13 ReviewsThe old core of the town, called Altstadt, is undoubtelly the most charming part of the town. It is situated along the bank of the river Rhein and in the close vicinity of the Dom. The Altstadt is...
22 ReviewsDuring week-ends, I love to walk from my house to the altstadt (old city) following the Rhein. One day from the Rhein park, I saw a orange ribbon moving accross the OberKasseler bridge.
Hundreds of...
27 ReviewsIn 1964, when I left my children with my mother and went to meet my husband's ship in Europe, I sent periodic postcards to my daughter.
This one had two 20 DM stamps
The Cathedral is the...
13 ReviewsAn old bicycle underneath a gas lamppost - what a cliche subject for a photograph! Every American who has ever travelled to Europe has taken this picture!
But a stroll through Altstadt will make...
12 ReviewsThe city's main tourist office is the Köln Tourismus building at Kardinal-Höffner-Platz 1 (Tel.+49 (0) 221.22 13 04 00) just across the road from the Dom/Hauptbahnhof U-bahn station. Here you can get...
9 ReviewsTake a walk along the Rhein if the wheather is nice and sunny, it is a great way to feel this city. If you get tired find a bench and watch passing pedestrians, the passig by boats and ships. A really...
7 ReviewsKölsch is both the name for the local dialect and beer, and indeed both have in common that they are rather smooth and soft in their outcome.
Whereas Kölsch looks like a lager type beer, its...
6 ReviewsThere’s a series of small paperbacks on different aspects of Düsseldorf – walking tours of the city, breweries, museums, and a few other things. They were available in the bookstores in the train...
5 ReviewsCologne is very densely built city and there are very few unbuilt places in the city center. Of course, the Rhine and its embankments make a large unbuilt corridor that offers opportunities for...
4 ReviewsBeer is something hard to escape in Germany but contrary to common belief all German beer is not created equal. There are actually some awful beers in Deutschland. Alt beer is not only one of the...
23 ReviewsAlthough the football club haven't got a particular cup victory since 1983, the FC Köln supporters love their teams from the bottom of their hearts. It is a MUST to attend to any game of 1.FC Köln in...
3 ReviewsFor all ya english speaking people: Düsseldorf has an international library. If you happen to be bored on a rainy day, or just wanna grab a book and read a little, why not go there? It is on...
6 ReviewsDon't forget to cross at least one bridge in the city centre for great views of the city centre riverbanks from the opposite side. In fact, there are also some fun places to explore here, not just the...
3 ReviewsOn my last trip to Dusseldorf, with my one-year-old in tow it was a little difficult to sample the nightlife of the place.
It appears to be quite an attraction of the place, with the local tourist...
3 ReviewsThe building by the Rhine river houses the chocolate museum: you can learn about the cocoa plant , see tropical trees in the greenhouse, look how the machines make and package chocolates, taste...
6 ReviewsFor architectural buffs, Gehry's office complex on the east side of Mediahafen is well worth a pilgrimage. Warps and curves are his signature, and here he employs them in three different media: glass,...
4 ReviewsCologne is a living city, in every sense of the word. Whilst the old city has been painstakingly rebuilt the modern city is ever-changing. The best known churches have been around for hundreds of...
2 ReviewsIn high German this would be: "Eine Bitte! Parkt hier nicht - das tät uns schaden, denn Ürige-Bier wird hier verladen. Dank euch! Das Ürige" and in English simply: "One favor! Don't park here, it...
6 ReviewsAnd... it's only 4 euros for 24 hours.
What an excellent thing this is, meet Schliebfach Automat 8, my new best friend. Sometimes you find yourself in a city with time to spare but you can't have a...
2 ReviewsI have quite a few fond memories of Germany as I have lived here for one year now. This is more about Frankfurt than DD but I have never saw in my life anywhere the amount of storms and thunder and...
3 Reviewsgo SHOPPING at Germany's longest roofed shopping mall right here in this city. I can't think of a better place to shop for German brand products than here. Man, I could hardly believe that German...
1 ReviewI always love to see the monuments in cities and I found Dusseldorf's Radschläger (Cartwheel Fountain) especially enchanting.
It was erected in 1954 by Alfred Zschorsch in the middle of Burgplatz....
2 Reviewsone week a year the whole city of Cologne goes crazy. It´s Carneval time with party from thursday morning (Weiberfastnacht) until the following tuesday night when the "Nubbel" must burn. 6 nights and...
2 ReviewsDusseldorf is a cosmopolitan city, its symbol has been this 234 metres tall tower. It was erected in 1982, the view from the top (in fact, from "Top 180", the nice restaurant which slowly makes a...
1 ReviewWe were pleseantly surprised, even in December, by the amout of parks and open spaces around the centre od Duddeldorf. The Hofgarten is obviously a fine park and is tended to by workers with a sense...
If you would like to know where to go for a good party, a concert, an exhibition or what's played in the theatre of the city you are, buy the latest PRINZ. In this magazine you find nearly everything about many cities or areas in Germany. If you are in Mönchengladbach the Düsseldorf-issue would be most interesting for you, but don't forget that the most tips are located in Düsseldorf! Issues are also offerd for following cities/ ares: Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dresden, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Nürnberg, Ruhrgebiet, StuttgartCheaper (exactly for free) is the Mönchengladbacher Stadtmagazin. You get it in shops like the Mayerische Buchhandlung at the Theatergalerie or restaurants like the Sukhothai and the Café Trotzdem. Most of the tips are just for Mönchengladbach and Krefeld.
Here's the link for the Düsseldorf issue of the...
