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Düsseldorf (/ ˈ d ʊ s əl d ɔːr f / DUUSS-əl-dorf, US also / ˈ dj uː s-/ DEWSS-, German: [ˈdʏsl̩dɔʁf] ⓘ; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: Düsseldörp [ˈdʏsəldœʀ(ə)p]; [tone?] archaic Dutch: Dusseldorp [ˈdʏsəlˌdɔr(ə)p]) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
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- Rheinuferpromenade
- Altstadt
- Königsallee
- Medienhafen
- Rhine Tower
- Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
- K21 Ständehaus
- Schloss Benrath
- Hofgarten
- Burgplatz
When the sun is out it might feel like the whole city has decided to come for a wander at this promenade on the right bank of the Rhine. The walkway is positioned so that it gets sunshine all day long, and bends from the Parliament down to the harbour. The first promenade appeared at the turn of the 20th century, but it’s only since 1993,when road ...
The old town is by no means large, but if you’re planning a night out in Düsseldorf there are more nightspots than you could ever hope to visit. Packed into just a few streets are 300 brewpubs, bars and nightclubs, to the point where the area is referred to as the “Längste Theke der Welt”, “The longest bar in the world”. Although there’s no way to ...
If Düsseldorf is a byword for luxury and high-end lifestyles it’s because of Königsallee, a plush shopping boulevard either side of a canal lined with plane trees. The name is usually contracted to “Kö” by locals, and the street runs for a kilometre north to south, with every premium brand under the sun on the way. For most people it’s a chance to ...
At the southern end of the Rheinuferpromenade are Düsseldorf’s docks, which were built at the end of the 19th century and played a part in the city’s post-war boom. By the 1970s local industry was on the wane, especially after the closure of the local Mannesmann pipe factory. And since the 1990s the harbour has been transformed into a contemporary ...
The tallest building in Düsseldorf is on the east side of the Medienhafen, climbing to 240 metres. This communications tower was unveiled in 1981 and has an observation deck and revolving restaurant at 170 metres. Unsurprisingly, the panoramas are glorious, and merit the €9 entry fee at peak times for adults. When the skies are clear you can easily...
The North Rhine-Westphalia art collection is divided across two main venues, the K20 and K21. We’ll start with the “K20 am Grabbeplatz”, which is in a mesmerising building designed by Arne Jacobsen in the mid-1980s and clad with polished black granite. The galleries are for 20th century art and encompass all of its key movements: Expressionism, Fau...
Under the same umbrella, the K21 Ständehaus is a separate museum space introduced in 2002.The venue is the Neo-Renaissance parliament building, which is magnificent from the outside but even more thrilling inside as its roof has been replaced with a glass canopy and the interior reconfigured into a “piazza”. This floods the interior with natural li...
Benrath, just southeast of Düsseldorf is the scene of a lovely Rococo palace from the mid-18th century, surrounded by gardens. It was all created for Elector Palatine Charles Theodor and his wife Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach as a summer residence. The palace was carefully devised to correspond to its gardens, so the Elector’s private room opened o...
Germany’s first public park was landscaped in 1769 on the back of devastation caused during the Seven Years’ War from 1756 to 1763. The oldest portion is on the east side, between Schloss Jägerhof and the graceful “Jröner Jong” fountain. Working under Charles Theodore again, Nicolas de Pigage was responsible for this section and the long grand aven...
Named for the castle that stood beside the Rhine until the end of the 19th century, Burgplatz is somewhere to meet-up with friends and go for a coffee or beer next to the Rhine. The last vestige of the castle is the Schlossturm. The first three storeys of this tower are from the 1200s, the fourth dates to the 1500s while the fifth was added in 1845...
May 21, 2024 · Düsseldorf, city, capital of North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies mainly on the right bank of the Rhine River, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Cologne. It is the administrative and cultural centre of the industrial Rhine-Ruhr area. First mentioned in 1159, Düsseldorf.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Düsseldorf is a city on the River Rhine in western Germany and is the capital city of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the economic centres of the country, and a major city within the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, with a population of 620,000 (2018).
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