DÜSSELDORF: First Impressions of this beautiful German city on the River Rhine.
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- This was never to be an in-depth exploration, but there would be enough time here to scratch the surface and get a gut feeling of the city. It was once voted as the 6th most liveable city in the world, and I was to quickly discover why. The River Rhine was looking dangerously low, but this didn't stop the locals from enjoying life on the banks.
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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:50 Little Tokyo
00:01:17 Dusseldorf Old Town
00:03:28 The River Rhine
00:05:05 Rheinturm (Rhine Tower)
00:06:25 The State Government function
00:08:10 Classic Remise
00:11:00 First Impression of Dusseldorf
I visited Dusseldorf in the 80’s and was amazed at the quality of life it’s residents had compared to the UK.
Düsseldorf feels a lot larger and a lot smaller at the same time. In some areas or when you're on the U-Bahn it feels like a city the size and importance of Vienna or Hamburg but at the same time many parts also feel like your average, run of the mill, barely over 100-150k inhabitants city. That's what gives it a great vibe.
You've missed the two most beautiful districts, Oberkassel on the other side of the Rhine and Kaiserswerth in the north!
I’ve been to Düsseldorf many a time I have family there and it is a lovely city 🌆
Dusseldorf is the nicest of the larger cities in Germany - much nicer than the completely overrated cities like Cologne or Munich! The promenade along the river is absolutey fantastic - especially walking along there in a warm summernight.....!
We have just returned from Düsseldorf city week break - enjoyed the place very much
My birthplace and hometown for now 32 years. Glad you had a good time here!! ♥️
Just a little note if anyone from the UK is tempted to visit Classic Remise, I drove there in October before lockdown and if you choose wisely there is a weekend called the Old Timer weekend and the car park outside absolutely fills with classics too and it is a superb event. On the way back you can visit the Louwman Museum not far from The Hague to round off a petrol heads weekend.
lovely city especially the old town, i was fortunate to stop there on the way back from berlin for work which i luv i can see why people speak highly of the city also great location to travel across Europe.
Living in a suburb, I can recommend the following places: A real Japanese temple where Buddhis ceremonies are held, including a temple garden (Ekô-Haus der Japanischen Kultur). Nearby Niederkassel and Oberkassel is a lovely (yet very posh) neighbourhood. In the north, there is the Nordpark with another small Japanese garden. Further north, there is the former city (now district) of Kaiserswerth with its own old town and the ruins of an imperial palace (Kaiserpfalz). Benrath in the south has also a castle and its own old town. If you have more time, you can continue south to 'Urdenbacher Kämpe' (nature reserve) and cross the river Rhine by ferry to Zons (part of the city of Dormagen), a former fortress town. There are many more sites in the surroundings, let me know if you are interested. :)
I would love to visit....
Is immerman strasse still full of Japanese shops. There used to be many Japanese companies based in Neuss
@@Ground53 Yes, it is the classic Japanese street in Düsseldorf. Not far from it there are also Korean shops.
This was a summer with abnormally little rain. The Rhine will get back to normal when the rain comes back in the fall. I've seen the Rhine overflow its banks several times in the summer when rainfall was abnormally high. Nobody panicked then, now there's no reason to panic either.
20 mins on the train to Cologne too and on the Rhine as well... Looks a great place to have a look at
The worst thing for me is that Düsseldorf gets so few hours of sunshine each year. Especially in winter it makes me wanna move southwards.
Thank you --as always, interesting and informative. Keep it up!
I went there. I loved it. I love Dusseldorf. Love Milan aswell. But having a Ferrari in Dusseldorf would suit me. The tower is awesome. Police HQ is enormous
Great upload. Loved the car museum! My type of place to visit.
Love your videos Scott. Looking forward to "The Benn", great work. Inspired me to get out and do some of the short, and sometimes mental trips you do.
brilliant again scott
Hi Scott great video those classic cars are fabulous. Thank you from paul
Superb hub of Volotea flights out of Dusseldorf to all sorts of European locations, over 30 routes. Great add on for Interrail if you want to skip countries with the attached station
Great video as always! It's interesting to get a glimpse of cities I've never been (only really been to Berlin in Germany).
thank you Scott enjoyed a lot tc
Fabulous and lovely to see 👌😎
Great video again. I love the research you do on these cities and then share them with us. I love your reference to Glasgow. I have seen many things on sauchiehall street but not Latin dancing
Thank you. Enjoy your down to earth travelogues! I've been to Duesseldorf a couple of times and love the place. I'd love to go return, but my bank manager is holding me back (lucky to even get a tram ticket). So thanks for the views which brought back memories.
Top video 👍👍👍
Have spent many happy holidays there. Love in by the river and eating there.
