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    Düsseldorf

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    Düsseldorf

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    Düsseldorf is the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia and, with around 642,000 inhabitants, the second-largest city in the state.

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    Düsseldorf is the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia and, with around 642,000 inhabitants, the second-largest city in the state. Its Old Town on the Rhine, with its many pubs, is known as the "longest bar in the world," where Altbier from local breweries like Uerige, Füchschen, Schumacher, and Schlüssel is served.The car-free Rhine embankment promenade connects the Old Town with the MedienHafen (Media Harbour), where Frank Gehry's buildings of the Neuer Zollhof stand, and right next to them, the approximately 240-meter-high Rheinturm (Rhine Tower) rises. On the Königsallee, with its canal, luxury shops line up, and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Art Collection North Rhine-Westphalia) exhibits 20th-century art in K20.
    With around 642,000 inhabitants, Düsseldorf is the state capital of Nordrhein-Westfalen. The Old Town, with its many pubs, is known as the "longest bar in the world," serving top-fermented Altbier from house breweries. Königsallee offers elegance, the Medienhafen modernity with its Gehry buildings. The Rheinturm is about 240.5 meters high, its restaurant located at 172 meters. Art lovers are drawn to K20 on Grabbeplatz.

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    Neuer Zollhof (Gehry complex)
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    1Neuer Zollhof (Gehry complex)

    Frank Gehry's three curved office buildings are the landmark of the Medienhafen, where clubs, bars, and restaurants are nestled among modern architecture.
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    Königsallee
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    2Königsallee

    The “Kö” is Düsseldorf’s exclusive shopping street with a central canal. Luxury shops line one side, office buildings the other.
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    Rhinefront Promenade
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    3Rhinefront Promenade

    Car-free promenade along the Rhine between Tonhalle and Medienhafen, popular for walks, bike rides, and evenings in the adjacent Old Town establishments.
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    K20 Art Collection NRW
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    4K20 Art Collection NRW

    At Grabbeplatz, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen shows 20th-century art, including works by Paul Klee.
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    Restaurants in Düsseldorf

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    Tengri Tagh

    Uyghur restaurant offering noodles, meat dishes, and dumplings from Central Asia, highly rated.
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    Xiao Long Kan

    Chinese Hot Pot restaurant on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße near the Main Station.
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    Café Buur

    Trendy café with colourful brunch and lunch dishes, smoothies and coffee, plus a street terrace.
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    Culture in Düsseldorf

    Art and brewery culture equally shape the city. The K20 on Grabbeplatz shows 20th-century art; the Medienhafen features contemporary architecture. In the Old Town, house breweries like Uerige, Füchschen, Schumacher, and Zum Schlüssel serve their own Altbier. An excursion leads to Schloss Benrath, closed Mondays.

    Nightlife

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    Uerige

    Top-fermented house brewery in the Old Town, where Altbier is freshly tapped, plus Rhenish cuisine.
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    Brewery im Füchschen

    Traditional inn with house Altbier and hearty food in the northern Old Town.
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    Schumacher Brewery

    Cozy traditional house on Oststraße with brewery cuisine and Altbier on tap.
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    The Key Inn

    Historic Altbier brewpub in the Old Town with a large taproom, beer garden, and traditional cuisine.
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    Out and about in Düsseldorf

    The main station is an important ICE hub. The airport is located approximately 7 kilometers from the city center and is connected by S-Bahn lines S1 and S11. The Old Town, Kö, and Rhine Embankment Promenade are best explored on foot; for the MedienHafen and Benrath, take the train or bike.

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    Landscape Park Duisburg-North

    Landscape Park Duisburg-North

    An approximately 180-hectare park has emerged around an ironworks founded by August Thyssen in 1902 in Duisburg-Meiderich. The last blast furnace ceased operation in 1985, and the site has been publicly accessible since 1994.You can climb Blast Furnace 5 up to a viewing platform at a height of around 70 meters. In the former ore bunker, the Duisburg section of the Alpine Club has set up a climbing garden with approximately 400 routes and a via ferrata, and an old gasometer with 20,000 cubic meters of water serves as a diving center. In the evenings, Jonathan Park's light installation bathes the complex in colorful light.
    Ruhr Area

    Ruhr Area

    The Ruhr Area is home to around 5.1 million people across 11 independent cities and 4 districts, including Duisburg, Essen, Bochum, and Dortmund. For over a century, coal and steel shaped the region, and in December 2018, Prosper-Haniel in Bottrop, Germany's last hard coal mine, ceased operations.Today, its industrial history is a major travel theme. The Route of Industrial Heritage connects the most important sites, especially the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2001. At Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, you can climb a blast furnace, and from Gasometer Oberhausen, you look out over the western Ruhr Area from a height of 117 meters. In 2010, the Ruhr Area was the European Capital of Culture.
    Gasometer Oberhausen

    Gasometer Oberhausen

    The Gasometer Oberhausen is 117 meters high and measures almost 68 meters in diameter. It was built between 1927 and 1929 as a gas holder, and was operational until 1988. Since its conversion in 1993/94, it has been considered Europe's highest exhibition hall, with approximately 7,000 square meters across three levels.You can reach the roof by external lift or via 592 steps. On a clear day, the view extends up to 35 kilometers over the western Ruhr area.
    Ehrenfeld

    Ehrenfeld

    Ehrenfeld originated as a settlement outside Cologne's gates from 1845, became an independent municipality in 1867, received town rights in 1879, and has belonged to Cologne since 1888. Industry shaped the area: Helios AG, founded in 1882, pioneered alternating current technology; its lighthouse from 1885 is considered a landmark of the district, although it never guided ships. From 1899, August Horch developed his first automobiles on Venloer Straße.Today, Ehrenfeld is known for its cultural scene: small stages, the arthouse cinema Cinenova, and clubs in old factory halls and railway arches. On Venloer Straße, the district's main shopping street, stands the Central Mosque by Gottfried and Paul Böhm, opened in 2018. You can reach Ehrenfeld by S-Bahn and regional trains to Ehrenfeld station, or by Stadtbahn lines 3 and 4, which run through the district.
    The Belgian Quarter

    The Belgian Quarter

    The Belgisches Viertel is located in the southern part of Neustadt-Nord, west of the Ringe. After the demolition of the medieval city wall from 1881 onwards, construction began here, with the first houses built in 1884. The streets bear the names of Belgian cities and provinces like Antwerp, Brussels, Liège, Brabant, and Limburg, hence the district's name.Today, it is one of the city's trendy districts, featuring boutiques, galleries, goldsmiths, cafés, bars, and pubs; in the evenings, people gather at Brüsseler Platz. The district is bounded by Venloer Straße, Aachener Straße, and Moltkestraße, with Friesenplatz on the Ring forming the northeastern corner. From there, you're right in the middle of it in just a few steps.