Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is a city on the River Rhine in western Germany and is the capital city of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is one of the economic centres of the country, and a major city within the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, with a population of 620,000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Düsseldorf Airport and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Düsseldorf Airport
Photo: Robot8A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Düsseldorf Airport is the fourth-largest airport in Germany. It is 6 km north of Düsseldorf and serves as gateway to the city and as primary airport of the Ruhr Area.
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
College
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Blinky Palermo, Magdalena Jetelová…
Merkur Spiel-Arena
Stadium
Photo: Alexander Kaiser, CC BY 2.0.
Merkur Spiel-Arena, previously known as the Esprit Arena, the LTU Arena, and also called the Düsseldorf Arena, is a retractable roof football stadium in Düsseldorf, Germany. The arena currently hosts association football team Fortuna Düsseldorf. Merkur Spiel-Arena is situated 5 km northwest of Düsseldorf.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neuss and Meerbusch.
Neuss
Photo: Michael Reschke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neuss is a city of 154,000 people across the Rhine River from Düsseldorf in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. It is known for its historic Roman sites, and for the annual Neusser Bürger-Schützenfest.
Meerbusch
Meerbusch is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Pempelfort
Suburb
Pempelfort is a city part in the North-east of the central Borough 1 of Düsseldorf. It borders on Stadtmitte, Derendorf, the Cologne–Duisburg railway, connecting Flingern and Düsseltal, Oberbilk, Golzheim and the river Rhine.
Düsseldorf
- Type: Locality with 619,000 residents
- Also known as: “05111000” and “Duesseldorf”
- Location: Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Lower Rhine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.2249° or 51° 13′ 30″ northLongitude
6.7743° or 6° 46′ 27″ eastPopulation
619,000Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
9F386QFF+XMGeoNames ID
6553022
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Düsseldorf” goes by many names.
- French: “Düsseldorf”
- German: “Düsseldorf”
- German: “Stadt Düsseldorf”
- Irish: “Düsseldorf”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stadtbezirk 01 and Heinrich-Heine-Allee station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include marketplace Dusseldorf and city hall Dusseldorf.
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