The Television Tower is one of the city’s most famous landmarks, built between 1979 and 1982. Here, visitors have an amazing view over Dusseldorf, while dining in a revolving restaurant. The tower consists of shining portholes and can be seen from the Rhine bank.
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein (German Opera on the Rhine)
Based in Dusseldorf and Duisburg, it was built in 1875. The Opera was partially destroyed during World War II and reconstructed to officially re-open in 1956.
The NRW Forum Wirtschaft und Kultur or Forum NRW is a museum dealing with the development and economy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia or regions within it. It is located in the Ehrenhof complex.
It was opened in the 1970s as Museum für Industrie und Wirtschaft ("Museum for Industry and Economy"). The exhibitions are mostly based on political, historical, social or economical themes or phenomena, seen from a particular point of view. The museum is specialized in photographic and new media collections.
K20 is the collection of the 20th century with deep point on classical modern art. The collection of arts of the time between the beginning of 20th century and 1945 includes Fauvism, Expressionism, Pittura Metafisica and Cubism like the works of the artists group "Der Blaue Reiter", Dadaism and Surrealism. There is a library with literature about the 20th and 21st-century arts in the K20 building, containing more than 100,000 books, magazines, catalogues, bulletins, videos and CDs.
K21 includes the collection of the late 20th and 21st century arts starting in the 1980s. It is located in the Ständehaus, where the North Rhine-Westphalien State Parliament worked until 1988 and the Parliament of the Rhine Province of Prussia before. The K21 was opened in April 2002.
The Königsallee (nicknamed "Kö" by the locals) is a boulevard in Düsseldorf that stretches from Karl-Theodor St. to the Landskrone. It is famous for both the canal that runs along the boulevard's center, as well as for the luxury retail shopping venues located along it.
Some of the most reputed jewelry shops, designer labels and galleries have their stores here.
Schloss Benrath is a Rococo maison de plaisance near Düsseldorf that was erected for the Elector Palatine Karl Theodor von der Pfalz, built between 1755 and 1770. From 2002, the east wing has been housing The Museum for European Garden Art. In the west wing, tourists can visit the museum of natural history. The ensemble at Benrath is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Altstadt (The Old Town) is known as the longest bar in the world (”längste Theke der Welt”), because the small Old Town has more than 300 bars and discotheques. Famous is the special beer from Düsseldorf, Altbier (Old beer), brewed from an old traditional recipe. The Old Town has an area of half a square kilometer.
Düsseldorf-Hafen means the harbor of Düsseldorf. This area gathered many important businesses from the media sector, fashion and design factories. The Westdeutscher Rundfunk has a great studio in Düsseldorf-Hafen, the local radio station and CNN, as well as one of the largest cinemas of Düsseldorf is in the Hafen.
The Landtag (State Parliament) of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Rheinturm are near the harbor. In the borough Hafen there is a famous building ensemble of Frank Gehry. There are a lot of restaurants, bars, discotheques and clubs in the harbor.
Hetjens-Museum
Founded in 1904, the Hetjens Museum's collection comprises of over 10,000 pieces of earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain from the Middle East, East Asia, Africa, America, and Europe. The oldest exhibit dates back to 6000 B.C. and new pieces by contemporary artists are continuously being added to the collection. Although this is one of the only four institutes in the world which displays ceramics from every culture and every epoch, the main focus is on Islamic, Mediterranean and Far Eastern ceramics as well as baroque-period porcelain. Special exhibitions, tours and ceramic courses are also organized.
Jan Wellem
Situated in the middle of Marktplatz, 'The Rider' is Dusseldorf's oldest statue and is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding Baroque statues north of the Alps. Created in 1711, the statue portrays Prince Jan Wellem on horseback, responsible for having built some of Dusseldorf's most impressive buildings.
Hofgarten
The largest and most beautiful park in Dusseldorf originally designed in the 16th century, it has the shape of a great stiletto-heeled shoe, now crossed by several busy streets. At its far end, you find the Schloss Jaegerhof, a Baroque palace which today houses the Goethe Museums.