Hombroich Island - DM opportunity - August 13?

Snegren wrote: From the visitor guide: Please do not bring: Play and sports equipment Musical Instruments Food and picnic accessories Large bags, backpacks etc. Selfie-Sticks, tripods Walking sticks I read that "One bag each from small to normal sizes are allowed" No backpacks, quite restrictive for gearheads. How to deal with that?

Bring a messenger bag And "normal sizes" are in the eye of the beholder!

I am still undecided if I join.

Some more information:

At the very beginning of our visit we will have to buy tickets at the "Kassenhaus" (look it up on Google maps) - there are separate tickets for the "Museum Insel Hombroich" (Euro 15) and the "Raketenstation" (Euro 6). I am not sure whether one can buy a Raketenstation ticket directly at the Raketenstation (ca. 600m away from the Kassenhaus).
At the Raketenstation there is the "Cafe Biemel" which is open 12-18h. The cafeteria at the Museum is open 10-18h (the buffet is free, included in the ticket price - the reason to ban big backpacks).

At the Raketenstation the Hannah Linden exhibit will open at 10h, the Iwan Baan and Bart van der Leck exhibits will open at 12h. Another exhibit at the Feld-Haus for Popular Imagery (halfway to the Insel) will open at 11h.

There is just one exhibit (Schwitter and Arp) at the Atelierhaus on the Insel - opening at 10h. The exhibits will close either at 17h or at 18h. General closing time is 19h.

More information on the exhibits can be found on the Hombroich website. Check the calendar for Sunday, August 13, and click on the events/exhibits. The distance between Raketenstation and Insel is a 5-10 min. walk.

I think both venues are interesting as they provide a lot of opportunities for landscape and architecture photography. The Iwan Baan exhibit is about photographing Hombroich (spoiler alert?). If there is a museum's shop there will be publications available by Thomas Riehle, the late photographer who documented Hombroich extensively.

There are guided tours by artists for both, the Raketenstation and the Insel, 90min. each. One can book them online, but today only Sunday, August 6, is available for single booking. I could inquire whether we could get a tour (Insel?) - if possible, by a photographer, if we think that's an idea worthwhile to pursue.

So I suggest that we start at the Kassenhaus (10-10:30h), get on a first walk on the Insel, have a second breakfast at the cafeteria (?) - and then we can decide whether to go over to the Raketenstation or stay on the Insel - and, probably, at some later point of the day, have a break at Cafe Biemel. As I said: thats's just a suggestion.

10:00 Kassenhaus it is. I'll be visiting my sister in law in Limburg on Saturday, leaving me a 50 minute drive on Sunday.

Not a huge fan of guided tours, but I'll go with the flow.

I move even slower than Pieter so a guided tour is not my cup of tea either.
I think the philosophy of Hombroich is giving little or no information and letting you explore the place by walking around, guided by your own perception. I think that's ideal!

Harm vb wrote: Dopol wrote: I would have loved to join, but my holiday destination is too far away from Neuss. next time.... I'm in France for my second holiday with the purpose of a second home.

Have good holidays gentlemen, they will likely be worthy alternatives with photo and other opportunities.

Let's hope the predictions will be on the spot. Friday, Sunday and Monday should then be free of rain (sunny, partly cloudy) - I have checked a couple of weather websites as well.

So we will meet Sunday at the Kassenhaus at 10:00 h (and we will wait for the latecomers). No guided tour, we will be all self-guided.

That's a pity Paul, we'll miss you. I hope you get well soon!