Düsseldorf
The Rhine Tower is a popular attraction of Düsseldorf. The "television tower" wasn't one until 2004: Only since the installation of the DVB-T antenna...
Situated in the "Bilk" district of Düsseldorf, the Rhine Park Bilk is surrounded by striking architecture: The 240,5 meters tall Rhine Tower, the parliament...
At the northern end of the Königsallee is the Cornelius square with a fountain by Leo Müsch. Behind the fountain you see Königsallee number 1: The Galeria...
After six years of construction, the building of the NRW parliament was inaugurated in 1988. The design based on cylinders and arcs by architects Eller,...
At the south end of the King's Avenue ("Königsallee") is the head office building of the German Pension Insurance Rhineland ("Deutsche Rentenversicherung...
The building of the West German broadcasting corporation, right underneath the Rhine Tower, marks the east end of the so-called Media Harbor. To the left...
The steps from the lower promenade to the Burgplatz, also known as "Spanish Steps" after the big one in Rome, has become a popular meeting point in the...
The "Art and Media Center Rhine Haven", better known as the Gehry Buildings, was completed in the place of the old customs building in 1999. The American...
In 1880, the Ständehaus ("house of the estates of the realm") was opened as a meeting place for the provincial estates of the realm. It is embedded in...
Rhine park Golzheim is situated between the Robert-Lehr bank and the Cecilien parkway. 47 acres of lawn stretch from the Theodor-Heuss bridge to the Rheinterrassen...
In August 2007, the Harbor Cinema Festival takes place on Uecker Square for the sixth time. The event is organized by the Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf and...
The Königsallee ("King's Avenue") is the most well-known street in Düsseldorf. Even foreigners know it by its nickname "Kö". It is on both sides of a...
In September 2007, the shopping mall "Düsseldorf Arcaden" opened on the site of the former freight depot in Bilk. Right next to the train station Düsseldorf-Bilk,...
The catholic church St. Peter in the Friedrichstadt district of Düsseldorf was consecrated in 1898. The neo-gothic church is considered one of the most...
At the center of the market square in front of the old city hall in the old town is a statue of Jan Wellem on horseback. This landmark of Düsseldorf was...
Since 2005 a new glas highrise architecturally dominates Graf Adolf Square. The name "GAP15" is simply an abbreviation of the Address: Graf Adolf Platz...
The botanic garden of Düsseldorf University is used for research and teaching, but is also open to the public. Entrance is free. In the middle of the...
On the eve before the Bambi award ceremony 2007 in the congress center of Düsseldorf, red light from 70 xenon floodlights, each with 7kW power, was supposed...
The Media Square (Platz der Medien, Ueckerplatz) is situated on one axis with the illuminated pedestrian bridge over the harbor. The gravel covered square...
The theater at the Gustaf-Gründgens-Square was built to the plans of architect Bernhard Pfau and completed in 1970. There are two separate "houses" behind...
The Hofgarten is a park which connects the northern end of the Königsallee with the Robert-Lehr-Ufer (Rhine bank) next to the Oberkasseler bridge. The...
The Radisson SAS Hotel on the edge of the Media Harbor was completed in 2005. It offers 135 rooms and 3 suites with a modern interior, two boardrooms,...
At the end of the 12th century, emperor Friedrich I. of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, also known as "Barbarossa", had an imperial palace built in Kaiserswerth...
The plan was attractive: On the occasion of the Bambi Award ceremony 2007, more than six kilometers of the Rhine river were supposed to gleam red. While...
The new pedestrian bridge connects the promenade at the trade port with the first headland at the Speditionsstreet, the location of the beach bar "Monkey's...
At night the pedestrian bridge to the first mole of the media harbor is illuminated by regularly spaced white blocks. Below the walkway, purple fluorescent...
Situated in the northernmost district of Düsseldorf, the small but nice Kaiserswerth, is Jean Claude Bourgeil's restaurant "Schiffchen". Right at the...
The Grabbe Square was named after Christian Dietrich Grabbe, a dramatist of the early 19th century, who collaborated with Carl Immerman at the Düsseldorfer...
The old harbor is in fact neither a harbor nor in this form old. The basin was built without access to the river, in the place of the former port of distress...
Not far from King's Avenue are Martin Luther square and Johannes Church. The foundation for the Protestant church was laid in 1875. It was built in a...
The North Park offers diverse vegetation, water fountains, lawns and playgrounds for kids. It is a versatile, 37 hectars big recreational area adjoining...
In 2007 the Mannesmannufer got a new attraction: Kunst Im Tunnel (Art in the Tunnel), or "KIT" for short, utilizes idle space beneath the promenade which...
The illuminated park benches on the Reitallee were part of the Euroga 2002+ art path "hell-grün" (light green). The light installation by Stefan Sous...