Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Dusseldorf, Germany

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 6.3 km
Ascend 70 m
Descend 76 m

Experience Dusseldorf in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in DusseldorfIndividual Sights in Dusseldorf

Sight 1: St. Rochus

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The Catholic Church of St. Rochus is located at Rochusmarkt 5 in the Düsseldorf district of Pempelfort. It is the successor to the Rochus Chapel, which was demolished at the end of the 19th century. The parish of the same name was founded in 1890/1891 and dissolved on 1 January 2013 by joining its historic "mother parish" Holy Trinity.

Wikipedia: Rochuskirche (Düsseldorf) (DE)

825 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Hofgärtnerhaus

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The Hofgärtnerhaus is located on Jägerhofstraße within the Hofgarten in Düsseldorf. It is built in the Baroque style and houses the former Dumont-Lindemann Archive, today the theatre museum of the state capital. For the Baroness von Kö, the Court Gardener's House serves as the starting point for her city tours.

Wikipedia: Hofgärtnerhaus Düsseldorf (DE)

8 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: Theatermuseum

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The Theatermuseum Düsseldorf is a regionally oriented museum in the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital of Düsseldorf. It is housed in the so-called Hofgärtnerhaus in the historic Hofgarten in the immediate vicinity of the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. In February 2017, the museum was placed on the Red List by the German Cultural Council and classified as Category 1 and thus threatened with closure.

Wikipedia: Theatermuseum Düsseldorf (DE)

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Ratinger Tor

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The Ratinger Tor is the last and only remaining city gate of the original city of Düsseldorf. However, the current building is not the medieval city gate, but a customs gate that was built between 1811 and 1815 in the classicist style. The need for a new building arose from the demolition of the fortifications stipulated in the Treaty of Lunéville, to which the old gate fell victim. The new Ratinger Tor was moved by about 115 m to the east, which made it possible to extend Ratinger Straße by 60 m and to create a boulevard, today's Heinrich-Heine-Allee.

Wikipedia: Ratinger Tor (DE)

341 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Palais Schaesberg

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The Palais Schaesberg at Ritterstraße 16–16a in Düsseldorf is a listed building. The building is now part of the Ursula Gymnasium complex. With its "clear proportions and elaborately designed window surrounds", it is reminiscent of the façade of Bensberg Castle, the main work of the court architect Matteo Alberti, and was attributed to him before Simon Sarto could be identified as the architect after evaluation of documents from the Schaesberg archive.

Wikipedia: Palais Schaesberg (DE)

257 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Kunstakademie

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The building of the Academy of Fine Arts at Eiskellerstraße 1 in Düsseldorf-Altstadt was built between 1875 and 1879 by Hermann Riffart in the historicist style of the Italian Renaissance. On the Rhine side of the building is a modern studio building of the art academy designed by Rudolf Schwarz.

Wikipedia: Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Gebäude) (DE)

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Phoenix-Haus

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The Phoenix-Haus is a listed administrative building at Fritz-Roeber-Straße 2 in Düsseldorf's old town, which was built from 1923 to 1926 for Phoenix AG für Bergbau und Hüttenbetrieb on the former Eiskellerberg, served as an employment office for almost seven decades and has been the headquarters of the Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office since 2002.

Wikipedia: Phoenix-Haus (DE)

263 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Denkmal der 39er

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Denkmal der 39er

In the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital of Düsseldorf, the Ehrenhof, is the name given to an expressionist ensemble of buildings and gardens that was created for the GeSoLei exhibition in 1926. Today, as a museum, it encloses an inner courtyard with the buildings of the Kunstpalast and the NRW Forum and extends axially over a garden parterre to the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, a concert and multi-purpose hall covered with a dome.

Wikipedia: Ehrenhof (Düsseldorf) (DE)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Museum Kunstpalast

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Museum Kunstpalast

The Kunstpalast, formerly Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf is an art museum in Düsseldorf.

Wikipedia: Museum Kunstpalast (EN), Website

273 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Rheinterrasse

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The Rheinterrasse is a building with guest and meeting places, which was built between 1924 and 1926 according to plans by Wilhelm Kreis for the GeSoLei exhibition. It is located at Joseph-Beuys-Ufer 33 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort.

Wikipedia: Rheinterrasse (Düsseldorf) (DE)

114 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Wasserträgerin

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Wasserträgerin Frank Vincentz / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Nubian Woman is a bronze statue by the sculptor Bernhard Sopher. The figure depicts an unclothed Nubian woman in a striding posture. She carries a vase on her head. The arms are bent, the outside of the hands are placed on the hips.

Wikipedia: Die Nubierin (DE)

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: NRW-Forum Düsseldorf

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The NRW Forum Wirtschaft und Kultur, formerly the Museum für Industrie und Wirtschaft, is a museum in Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, dealing with the development and the economy of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia or regions within it, such as the Rhine-Ruhr-region. Today it is part of the Museum Kunstpalast.

Wikipedia: NRW Forum (EN), Website

253 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Tonhalle Düsseldorf

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Tonhalle Düsseldorf Christian A. Schröder (ChristianSchd) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonhalle Düsseldorf is a concert hall in Düsseldorf. It was built by the architect Wilhelm Kreis. The resident orchestra, the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, play symphonic repertoire at the Tonhalle as well as opera at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

Wikipedia: Tonhalle Düsseldorf (EN), Website

1351 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 14: Rheinkirmes

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The Largest Fair on the Rhine is a fair in Düsseldorf, one of Germany's largest. It takes place the third week in July on the left bank of the Rhine River, in the district Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, and features beer and food tents, amusement park rides, and vendors.

Wikipedia: Largest Fair on the Rhine (EN)

1220 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 15: Heiligenhäuschen

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The listed Heiligenhäuschen in the street Am Heiligenhäuschen is considered the oldest surviving building in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel. The Heiligenhäuschen was first mentioned in a document on a map from 1772.

Wikipedia: Heiligenhäuschen (Düsseldorf-Oberkassel) (DE)

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