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Duisburg

Travel Guide Europe Germany Nordrhein-Westfalen Duisburg

Introduction

Landscapepark Duisburg

Duisburg is a German city of about half a million inhabitants, located in the western Ruhr Area in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

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Neighbourhoods

Innenhafen

Since transportation has found new reliable ways many traditional harbours across Europe had to undergo massive changes. So has the Innenhafen (English: Inner harbour) in Duisburg. No longer sustainable for shipping and storing goods, planners had to think of new ideas of how to make use of this rather big inner city area. Massive warehouses for grains and other goods have either been demolished or turned into trendy lofts, smart offices and funky bars and restaurants, which has turned this once industrial and rough area into one of the city’s most sought after neighbourhoods with a buzzing nightlife.

In the day you now might not find so many ships on the Rhine canal but a few leisurely pedalos and the odd mini yacht. On a sunny day you nearly feel like at the sea side here. And on a rainy day you can warm up over a latte, visit one of the museums or even Duisburg’s miniversion of Legoland - the Legoland Discovery Centre.

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Sights and Activities

Legoland Discovery Centre

Since 2008 Duisburg has its own miniversion of Legoland, the Legoland Discovery Centre (Philosophenweg 23-25, 47051 Duisburg, Tel. 0049-(0) 203- 570 888 10). With branches in Manchester, Chicago and Berlin this awesome indoor model park has proved very successful for Lego fans from the ages 3-11 (and above….aren’t we all secretly really happy when our little ones need some help with building that yellow helicopter?). Located in Duisburg's Innenhafen and spread over 3,500 square metres and 3 floors this attraction offers lots of Lego. But not the way you know it from the kid’s Lego box at home: a pirate ship made of thousand Lego pieces, a Miniland with impressive Lego models of local landmark buildings, a jungle with Lego tigers and lions….oh, and a fun ride. On the more educational end you find a Lego factory, where kids can see how Lego is made, a 4-D cinema (featuring Lego animation films), and many possibilities to play and build things. It is a great day out when the weather lets you down but also when the sun is shining.

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

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Getting There

By Plane

Duisburg is located within the triangle Dortmund-Düsseldorf-Nijmegen (Netherlands) and as such profits from having three (major) airports within half an hour drive or so:

Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) is a large airport with over 18.3 million passengers (2008), making it the third largest airport in Germany. The airport is located 9 kilometres from the city centre of Düsseldorf and is the major airport for the entire area. Because of the good connections and proximity to the Netherlands, a lot of Dutch people living in the southeast of the country prefer to use this airport.
Airport Weeze is located near to the Dutch border. Its main user is Ryanair. But also some smaller airlines use this airport.
Dortmund Airport - Easyjet flies to Barcelona, Budapest, London, Krakow and Thessaloniki, while Air Berlin flies to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Nuremberg, Mallorca and Tenerife. Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Gdansk, Katowice, Kiev, Lviv, Poznan, Sofia, Timisoara, Warsaw and Wroclaw, and [Istanbul, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Salzburg and Split, are served by Wizz Air and Germanwings respectively.

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By Car

By Bus

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Budget

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Dorms & Dorms City Hostel	Friedenstr. 85	Hostel	87

Mid-Range

Upscale

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Work

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Learn

University of Duisburg-Essen

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Germany's postal system is very efficient, their logistics branch DHL is one of the best companies in this field world-wide, with domestic post or within a radius of 400 kilometres, send within a day. The website of Deutsche Post has an online calculator for postage fees as well as a post office finder. Within Germany, sending postcards costs €0.45 and standard letters €0.55, within Europe it is €0.65 for a postcard, standard letters to places in Europe cost €0.70. Outside Europe, the prices for sending a postcard or standard letter are €1 and €1.70 respectively. Although you will find the old post offices (mainly in the city centre), most of the smaller neighbourhood post offices are part of a small tobacco shop or grocery store.

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