Timing Sunrise or sunset in fall

Sunrise & Sunset 07:33 - 16:56 | current local time: 23:01

Photo Themes Castle River valley viewpoint

Locations Siebengebirge Petersberg Drachenfels Rhine Nordrhein-Westfalen North Rhine-Westphalia

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abdulla alkooheji 26.09.2019

im going near by next autumn

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Manuel Becker 26.09.2019

That's great, especially because they just made some big rebuilding of this area, which made it quite hard to get a good photo from this spot within the last few months. I can also recommend you to walk up to Ölberg if you have time, since this offers a really nice view over the valley as well: https://www.locationscout.net/germany/1610-view-over-bonn-from-oelberg-siebengebirge/12595

abdulla alkooheji 29.09.2019 , edited

hi, I have an iPhone X max and will be using zoom lens to get better shot anyway your advice and much appreciated and I will sharing the result once I take it.... I only will have 1 day to do this shot and hopefully to get it

abdulla alkooheji 26.09.2019

any chance to get nice shot with mobile photography on raw mode

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Manuel Becker 26.09.2019

It very much depends on your phone I guess, because you need a little bit of zoom if you want to get a similar photo like mine. Not much though, but wide angle wasn't an option for me since I didn't want to include the forest in front of me and have the focus on the castle.

abdulla alkooheji 09.11.2019

Unfortunately I’m trying to find the location but couldn’t Anyone can help

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Manuel Becker 09.11.2019

Hey dear Abdulla, where are you exactly? If you switch the map to "Satellite" I marked the very exact point I was standing when I took this photo. If you found the parking of the Hotel at Petersberg, which is also marked on the map, you simple need to walk behind the hotel to the public back porch. To get to the hotel, you need to drive up a road to "Petersberg", which can be reached by driving from Königswinter to Ittenbach. The simpliest way to get there is probably by using Google Maps and entering "Petersberg". Did that help?

abdulla alkooheji 09.11.2019

I found the parking but not your spot My time is over and I had to leave Anyway thanks for your advice

Tatyana Tregubova 20.08.2019

Incredible view!

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Manuel Becker 20.08.2019

Yeah it's definitely so nice up there. If you are around I would recommend the view from "Ölberg" even more, since you have a wider view over the shaped mountains of the "Siebengebirge".

Johannes Spaethe 02.09.2018

Hi Manuel, which focal length do you recommend for this view? I guess, at least 100mm? br Johannes

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Manuel Becker 02.09.2018

Hey Johannes, I used 50mm on an APSC camera for the sunset photo, so if you are using a full frame camera you might probably start around 70mm. 100mm is also fine of course. The one at the event "Schlossleuchten" was taken at 75mm.

Johannes Spaethe 02.09.2018

Great, my lense-portfolio ends at 85mm ;) By the way, thanks for initializing and administrating such a great website!

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Manuel Becker 02.09.2018

Hehe, 85mm is perfectly fine in my opinion. Already curious about your photos and thanks for your feedback, glad that you like the platform! :)

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