Discover Düsseldorf: parks, garden art and Little Tokyo

Düsseldorf can be explored through a wide range of interests: green spaces, garden art, Japanese cuisine and cycle paths each give your stay a different focus. This variety can also help guide your search for a holiday apartment. First, consider which experiences interest you most and what themes you want to shape your trip together.

Green spaces and sculptures in the Hofgarten

The Hofgarten is Düsseldorf’s oldest public park. It was laid out as a public promenade and is now the city’s most important inner-city green space. Its distinctive features include a large expanse of water and numerous sculptures. If you want to make time for green surroundings during a city break, this offers a different focus from museums or dining. The water and sculptures are part of the park’s character, and make the Hofgarten interesting to visitors who appreciate designed urban spaces.

Garden art and nature at the museum

At Benrath Palace, the Museum of Garden Art explores European garden art in all its facets. Its overview spans around 2,500 years of garden history. The collections are presented across around 2,000 m² and in 41 rooms. The museum therefore offers an in-depth thematic perspective, from the history of garden art to its diverse forms of expression. For a trip where culture is an important part of the plan, this focus offers a distinctive way to get to know Düsseldorf. The park at Benrath Palace is freely accessible and can be included as a separate stop in your itinerary.

The Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum offers another way to combine nature and knowledge: it brings together a zoo, aquarium and natural history museum. Special exhibitions are held there regularly. The combination of these three areas makes it an option for visitors interested in animals and natural history; special exhibitions add to this offering with changing presentations. When planning your trip, you can weigh up whether to focus more on garden art and its long history, or on the combination of a zoo, aquarium and museum.

Little Tokyo: Japanese cuisine and culture

Düsseldorf’s Little Tokyo invites you to experience Japanese culture and cuisine. Along Immermannstraße and the surrounding side streets, you’ll find ramen and sushi, izakaya tapas bars, grill restaurants and Japanese cafés. The selection offers a variety of Japanese dining experiences, from noodle soups and sushi to tapas and café visits. A guided way to explore the neighbourhood’s food scene is the “Sushi, Sake and Japanese Lifestyle” tour: it lasts two hours and includes four food tastings. If you’re travelling together, you can decide when planning your day whether a restaurant visit or this guided tour better suits your interests.

Discover Düsseldorf by bike

The approximately 20-kilometre Düsseldorf Climate Cycle Tour provides information about climate protection and climate adaptation projects. Its length gives you a concrete point of reference for planning your day; beyond that, the distance alone does not indicate how long it takes or how challenging it is. As part of a longer regional route, the Rhine Cycle Route passes through Düsseldorf in North Rhine-Westphalia. In North Rhine-Westphalia, it runs from the Drachenfels in the Siebengebirge to Emmerich am Rhein. The Climate Cycle Tour and the Rhine Cycle Route therefore offer different perspectives for cycling enthusiasts: one focuses on climate protection and adaptation, while the other forms part of a longer route through North Rhine-Westphalia.

Getting here and further discoveries

If you arrive by plane, the S11 connects the Düsseldorf Airport terminal directly with Düsseldorf Central Station. The journey takes around 12 minutes. The Castle Tower stands on Burgplatz in Düsseldorf’s Old Town and is another useful landmark for visitors interested in culture. When choosing your holiday apartment, you can start by deciding what you want your stay to focus on: are you especially interested in garden art, Japanese cuisine, natural history or a cycling tour?

Related local pages include Wittlaer, Garath, Angermund, Holthausen, Benrath, Kalkum, Rath and Düsseldorf.

For the regional travel overview: North Rhine-Westphalia.