Balkan community in Düsseldorf

A guide for people from the Balkans living in Düsseldorf, Germany: where the consulate is, which community organisations exist, what is happening and what is worth seeing. Balkan Nexus brings together people from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia and North Macedonia.

What to see

Parks & natureRhine Embankment PromenadeA popular riverside pedestrian zone created when the traffic was moved into a tunnel beneath it. It is lined with cafés spilling onto the pavement an…LandmarksMedienHafen DistrictA former harbour transformed into an architectural showpiece. The twisting Neuer Zollhof buildings by Frank Gehry stand out most, surrounded by resta…NightlifeOld Town (the longest bar in the world)An old town packing more than 300 bars, restaurants and brewhouses into a tiny area, which earned it the name the longest bar in the world. The tradi…ShoppingKönigsallee (the Kö)One of the most luxurious shopping streets in Europe, known to locals simply as the Kö. It is recognisable by the chestnut-lined canal down the middl…LandmarksRhine Tower (Rheinturm)A 240-metre telecommunications tower with a revolving restaurant and observation deck. The light points running up the shaft form the largest digital…LandmarksBenrath Palace and ParkA pink Baroque palace from the 18th century, surrounded by a lake and extensive parkland. Its side wings house museums of European garden art and nat…MuseumsKunstsammlung Nordrhein-WestfalenA first-rate museum of modern and contemporary art in two buildings — K20 on Grabbeplatz and K21 in the former parliament. K21 is famous for Tomás Sa…RestaurantsLittle TokyoA distinctive quarter around Immermannstraße that grew up around the city's large Japanese business community. It is full of authentic restaurants, r…Parks & natureJapanese Garden in NordparkAn authentic, tranquil garden laid out in traditional Japanese style, a gift from the Japanese community to the city. Entry is free, and it is loveli…LandmarksSt. Lambertus ChurchThe oldest church in the city, at the heart of the old quarter by the Rhine. It is known for its unusual twisted wooden spire — legend blames a false…