Dusseldorf

 

 

About Düsseldorf

Are you interested in modern art and architecture? Do you like to see something extraordinary? If you do then Düsseldorf is the right place for you. But this city has also a lot of other things to offer to visitors who look for something else. What exactly?

Here are some examples:

The Rheintower

From the rhein in Düsseldorf you can see the Rheintower. It is situated at the border of the southern innercity and at the entry of the Medien harbour which is directly next to the Northrhein-westphalia Landtag and the building of the Westgerman Television. The 234 meter high television tower was created by H.Deilmann. It took 3 years to build and was finished in 1982. At a height of 172,5 Meters it has a restaurant which rotates completely once every hour. On the top you get a breathtaking view of Düsseldorf. Unique in the world are the lightgiving bullseyes of the Rheintower. The 39 of the 62 bullseyes, separated by the flight...lights, represent one decimal clock.



The Rheinpromonade

Every day cavorting on this 1,5 square kilometer wide place walker, biker and skater. The square is the cap of the Rheinwatersidetunnel in which every day the whole traffic of the ferderal road moves and it starts at the Oberkasseler Brücke and ends at the Landtagsgebäude at the Medienhafen. Here you find generous sidewalks and bikeways which are lined with sycamores, numerous cafés, big terraces, which offer a excellent panorama and bear under blue sky. This are only some reasons why this promenade is the most lively boulevard of the town.

The Burgplatz (castle square)

Where is the castle on the castle square?Burnt down in 1872. Left over is only the castle tower. In the beginning the town thought about rebuilding the castle. But after the nomination in 1996 for the most beautiful place of Germany from the time after 1945 the plans were cancelled. Particulary loved are the "Spanish steps" from the square to the Rhine.
The 1,2 million colored spots on the wall of the stairs were painted by artists from the Art Academy in a project lasting several weeks.

The Bolker-/Flingerstreet

A really 'Alt', the typical bear of Dusseldorf, is only the 'Alt' which go without any detour from the wooden barrel into your throat. And this is only only here in the Old Town of Düsseldorf possible. Here you can get your bear from on of 250 taps of the longest bar of the world. If you make a tour though the Old Town you should visit the 4 traditional breweries Schlüssel, Schumacher (Golden Boiler), Ueriges and Füchschen. Ribald food and originally ambiance are guaranteed!

Heine-Museum and Heinrich-Heine-Institute

Heinrich Heine was born at the 13th of December in 1797 in Düsseldorf. He was a son of a wealthy jewish draperies merchant. At the Bolkerstraße 53 you can visit the house where Heine was born. The library of the Heinrich-Heine- Institute contains thousands of books from and about him and is the most important of the world. Here is the whole literature of Heine from the first edition to the youngest scientific researches. In the department "Nachwirkung" (aftermath)it is possible to choose between the 10.000 "Heine-Tapes" to listen to Heine.

The Ehrenhof-Area

The fair ground was originally built for the health fair in 1926. Nowadays it is a "working museum" because of the constantly conference between art and science, culture and business. Therefore it also has the name North Rhine- Westphalia (NRW) Forum. In the same building is also a museum about plastic, Germany's first museum about plastic. The exhibition shows milestones of the histiry of the design, "visions, which only plastic can realize and of course worth knowing about the material itself.
The Museum of Art, which is also at this area, housed not only fine arts of the 16th century, collection of sculptures from the Middle Ages and the Baroque, painting of the 20th century but also the "Creamcheese", the revolutionary pub which has wall out of glimmering televisions.


The Hofgarten

At the end of the Königsalle is the "Tritonengroup" situated. Behind this sculpture you can enter the Hofgarten. Elector Carl Theodor created this garden in 1769 for the delight of the inhabitants. Carl Theodors bright garden architect Nicolas de Pigage designed only the older part of the park. 50 years later the enthusiast Napoleon, who called Düsseldorf "mon petit paris" advanced the park.

In 1811 expanded Maximilian Weyhe for the french emperor the existing park to the current size of 26 Hectars. While walking through the park discover the Dusseldorf Theatre the "Drei-Scheiben-Haus", the castle Jägerhof with the Goethe Museum and the theatre museum and the opera.