Bonn · FutureHubs.eu https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/ Bonn is negotiating a supplementary Berlin/Bonn agreement with the federal government, due to be signed in December 2026, while state funds go into university physics and student housing. en Bonn now accepts building permit applications only in digital formhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/building-applications-digital-only/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/building-applications-digital-only/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 08:00:00 GMTBonn's building regulation office now accepts building applications only in digital form, with each case handled in a virtual project room on the ITeBau platform, where all documents must be uploaded within three weeks of the invitation. Bonn installs city-wide network of 65 sensors to measure heathttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/climate-sensor-network-real-time-heat/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/climate-sensor-network-real-time-heat/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBonn is installing a network of 65 climate sensors that record air temperature and humidity in real time; 36 are already running, and 55 are being placed at cool public places such as green spaces. Bonn receives around €980,000 in federal funding to renovate Endenicher Parkhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/federal-funding-endenich-park-renovation/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/federal-funding-endenich-park-renovation/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBonn has received around €980,000 from the federal government to renovate the sports areas of Endenicher Park, a €2.2 million project that adds a basketball and 3x3 streetball court and a calisthenics area, with works planned to start in 2027. Bonn agreement with the federal government due to be signed on 17 December 2026https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/berlin-bonn-agreement/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/berlin-bonn-agreement/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe supplementary agreement to the Berlin/Bonn Act, negotiated by Bonn, three districts and two states with the federal government, is due to be signed on 17 December 2026 and includes a Foreign Office-led strategy to expand Bonn as a UN location. Bonn becomes home to European office of forestry research centre CIFORhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/forestry-research-centre-opens-european-office/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/forestry-research-centre-opens-european-office/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), active in over 60 countries, has opened its European Secretariat in Bonn, which will link German and European science, policy and development cooperation with CIFOR networks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Bonn student residence with 115 subsidised places gets €12.71 million in state housing aidhttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/pariser-strasse-student-housing/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/pariser-strasse-student-housing/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTStudierendenwerk Bonn lays the foundation stone on 26 August 2026 for an eight-storey timber-concrete hybrid student residence at Pariser Straße, creating 115 publicly subsidised places on a former car park deck with €12.71 million in state housing funding. North Rhine-Westphalia commits €113 million to University of Bonn physics buildingshttps://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/university-physics-113-million/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bonn/news/university-physics-113-million/Wed, 27 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTNorth Rhine-Westphalia has committed €113 million from its infrastructure plan to modernise and renew the University of Bonn's Physics Institute, covering around 4,100 m² of usable space, with completion of the buildings currently planned for 2033.