I’m glad you showed us Düsseldorf as it featured in one of my favourite programs “Alf Wiedersehen pet” so thanks for showing it id like to visit it one day cheers scott
I;m not sure about nowadays but when I lived in Germany, a very,very long time ago, Duesseldorf was then the most expensive city in Germany. It's a shame you didn't go one evening to the Altstadt (Old Town) and sample one or two of the local beers. But then again, I lived on the other side of the River Rhine in a city called Krefeld over 49 years ago and the Altstadt might not be like that anymore.
No it's not anymore
Nowadays it is München, Frankfurt and Stuttgart
Alongside Köln, Düsseldorf is still the most expensive city in NRW tho
my home town neuss is next to it. nice vid! ^^
6:38 had me and my sons in stitches ! :)
Been to Koln, Munich and Hamburg ( x3) still think Hamburg Is hard to beat for culture
Thanks for the visit. This German city appears very well organized, clean and affluent. (Not that other German cities are not these things) . Those “motor cars” on offer appeared to be in impeccable condition through and through. Impressive and all bathing in many, many Deutschmarks. What’s not to like I ask you. 😂
I feel very badly for the Rhine however. Hopefully things will improve.
Travel safely…. travel often… and don’t forget to take us along!
Cheers 🇨🇦
Great video Scott, wo I get to see so many beautiful place from home. Düsseldorf looks amazing. Thank you for thee tour on the sale store. Don't think I could even afford the polish for one of those machines. Do they accept Tesco points?🤭
Excellent city. Green spaces, Rhein relaxation and overall respect for the city and visitors by the Düsseldorfers. You missed a trick not sampling the local falling down water (alt)...or maybe you did....Thks for posting. 👍
An excellent short but very interesting tour of Dusseldorf, you held my attention throughout, I'm not long back from touring parts of Europe and found Germany to be really nice with friendly helpful people I would like to visit it more often but at the moment the war in Ukraine is putting me from travelling at the moment, so I'll sit back and enjoy watching your travels and hopefully pick up some tips.👍
It's a great City! Stayed there when went to watch Dortmund play.
So many good memories. Been to Dusseldorf a dozen or more times over the years and is one of my favourite places to go for a long week-end, even stayed at the Hotel Nikko on 4 / 5 occasions. Never seen the Rhine that low though. If you go again try and take in one of the Festivals they have on throughout the year. Spectacular atmosphere at the Uerige during these events with crowds all singing and dancing to party songs. Japan Day in May, Rheinkirmes [Funfair on opposite bank], and the end of the Winter Karnival, usually end Feb or Early March. These are among my Favs & I have taken ,000s of pics of the party goers over the years. Enjoy your Vids, keep 'em coming. Cheers.
I can just imagine you driving back from Germany to Scotland in that Rolls Royce Scott. I was just in Glasgow at the free transport museum on the Clyde with other vehicles, and boats. Very nice. Just need the warm weather to start dancing there. Maybe next year.
Hi Scott I enjoy you travels a lot and this trip to Dusseldorf was no exception and I would also like to ask you a question about a earlier video I think you di in Scotland but don't know where, You mentioned a place that you didn't go to but told us if your ever here go and have a look about 4 or 5 videos back and would like to know if you could let me know what the place was Thank you for you time and help and look forward to your next venture Wayne (N.S.W. Australia)
Thanks. I love Dland as well you should be doing Frankfürt am Main next.
Been there many times. I never left the coach parking
Greetings from the Philippines
Watched this straight after charlie veitch filming a walk around Manchester. Quite a contrast to say the least.
Come back! There is still so much to see!
Looks like a nice place and knocks the socks of our facilities or lack of here on the West Coast of Scotland. I wonder what visitors must think getting of the boats at Greenock to find themselves at the retail park in Port Glasgow. That's right. There is not much going on Riverside in Glasgow but there is plenty of outstanding musical talent on Sauchiehall Street, too
scott , Dusseldorf is a boss place , anywhere in north west germany is really . IE dortmund, essen etc etc , got loads of time for Germany had some good times there and its even better if you like very very good beer .
We should switch cities for a while. I loved Glasgow when I visited it 6 years ago!
I flew to the airport but never went into the city as I was staying with a friend in nearby Essen. Time to go back I think.
Every inch a great German city thanks for showing us around Scott! Shame to see such an iconic river without much water though. I love how the ground floor of the car museum is basically a very expensive gift shop :) Location for Auf Wiedersehen Pet as well? (Although I think it was mainly filmed in England)
No drought problems for the Irish. They just dilute it.
But for authenticity they used German bricks. Incidentally the boys chose Dusseldorf because of it's "livability". "They've got the Old Town". Must have gladdened the hearts of the Dusseldorf tourist office.
I worked in Düsseldorf in 1991 . Was a nice place to work in and enjoyed the trams .
