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Düsseldorf guide
Düsseldorf is located west of Germany, and is the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.The city is situated on the Rhine River – about 50 miles west of the border with Netherlands.
Düsseldorf has 590,000 inhabitants (2011), and is an economic, cultural and political center of the region. The city has several universities, and is an important art center. In addition, a significant Düsseldorf “messeby” and a major transportation hub.
Old town (“Altstadt”) in Düsseldorf has a number of preserved old buildings, this area is famous for its many beer halls. This is also the town hall from 1573, the castle Jägerhof from 1763, the castle Benrath from 1773 – with a local history museum and church of St. Lambert from the 1300s in the gothic style.
There are many art galleries to visit in Düsseldorf – including “Art Gallery Düsseldorf”, “Kunsthalle Düsseldorf” – with exhibitions of contemporary art, “Museum Kunst Palast” – with paintings and sculptures from antiquity until today, as well as “Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen” – with his extensive art collection. Why not try see works by Picasso, Matisse and Klee.
Düsseldorf is otherwise a famous opera house, several theaters, a botanical garden, “Aquazoo” – a combined aquarium and zoological museum.
There is also great shopping in Düsseldorf and in the shopping street “Königsallee” are a number of exclusive boutiques.
The airport is Düsseldorf International Airport is located 8 miles north of downtown.