Beat the Heat

Beat the heat in Monheim am Rhein

When the temperatures rise, Monheim am Rhein offers plenty of ways to stay cool. Whether you're looking for refreshing water playgrounds, shady walks through the nearby woodlands or a quick stop at one of the town's free drinking water fountains, you'll find plenty of great places to escape the summer heat.
Get inspired and discover the best spots to enjoy hot summer days in Monheim am Rhein.

Water playgrounds

Water, water, everywhere! Spread across an area of 320 square meters, water cannons, water tunnels and floor jets mean a whole load of fun for the entire family on warm days. A Monheim highlight!

This is where you can play with works of art! At the Social Playground Monheim, works of art become climbing objects, slides and swings. Who can manage to get through the water pavilion without getting wet?

A shady playground at the Holzweg shopping street with a large games area and play equipment for children of all ages.

The pirate playground, with a wooden ship and water play area, is great fun for all little pirates and buccaneers!

There are various play elements around for children of all ages in the Berlin Quarter. The highlight is a large climbing tower and a water playground with mud play area.

Large playground for children of all ages with climbing equipment and a water and mud play area.

Cool indoor places

The 26 meter high Schelmenturm, or Rogue’s Tower, is the stately landmark of Monheim and the last part of a fortification built around 1425 to protect the "Freiheit Monheim".

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In the Emotion multiplex cinema, cinema fans can expect cutting-edge technology in six individually designed cinemas. There are also special events every now and then.

Cool outdoor places

You can really experience something here. The Rheinbogen Landscape Park, between the old part of Monheim and the Rhine, is a paradise for families with children.

A unique open-air cinema experience: from July 7 to 16, 2026, the Moonlight Cinema will be showing ten of the latest films on the open-air stage on Kapellenstrasse. The movies start at around 9:30 p.m.

Travel by ferry to and from Monheim am Rhein: The Piwipper Böötchen passenger ferry lets you cross the Rhine while keeping your feet dry. The Urdenbach-Zons and Hitdorf-Langel ferries even make round trips along both sides of the river possible.

In the Urdenbacher Kämpe Nature Reserve, the Rhine is still allowed to flood its floodplains between the conurbations of the major cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf and isn’t prevented from doing so by dikes – as is the case almost everywhere else. This creates enchanted floodplain woods and wet meadows with a unique ecosystem.

Where today Knipprath Woods attracts nature lovers, a few hundred years ago the Rhine still flowed there. You can still see the old riverbed here and there when you go on a short or long walk.

Situated in a fairy-tale romantic setting, Marienburg Manor was built by the architect August Carl Lange around 1879 as a summer house for the lawyer and politician Eugen von Kesseler, both from Cologne. It was modelled on Marienburg Castle in Malbork, Poland – one of Monheim’s twin towns today.

Places to eat and drink

At these restaurants, you get to set outside on a terrace and look out over the Rhine while enjoying a good meal.

Ice cream and summertime just go together, don’t they? Here’s a list of ice cream parlors and cafés where you can sit back and enjoy a relaxing time on the terrace.

In the beer gardens and on the terraces of the historic part of Monheim, you can enjoy balmy summer evenings in a historic setting.

There are plenty of culinary delights to discover in Monheim Mitte: from breakfast and lunch to evening dining pleasures followed by cocktails. When the weather is nice, inviting terraces entice you to linger a while and contemplate the works of art on display here.