Out & about ENTERTAINMENT
Located on the Rhine, Düsseldorf is one of Germany’s most dynamic and cosmopolitan cities, where international business, fashion, festivals and the arts thrive. After hours, it has a lot to offer.
A good place to start is the 240m-high Rhine Tower (rheinturm), which affords a superb panorama of the city and the Frank Gehry-designed buildings in the redeveloped harbour. At 160m, there are great views to the Rhenish country and up to Cologne. Above the observation deck, the tower houses both a self-service restaurant and a more exclusive revolving restaurant. Rotating 360 degrees every hour, it turns in one direction between 12.00 and 17.30 and another from 18.30 to 01.00.
Art & culture lovers will want to visit the Goethe museum, which houses a large collection of work by some of Germany’s most famous writers. Other significant museums and art galleries in the city are Gelerie Ludorff, NRW Forum and Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Music fans are well catered for, with everything from opera (Deutsche Oper am Rhein) to jazz (Jazz-Schmiede Düsseldorf) and live music (Mitsubishi Electric Halle).
Jase Livingbar on Burgplatz is one of the nicest cocktail bars in Düsseldorf, and doubles-up as a disco at the weekend. Those looking to dance should make their way to Stahlwerk or Tor 3, which are considered the two top dance spots for visitors and are both situated on Ronsdorferstraße. They are open until six in the morning, still a good four hours before drupa reopens for business.
For shopaholics, the Königsallee – Nicknamed Kö by the locals – is Germany’s busiest, upmarket shopping boulevard. Originally called Kastanienallee after the chestnut trees (kastanien) that line it, it was renamed Königsallee as a gesture of reconciliation after an incident in 1848 when horse manure was thrown at King Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
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