Toshiba?
@@Ground53 Pierburg
Would like to see little Tokyo as I can't go to the real thing atm. Only stricly monitored/organised tours are allowed and that's not my type of holiday at all.
Might check out Düsseldorf, thanks for the vid :)
You didn't even mention Alt bier or the 'longest bar in Germany'!!!!
You ought to check out some of the FKK clubs
Looks lovely, well worth a visit, how did you get on with the German people? are the natives friendly?
Most of us are :D there are Always black Sheeps but Most of the time we are. Also you can ask Most of the time in english, Most of us speak it decent. Not Like france
Did you meet Barry,Oz ,bomber, Neville, Wayne and Dennis.?
Nobody under 40 would get
That !!!
Take care 👍
Was one of my fav TV Progs back in the day. It produced many famous actors that are still going today, most notably Kevin Whately, Timothy Spall & Jimmy Nail. Why aye Man.
Too bad you didn’t show the Kö Bogen 1 + 2, great video though
did you eat some ramen there at takumi?
Did ya bump into Oz why in Düsseldorf?
Over the years i too, have been to Germany, not here though but, in Munich, Manheim, Heidelberg ( ? ) Cologne and Hamburg. The german peoples are very friendly and the language easy to pick up, more so for us Scots plus the cities are clean and well layed out.
My only comlaint, "it´s called Little Tokio and everything is chinese" Scott, Tokio is in Japan so it´s all japanese. Also, chinese and japanese do look quite different, chinese uses really complex signs pretty much only while japanese just looks a bit more simple and straight forward.
Both Chinese and Japanese use the same Kanji.
@@Horus4302 But yet chinese has 1000 more signs than japanese, now think again why japanese looks like a more simple chinese and way different in the end. English, swedish and spanish all use roman letter, you´re saying they all look the same in written form?
@@Horus4302 Do you know how to tell the difference? If not I happily tell ya, it´s actually not much to know and since you seem to know about Kanji it should be very easy to explain to get it quickly.
I lived in Düsseldorf for a few years. It's nice and compact but there's more happening in Cologne. But to be honest the nearby Netherlands is better and friendlier.
Do they sell fried Mars Bars :) or Tenant's:)
Not quite Sunday night, in a hut, in Duesseldorf.
Düsseldorf called "Longest Bar of the World"
Go to the Rheinpromenade/Old Town at night, you won't feel comfortable at all, I promise you...
Amazing looking city.Only eighty years after total destruction. Beautiful reconstruction.👍
axualy i can get quite fast to dusteldorf
Is the Ko still full of super cars
Looks like Amsterdam
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The town I fly into 3/4 times a year to see my partner
Did you wemt to the area in the back of the main train station?
Aparently not!
Will change your mind a lot.
Women cant walk there alone at night anymore.
Its not the only area like this in Düsseldorf.
I am a Düsseldorf citizen and I know what i am talking about
Do love your vlogs but just to much montage music etc not enough what German cites famous for restaurants, bars , just bit bland but hea that’s just me , can’t please everyone
😇😇😇 Keep on trucking 🤪 by way Steve marsh travel gave you shout out for extra leg room seat , was it 2 a not sure
I agree, the montage music is a bit too much
scot can you speak german i cant nine?
Ich bin Düsseldorfer und leider wurde wieder nur die schöne Seite gezeigt. Wir haben immense Probleme, vor allem bezahlbare Wohnungen und die hohe Kriminalität. Ansonsten ein schönes Video.
und die ganzen immigranten
Das ist halt ein Video von Touristen für Touristen. Die werden kaum nach klein Marokko (Oberbilk) gehen oder Flingern. Wobei Flingern zum Teil durch die Automile aufgewertet wurde.
Die Mietpreise in Ddorf sind schon heftig. Am Bodensee aber auch nicht viel günstiger. Bin von Düsseldorf aus weggezogen. Meine Eltern wohnen in Erkrath von daher bin ich hin und wieder noch mal in Ddorf.
Das was ich hier unten aber echt vermisse ist das Altbier. Da mache ich jedesmal Biertourismus und muß Kisten aus Ddorf mitnehmen.
Ist auch immer das erste was ich mache wenn ich in Ddorf bin, erstmal nen lecker dröppke vom Faß.
To be honest from someone who lived for a while in Dusseldorf. It got a shithole due to lots of immigration and criminal activity. The area around the train station looks like a third world coutnry
but there are so many immigrants
Leave it ! Our Monarch has just died. It is a time of mourning so leave it out
He probably has left by now.
Jim, just in case you do not know, UA-cam videos very rarely are live broadcasts but videotaped and uploaded several days later. 🤦♂️
@@marcd6897 your point is caller??
Railway is spotless.Check out New York.Not so gut.