Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany.
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2025 population of 619,444. Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Krefeld, Hilden, Langenfeld, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Dormagen, Erkrath, Solingen, and Monheim. Düsseldorf is the central city of Rhine-Ruhr, the second-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, which stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The city was largely destroyed in World War II, and there were very few old buildings left. People interested in modern architecture, however, will have much to see in Düsseldorf. Also, there are many modern public artworks, and on Stresemannplatz Square and the Rhine Bank, there are palm trees, not really something you'd expect to see on a cold day in October.
- 01Theatermuseum
The Old Town of Düsseldorf, almost completely destroyed during World War II, was rebuilt according to historic plans on its foundation walls, which makes it look like a real historic town.
- 02Burgplatz
Here was the erstwhile castle of the Earls of Berg, the later duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg.
- 03Cartwheelers' Fountain
Radschläger wolle mer blieve, wie jeck et de Mensche och drieve (local dialect: "we will stay cartwheelers, however crazy the world might be") is the legend of the fountain.
- 04City Monument
- 05Schifffahrtmuseum Düsseldorf
The shipping museum in the old castle tower.
- 06Pegeluhr
This clock also shows the current water level in the river.
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Things to do
Football:
- 01Fortuna Düsseldorf
Merkur Spiel-Arena, Arena Strasse (4 km north of centre on U-Bahn),.
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Where to eat
Characteristic Rhenish dishes like Düsseldorfer Senfrostbraten (mustard roast pork), Rheinischer Sauerbraten (marinated beef with raisins), Halve Hahn (not a "half chicken", but a slice of cheese with mustard and a gherkin on rye bread) or Ähzezupp (pea soup) are offered everywhere within the old town. = =
- 01Zum Kochlöffel
Individual daily specials are being presented every day.
- 02Ham Ham bei Josef
Very good and varied food, and magnificent attention.
- 03Schweine Janes Altstadt
A great place to taste the flavors of a good simple cuisine that evokes the stories of the old city.
- 04Ludwigs Bier&Brot
The drinks and the food are very good and it has reasonable prices.
- 05Ess-Klasse
Fresh home made food Fast, delicious and varied lunch menu.
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Getting to Düsseldorf
- Airports
- Düsseldorf (DUS), 7 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 47 km · Weeze (Niederrhein) (NRN), 61 km
- Köln (Cologne) → Düsseldorf34 km · quickest by road, 52 min · €4–6
- Weeze → Düsseldorf60 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · €8–11
- Dortmund → Düsseldorf58 km · quickest by road, 1h 22m · €7–10
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Next door to Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is 23 km from Duisburg, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.