Amazing Dusseldorf
Big city business, small town charm. Dusseldorf is Germany at its finest. The city has a thriving economy, a relatively low unemployment rate, excellent infrastructure and friendly people. It is an international hub for business and economic relations and a major centre of the Rhine Ruhr Area, Western Europe’s most populated metropolitan region after Greater London.
Amazing Dusseldorf contains hundreds of pages to help make life easier during a stay. The first few restaurants, authorities needed to register or acquire a driver's licence, public transport, the city's delights, the region, doctors, suppliers, clubs, international schools; they can all be found here. Enjoy your stay.
Fun
Evita - Casting 25 September 2010 in Düsseldorf
If you would like to be part of Evita, the powerful and highly acclaimed performance, apply now to take part in the castings, or auditions, on 25 September 2010 from 14:00 hrs at Christchurch in Düsseldorf. Creative Arts Group is a non-profit organization...
K20 - The stunning new collection
The stunning collection of 20th century art was started in 1960 when 88 works by Paul Klee were acquired. They form the basic core of the Foundation Collection North Rhine-Westphalia, Stiftung Sammlung Nordrhehin-Westfalen...
K21 - Kunstsammlung NRW
In 2002 the K21 was opened as a museum for present day art. Located in the Ständehaus in a park at the Emperor’s pond, Kaiserteich, near Graf-Adolf-Platz it this impressive building with it's glass roof is an incredible exhibition space...
KIT - Kunst im Tunnel
New, innovative and extremely trendy, the KIT - Art in the Tunnel, KIT - Kunst im Tunnel, on the shores of the Rhine is in the free space left by the construction of the shore tunnel tube which is 888 m² in volume and 140 metres long...
Kunsthalle.
Stand outside the Kunsthalle, art hall, and look at a giant grey block of concrete and be prepared to be surprised. The concrete cube was built in 1967 according to a concept of the architect Konrad Beckmann and...
Necessities
Power
In the 1990s the production and supply of electric power in Germany ceased to be a government monopoly. Nowadays there are dozens of suppliers offering electric power at competitive prices. In Germany the cost of electricity...
Driver Licence.
This information is intended as an orientation to what extend a car may be driven in Germany using a drivers license of another country. As a general rule you should be the holder of a valid driving license and be at least 18...
Dog Licence.
Dog ownership is highly regulated and heavily taxed through a compulsory licence fee which has to be paid for all dogs regardless to their race or size. Cats remain a matter of the citizen’s privacy...
Recommended
Gut & Gerne Schokolade
Paradise for the chocolate lover! In this beautiful shop and tiny café everything evolves around chocolate in it’s finest quality and most delicious variations. Need I say anymore...
Ökologische Marktwirtschaft
The Ökologische Marktwirtschaft tucked away in the Heerstrasse in Oberbilk is a unique spot in the city that combines an environmentally friendly store; a dining room and meeting place. A full range of whole, organic and macrobiotic...
Germany's Great! - And often very surprising.
Receive an early insight to a new and exciting project that is being developed. Germany's Great! is telling the world about all that is wonderful, quirky or enjoyable about Germany and the Germans. Progressing daily, topics include the Smile Days...