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Old Town/Altstadt   Düsseldorf

Old Town/Altstadt, Düsseldorf

 67 Reviews  This beautiful Medieval church in the old town, built in 1288 is the oldest building in the city - the slightly twisted steeple was an accident caused by builders using damp timbers! Unfortunately I... 

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Cologne Cathedral/ Kölner Dom   Cologne

Cologne Cathedral/ Kölner Dom, Cologne

 246 Reviews  Since the 10th century The cathedral of cologne has been home to many treasures; stored safely in their treasury. These were purpose built rooms, but not open to the public. The first public display... 

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Rheinturm   Düsseldorf

Rheinturm, Düsseldorf

 41 Reviews  This is the telecommunication tower of Dusseldorf. It is 240m tall and 20 years old. I know that you can climb on the top but unfortunately I didn’t do it. They say the view is great. Also the tower... 

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Old Town   Cologne

Old Town, Cologne

 43 Reviews  I just loved walking around Old Town Cologne; it's just so beautiful! There are so many colorful buildings, plazas and little streets to wander around and I would keep finding one area or building... 

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Kö (Königsallee)   Düsseldorf

Kö (Königsallee), Düsseldorf

 31 Reviews  Along Königsallee there is an elaborate sculpture/fountain dedicated to Triton - the God of the Sea. It looks a little too large for this smallish stretch of water but it was getting a lot of... 

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Rhine/ Rhein   Cologne

Rhine/ Rhein, Cologne

 38 Reviews  Photos: 1. Boats on the Rhine River 2. Boats and the railroad bridge 3. Barge going under the Deutzer Bridge From Cologne there are plenty of opportunities to take excursion boats on the Rhine... 

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Media Port/Medienhafen   Düsseldorf

Media Port/Medienhafen, Düsseldorf

 38 Reviews  This very modern architecture is just a short walk from the Rhine Tower. Judging by the apparent lack of occupancy, these offices/appartments are not to everyone's taste - but in my opinion they are... 

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Imhoff-Stollwerck Chocolate Museum   Cologne

Imhoff-Stollwerck Chocolate Museum, Cologne

 39 Reviews  &CBThe Imhof Schokoladen museum was opened by Hans Imhof in 1993. It is situated in the quarter of Altstadt - Sud on the Rheinauhafen peninsula. The museum exibits show of the entire history of... 

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Museums   Düsseldorf

Museums, Düsseldorf

 24 Reviews  Photos: 1. Old movie cameras 2. More modern than the one my father had 3. Projector just like the one we had at home 4. An early attempt to add sound to movies It always seems strange to go to a... 

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4711 House   Cologne

4711 House, Cologne

 19 Reviews  The 4711 house is where the perfume 4711 started, originally a health drink. A carillon plays at regular times. The number 4711 is the house number from when houses did not have street names in the... 

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Rhine/Rhein   Düsseldorf

Rhine/Rhein, Düsseldorf

 46 Reviews  After the war, in 1946, Düsseldorf was granted the status as state capital of the newly created region of North Rhine-Westphalia. The state parliament would meet at the Ständehaus, on the other side... 

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City Centre Shopping   Cologne

City Centre Shopping, Cologne

 14 Reviews  There are some nice shops right behind the Cathedral and it continues for some blocks. People just go along on their daily lives, I guess being used to the tourists trying to fit in, or just hanging... 

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Hofgarten and other Parks   Düsseldorf

Hofgarten and other Parks, Düsseldorf

 23 Reviews  This beautiful park in the middle of Duesseldorf is popular with locals and tourists and a perfect place for a late Autumn sunny Sunday morning stroll. It's full of old and contemporary sculpture... 

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Town Hall/ Rathaus   Cologne

Town Hall/ Rathaus, Cologne

 30 Reviews  Cologne's city hall is the oldest functioning building of its kind in Germany. It's certainly one of the most distinctive. The rathaus was built in the 12th century. Its Renaissance arcade loggia was... 

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Churches   Düsseldorf

Churches, Düsseldorf

 22 Reviews  I have never come across this name before with churches, but then it only got this name in 1916, in honour of the song writer Joachim Neander who lived in the 17th century. It was built as the first... 

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Römisch-Germanisches Museum   Cologne

Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne

 36 Reviews  The Roman - Germanic Museum was open in 1975 and is situated right next to the Cathedral. It has large collection of Roman artifacts from the Roman settlement Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, on... 

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Benrath Palace/Schloss Benrath   Düsseldorf

Benrath Palace/Schloss Benrath, Düsseldorf

 10 Reviews  The palace (main wing or corps de logis) has only two floors from outside BUT 4 floors from inside. Although the castle was built as a fun- and hunting palace it was hardly used by his owner.... 

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Museums   Cologne

Museums, Cologne

 27 Reviews  I was flabbergasted by this museum. The building, the collection, the lay-out, the sounds, - please take time to listen to the noise -, rooms in one word amazing. Visitors become part of the... 

