Am Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:51:12 +0100 schrieb tim.....:

>>"Jesper Lauridsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected] egroups.com...
>>I'll be returning a car to Düsseldorf airport at 9.00 on Monday in
>>June.
>>However my flight doesn't leave until 17.35, so I'll need something to
>>fill the time. What are the sights in Düsseldorf? Museums (likely to
>>be
>>closed on a Monday, though), Altstadt, parks?
>
> Not much, take a trip to Cologne

If he only got 5 hours there is not much time, it takes already about an
hour to get from DUS Airport to Cologne city (if the trains are on time).

If the weather is nice (should be in June) I would suggest he goes down to
the Rhine and books a round-trip with one of the ships. They have trips
that go for about an hour, its nice and breezy.

Then he can have a beer or two in one of the pubs in the Oldtown.

Besides, he can go check out Koenigsallee for the fashion-shopping (bring a
full wallet, though).

Regards,

Frank (from the city south of Dusseldorf ;-))

On 2007-04-20, tim..... <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>"Jesper Lauridsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected] roups.com...
>>I'll be returning a car to Düsseldorf airport at 9.00 on Monday in
>>June.
>>However my flight doesn't leave until 17.35, so I'll need something to
>>fill the time. What are the sights in Düsseldorf? Museums (likely to
>>be
>>closed on a Monday, though), Altstadt, parks?
>
> Not much, take a trip to Cologne

That will take quite a bite out of the time available, and will cost more,
so not a good option.

On 2007-04-21, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> The OP already pointed out that museums are generally shut on Mondays,
> so there is no point in telling him to go to Cologne if the museums are
> shut there too. As well as having some twenty museums, including two of
> the most important art collections in the whole counttry, Düsseldorf has
> beautiful parks, the famous Altstadt, and the fantastic Rhine promenade,
> as well as huge shopping possibilities. Düsseldorf Oststrasse is known
> as Little Tokyo on account of the huge number of Japanese businesses and
> shushi bars in the area.

That's a useful reply, thank you.

Any recommendations for lunch? The preference is for some German-style food.

"Jesper Lauridsen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]. ..

> Any recommendations for lunch? The preference is for some German-style
> food.

In the Altstadt, head to Im FÃŒchsen, a brewpub with a solid menu of
German standards, or Zum SchlÃŒssel, or Im Schiffchen.

Outside of the Altstadt, Frankenheim's own pub, on the original brewery
premises, is a good bet, or in Oststrasse (and not terribly far from the
train station), there's Schumacher. All of these feature good Altbier
and hearty German food.
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dgs