Amazing Dusseldorf

Big city business, small town charm; Düsseldorf 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, Europe’s most populated metropolitan region after Greater London.

Amazing Dusseldorf is for Epats and Experts and those with little time to waste. Conceptually designed to give quick results, it never the less 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, shops, the region, doctors, sources, clubs, international schools; they can all be found here. Enjoy your stay.

A New Year Trip - Visit Germany's inspiring Ruhr region

Take a few days to recover from the festive season in one of Germany’s great secret destinations. Shop the sales in one of Europe’s largest malls, where surprisingly low prices are offered on fashion items and consumer goods. Discover the magnificent...

Original language movies - View screenings here

Movies in the original language (OV & OmV) are now being listed exclusively on the new Amazing Capitals website. Click the link and choose between art house or blockbuster films in the cinema of choice in Dusseldorf...

New structure, stunning design - Now online

The new Amazing Capitals format is even more streamlined to enable readers a speedier search for what they are looking for. Reduced to three main zones, the site offers Expat Life, Things To Do and The Location. First articles online now...

Things To Do

Aachener Platz.

One of the largest and most famous flea markets and car boots in Germany can be found at the Aachener Platz. It takes place every Saturday morning untill mid-afternoon. The flea market Aachener Platz is located close to the city...

K20 Grabbeplatz - Kunstsammlung NRW

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...

The Location

4 Hours in DUS.

You’ve landed in Dusseldorf and you have a few hours to kill before your next flight or your next meeting. What should you do? In only four hours you can see almost all that this beautiful river city has to offer and make plans to do...

Gehry Buildings

Frank O Gehry, born in Toronto in 1929, is the leading exponent of deconstructivism. He studied at the University of Southern California and at the Yale Graduate School of Design architecture and city planning. Famous chef d’oeuvres of Gehry...

Nature Reserves.

Walking in and around Dusseldorf, here and there a display or sign of an upside down triangle with green edging and a white inside image with a raptor can seen. Sometimes, the label conservation area, Naturschutzgebiet can be read...

Humour

Many foreigners still wonder if Germans have any sense of humour at all. The country of poets and thinkers, Dichter und Denker, as they are know, with its mixture of Bavarian down-to-earthiness, Prussian obedience...