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City Centre   Düsseldorf

City Centre, Düsseldorf

 17 Reviews  If you plan to go to Düsseldorf, why not take a convenient virtual guided tour by car around the city center? Have a look at my video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7to3xneqhiI This tour will... 

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Zoo and Aquarium   Cologne

Zoo and Aquarium, Cologne

 11 Reviews  We made a visit to Koln Zoo; it was a pleasant Monday afternoon. The Zoo was not so busy but there was a lot to see and we did have a good time. Lots to see, sadly we spent all the afternoon in the... 

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Town Hall/Rathaus   Düsseldorf

Town Hall/Rathaus, Düsseldorf

 19 Reviews  German town halls, or Rathaus, are always worth a visit to for their architectural grandeur. The town hall in Dusseldorf dates back to 1573 and can be found on Marktplatz, in the heart of the old... 

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City gates and walls   Cologne

City gates and walls, Cologne

 19 Reviews  According to a (badly written) sign at the tower: "It was the north-western tower of the Roman fortifications. The only tower of the city wall built from 50 A.D. following the elevation of Cologne... 

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Events   Düsseldorf

Events, Düsseldorf

 11 Reviews  Dusseldorf has the biggest Japanese community in Europe and every year we have Japan-Tag (Japan day) when there is stage performance from Japanese music and Japanese kindergarten performances and some... 

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Churches   Cologne

Churches, Cologne

 34 Reviews  St. Maria Himmelfarht (Assumption of Mary Church), the only big Baroque styled church in Cologne was built by Christoph Wamser for the Jesuit order and first completed in 1715. The interior of the... 

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Outside Düsseldorf   Düsseldorf

Outside Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf

 4 Reviews  The Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann near Duesseldorf is one of the most interesting museums I have been to. It is a multi-media exhibition not only about the Neanderthal people, but about the history... 

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Aachen: The West Tip of Germany

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Aachen is a bustling city with successful industry and a large technical university. It is a main rail and roadway access to Germany from England, Holland and Belgium, and sits very near (4km away) the "Dreilandespunt" (elevation 321m) thehighest point in Holland where the German, Dutch and Belgian borders meet. The old city is compact , easily walked, and made attractive by a large number of bewitching modern bronze statuary fountains in many modest squares. There are plenty of restaurants too.

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Gemuend: A Base of Operations

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This is a small city that is not a tourist stop except when it is acting as one oe the 3 gateways into the Eifel National Park. The terrain is hilly farmland and low forested mountains. People come and stay here for hiking and biking and for relaxation The town is administrative a conjoined entity called Schleiden-Gemuend. It is loaded with trails and maps are available from the park and hiking clubs. It appears in our travels because we used it as a base of operations for over a week of day trips in the Eifel area from Aachen and Koeln down to the Mosel Valley. (See our Gemuend pages for our reasons for this decision).

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Monschau: Walk the Town

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Part of the Eifel is in this Land and Monschau is in it. When we decided to stay for 2 weeks in Gemuend, we found that it was very near (about 30km). We had never heard of it. After reading about it we were curious. It was a good find. Monschau calls for slow savoring but a quick traversal or a "part-of-a-day" stopover is better than missing it (see our Introduction and Tips).No major highways come near the town. The last 20-40 km is backroads of good quality. This could be called " off the beaten path".

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Bad Münstereifel

by robertgaz

Bad Münstereifel is a medium sized medieval town in the Eifel region of Germany and is famous for it’s 15th century city fortifications. They originally circumscribed the entire town in the middle ages times but now only some sections still remain standing .You can walk amongst these ancient fortification and get a great view of Bad Münstereifel from the top of this ancient wall.

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Monschau

by robertgaz

Monschau has remarkably well preserved houses that are centuries old and the town is surrounded by a peaceful, hilly landscape. Some of the houses are half timbered and brightly coloured with high slate roofs.

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Heimbach

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The peaceful village of Heimbach is a great starting point for the many beautiful walks through the Eifel National Park around here. You can take a stroll to see the ruins of an ancient castle on top of the hill overlooking the town and river.A visit to the nearby Mariawald Kloster is also worthwhile. This is a Catholic Abbey famous for it's herbal liquer that can be purchased at the gift shop.

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Dortmund

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Unlike other cities in the Ruhr area when you arrive to Dortmund you suddenly feel that there was something here even before the boom caused by industrial revolution. This once Hanseatic town was encircled by city walls in 13th Century and this is where the inner ring road now stands. While it lacks pompousness of the Vienna's ring, and although Dortmund was also heavily damaged in WWII bombings the city center still has traces of the old charm and doesn't show the usual image of the 1960s shopping pedestrian streets that we find everywhere else in the region. The center is compact and dominated by four churches that survived the bombings. Dortmund's main attractions include beer and football - town got brewing rights in 1293 and produces six millions hectolitres of beer annually while Borussia Dortmund is one of the symbols of the city and one of city's best financial companies. We did...

