Düsseldorf · DE
Düsseldorf Highlights
Altbier taverns, a twisted spire, riverside strolls and Gehry's tilting towers — the Rhine capital in one walk.
What's the walk about?
Welcome to Düsseldorf, the effortlessly stylish capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Rhine sweeps past an old town that locals proudly call 'the longest bar in the world.' This walk threads together everything that makes the city tick: the luxury shop windows of the Königsallee, the copper-dark Altbier poured straight from wooden barrels in centuries-old brewery-taverns, the twisted spire of St. Lambertus, and the breezy riverside promenade. From medieval market squares and a lone castle tower we'll follow the water south along the Rhine, ending with the soaring Rheinturm rising over the riverbank to the south. Fashion, beer culture, history and daring architecture — one easy stroll along the Rhine ties it all together.
What you'll see
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Königsallee (the 'Kö')
street
Düsseldorf's glamorous luxury boulevard, universally known as the Kö, where designer flagship stores line a tree-shaded canal fed by the little river that gave the city its name.
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Altstadt & Bolkerstraße
Landmark
The beating heart of Düsseldorf, a tight knot of medieval lanes famous as 'the longest bar in the world'. Along Bolkerstraße alone, more than fifty taverns, breweries and restaurants stand shoulder to shoulder.
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Marktplatz & Rathaus
square
The dignified heart of the Altstadt, where a bronze horseman guards a Renaissance town hall that has stood for nearly 450 years.
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Zum Uerige
brewery
A rambling, wood panelled brewery tavern in the heart of the Altstadt where copper green Altbier is still poured straight from oak casks. This is the beating heart of Düsseldorf's beer culture, loud, smoky in spirit, and utterly beloved.
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Basilica of St. Lambertus
church
Duesseldorf's most beloved landmark is a puzzle in stone, a Gothic brick basilica whose slender spire twists toward the sky like a corkscrew. Legend blames the devil, but the truth lies in a batch of unseasoned oak.
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Schlossturm on Burgplatz
tower
A stout round tower standing alone above the Rhine, the last survivor of a vanished ducal palace. It is the beating historical heart of Düsseldorf's Burgplatz.
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Rheinuferpromenade
promenade
A sweeping riverside esplanade shaded by hundreds of plane trees, where the whole city comes to stroll, sip and watch the Rhine slide past. On sunny days its cafe terraces give Düsseldorf an almost Mediterranean glow.
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Rheinturm
Tower
Düsseldorf's tallest structure, a slender concrete needle rising over the Rhine, crowned by a revolving restaurant and the largest digital clock on Earth.
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