Where to stay?
by diocletianvs
After we more-or-less decided on what to see it was time to plan our relatively short 5-day visit to the region. The main question was whether to stay in one place or choose two or more places as a base. At first we planned to stay in two places - one for the western and one for the eastern part. D or DU seemed Ok for the first, BO or DO for the latter. (Please see my Warnings and Dangers tip). But then, after more carefully examining the map we decided to stay in one place. E seemed almost perfect , but at the end we ended in GE for five nights which was almost perfect. Now seriously - if you stay in the center of the Ruhrgebiet you'll never be more than half an hour drive from any point of interest. We planned of staying in Essen but since that was the time of the fair hotel prices were higher so we stayed in the nearby Gelsenkirchen instead and it was a pretty good choice...
Plan early!
by diocletianvs
Although all important attractions of the Route Industriekultur are well marked, you should know that Ruhrgebiett is not a single city but a region measuring some 80 by 30 kilometres. Around five and a half million people live here in cities that form one of the world's largest conurbations. The area has very dense Autobahn network and various means of public transport are well integrated, but still - PLANNING your visit here is very important. Otherwise, you may find yourself wandering around the pedestrian streets that all look the same and wandering where are those attractions Dio mentioned on his page.
We did a good planning before we went on our trip, doing research in books and on the Internet and marking all attractions on our Ruhrgebiet map. We had a general idea of what we wanted to see, and we planned what attractions we wanted to see at which part of the day (sunsets and...
Route Industriekultur
by diocletianvs
One of the aims of IBA Emscher Park was also development of tourism in the area. Back in the 1980s it must have looked as quite an utopist project - to develop tourism in one of dirtiest, most polluted and most industrial areas in Europe. Well, times have changed and now area is rich in tourist attractions that can keep you occupied for at least a week. Some of the former industrial sites are now centres of new museums and exhibitions of the industrial and mining history of the area. Zeche Zollverein even found itself on UNESCO's list of world cultural heritage, and with a good reason. Well-organized tourist infrastructure includes the thematic routes known as the Industrial Heritage Trails. Some trails are concentrated to certain areas (Duisburg and its harbour, Krupp and the city of Essen,...), other routes offer overview of industrial development along certain geographical areas while...
Visitors centres
by diocletianvs
In all places of interest along the "Route Industriekultur" there are informative panels that have a unique design and offer the basic info about the site. In all places where you have to pay the entrance there are info pools with free brochures that are all easy to recognize as they all have the same design and have the same "Route Industriekultur" sign. At the beginning of your trip the best you can do is to visit one of the three main visitors centres along the routes. You will find them in Zeche Zollverein in Essen, in North Duisburg Landscape Park in Duisburg and in Zeche Zollern in Dortmund. All visitors centres offer numerous free brochures and maps as well as books, postcards, souvenirs etc. All members of the staff speak English and most of the brochures are in German and in English.
The main visitors center is: Visitor Centre Zeche Zollverein XIIGelsenkirchener Straße 181...
IBA Emscher Park
by diocletianvs
Germany has a long tradition of Garden shows and Architectural shows. The idea is to concentrate on one place, make an event and leave something new to the local community. While garden shows last only one year, International Architectural Exhibitions (IBAs) last longer and have bigger aims. Previous IBA's (Die Internationale Bauausstellung) were held in Darmstadt (1901), Stuttgart (1927), Hannover (1951) and Berlin (1957, 1987). The IBA Emscher Park was launched in 1989 and for the first time it wasn't focused on one city but on the whole region. It was a project for structural, urban, ecological and economical renewal of the Ruhr area - largest industrial area in Europe that was back in the 1980s hit by the de-industrialisation process. This left many people jobless but also left many areas of former industrial sites without the proper use. The state-owned IBA Emscher Park company...
INDUSTRIAL CULTURE
by RitchiS1
TOWER OF THE COAL MINING IN THE GERMAN COALMINING MUSEUM
GREAT VIEW OVER THE CITY OF BOCHUM , BY GOOD CONDITIONS YOU LL SEE THE NEW STADION OF SCHALKE 04 - NOW TOP TEAM OF THE 1. GERMAN SOCCER DIVISION
INDUSTRIAL CULTURE
by RitchiS1
ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE MUSEUM OF THE INDUSTRIAL CULTURE IS THE SO CALLED - DEUTSCHES BERGBAUMUSEUM BOCHUM - OR GERMAN MUSUEM OF COALMINERS .THERE IS A LOT TO SEE !!!FIRST THE WORK OF THE COALMINERS THROUG THE YEARS UNTIL TODAY - THAN THE TOWER WITH ITS GREAT VIEW OVER BOCHUM - IF YOU WANT TO SEE ALL ATTRACTIONS IT TAKES A WHOLE DAY FOR SIGHTSEEING
THE BIG ENGINES IN THE TUNNEL
not always blue skies
by pepples46
but definitly a charm of its own...nobody realy imagines, that 2thirds is covered by fields and meadows, yes it is.Life in the Niederrhein region.lower Rhine region, is green and healthy. friendly Country folks, good food and forest.but not only the Rhine Region is charming and recreational, Lippe, Ems and Weser are rich grounds for canoeing and great biking, and Aachen, one of NRW beautiful City
but my all time favorite has to go to ....Wesel and the surrounding area. just because: I have worked around here, lived and had made great friends.
NRW
by pepples46
Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW ) is boardered on the west by two countries, Belgium and The Netherlands, in the north and the east by the State of Niedersachsen, (Lower Saxony )on the south and east by the state Hessen,( Hesse ) and on the south by Rheinland-Pfalz, ( Rhineland-Palatinate )
in Duesseldorf they have Altbier, in Cologne....Koelsch, of course we could get it in my hometown, but it always tastes better where it is originally from.and in Bonn, we girls done the shopping!
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