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Gasometer Oberhausen

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Gasometer is proudly presented in tourist books as "The largest exhibition hall in Europe". This 117 metres high gas tank was built in 1929 to store blast furnace gas from the nearby steelworks and when it was closed in 1988 demolition costs were estimated to one million Euros. It was bought by IBA Emscher Park company for the same amount of money, not demolished but reconstructed into an exclusive art installation gallery. After a TV program presentation half a million visitors were attracted to its grand opening in 1994 and soon the Gasometer became nationally known attraction and one of the best known symbols of the Ruhrgebiet. There is usually one major exhibition per year, and those included installations by Christo and Jeanne-Claude (who put 13,000 coloured oil barrels inside) as well as the whole gas baloon that was on display here last year. When there is no exhibition you can't...

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Aquarius Wassermuseum, Mülheim an der Ruhr

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Large water tank in Mülheim was built in 1892 by August Thyssen in order to provide the nearby ironworks with water. The water tower was closed down in 1982, and thanks to the fact that it was registered as a historical monument it was preserved. Today this old beauty is the home of the Aquarius Water Museum - a multi-media attraction devoted to water. At the entrance you get a chip-card and the journey to the Waterworld starts in the water tank on the top. The view from the glass gallery is great, and if you know German I'm sure that you can learn a lot from the multimedia presentations on 14 levels of the Water tower. They are all devoted to importance of water, the environment and water protection, and consist of numerous films, computer simulations and games - there's even a quiz game and you can print out your results at the exit of the museum. Entrance costs 3 Eur (May 2005),...

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Galerie Architektur und Arbeit GAAG, Gelsenkirchen

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The concrete - glass cubus of the Galerie Architektur und Arbeit in Gelsenkirchen was built in the courtyard next to one of the old winding towers that served extensive network of underground mine galleries. Close to the winding tower there is a beautiful art nouveau machinery building, that was built in 1908. Both the winding tower and the machinery building were preserved and in 1994 a new concrete - glass cubus was added, designed by architects Herbert Pfeiffer and Christoph Ellermann. The cubus is now the seat of the Galerie Architektur und Arbeit where occasional meetings, workshops, advanced trainings as well as exhibitions are held. The modern building is linked with the old machinery hall that is turned into a large exhibition hall, still displaying original art nouveau decorations and industrial ceiling installations. When we were here there was an exhibition of architectural...

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Hotel Domstern  Cologne

 4 Reviews and 245 Opinions  We stayed at the Hotel Domstern for two nights, based on online reviews. Always a bit hesitant when... 

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Radisson Blu Media Harbour Hotel, Dusseldorf  Düsseldorf

 3 Reviews and 140 Opinions  Situated half way between the centre of town and the airport (well all right nearer the centre),... 

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 3 Reviews and 290 Opinions  My budget sadly didn't run to staying at the Hotel Quellenhof, but that didn't stop me appreciating... 

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  2. Cologne Things to Do
  3. Aachen Things to Do
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  6. Dortmund Things to Do
  7. Münster Things to Do
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  14. Gelsenkirchen Things to Do
  15. Monschau Things to Do
  16. Kleve Things to Do
  17. Lüdenscheid Things to Do
  18. Krefeld Things to Do
  19. Oberhausen Things to Do
  20. Detmold Things to Do
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  22. Solingen Things to Do
  23. Rheinbach Things to Do
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  25. Mülheim an der Ruhr Things to Do
  26. Xanten Things to Do
  27. Brühl Things to Do
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  29. Gronau Things to Do
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  32. Winterberg Things to Do
  33. Höxter Things to Do
  34. Monschau Things to Do
  35. Hagen Things to Do
  36. Bremen Things to Do
  37. Bocholt Things to Do
  38. Castrop-Rauxel Things to Do
  39. Königswinter Things to Do
  40. Rheda-Wiedenbrück Things to Do
  41. Ratingen Things to Do
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  43. Oberhausen Things to Do
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  49. Dormagen Things to Do
  50. Siegburg Things to Do
  51. Horn-Bad Meinberg Things to Do
  52. Hamm Things to Do
  53. Recklinghausen Things to Do
  54. Soest Things to Do
  55. Lemgo Things to Do
  56. Tecklenburg Things to Do
  57. Bad Münstereifel Things to Do
  58. Schwelm Things to Do
  59. Mettmann Things to Do
  60. Meinerzhagen Things to Do
  61. Kempen Things to Do
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  63. Siegen Things to Do
  64. Kamp-Lintfort Things to Do
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  66. Bad Honnef am Rhein Things to Do
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  71. Hesborn Things to Do
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  74. Iserlohn Things to Do

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Q:  Can anyone help me work out how to get from Dusseldorf International Airport to Kasteeltuinen Arcen in the Netherlands. We are... 

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A: Most probably the best way for you is: - travelling by train from Dusseldorf Airport to Venlo (Netherlands) (see: http://www.duesseldorf-international.de/dus_en/) -... 

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