MORE DUSSELDORF INFO
Christine Pabst has kindly forwarded Bairdstravel a few of her Dusseldorf Photo`s . Thanks for sharing Christine
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DUSSELDORF DEC 2005
Königsallee
Bairdstravel headed to Germany again, this time to the wonderful city of Dusseldorf.
Düsseldorf is a wealthy city -- the richest in Germany. It's big and commercial, full of banks and industrial offices and skyscrapers, but it's also refreshingly clean. Düsseldorf got its start as a settlement on the right bank of the Rhine, but today it's spread out on both sides -- the older part on the right, and the modern, commercial, and industrial part on the left. Five bridges connect the two sections, the most impressive being the Oberkassel.
Parks and esplanades line the riverbanks. After 85% of the right bank was destroyed in World War II, the city could easily have grown into just another ugly manufacturing town, but Düsseldorf followed a modern trend in reconstruction, and today it's the most elegant metropolis in the Rhine Valley.
STAYED
Hotel Diana is a small, family owned, well located hotel with reasonable rates peaceful yet central location in the heart of Düsseldorf.
Whatever your destination in the city, you will reach it comfortably on foot, by bus or by train. The hotel is situated 3 minutes away from Königsallee, 5-7 minutes from the old town, 2 minutes from Berliner Allee and 10 minutes from the main railway station.
OLD TOWN
THE RHINE
