Duisburg is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia and is located at the Lower Rhine in the western part of the Ruhr area.
It has 50,000 inhabitants and is North Rhine Westphalia’s fifth biggest town. Since Duisburg is the destination for business travellers as well as for tourists, nearly all large hotel groups have built hotels here.
Duisburg has one of the largest inland harbours in the world, which led the city to be a relevant trade centre for goods from all over the world.
Steel and metal production has also played a vital role in Duisburg for a long time. The industrial sites mainly produce goods for the high-tech sector.
Thanks to the University Duisburg-Essen the city has also become a site of science.
Duisburg has become a commercial metropolis, offering nice hotels in all price and service categories.
Duisburg has a district of cultural interest, where one of Western Germany’s most important museums is located and which is easily accessible from the hotels in the city centre. The Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum mainly exhibits several works of the town’s son Wilhelm Lehmbruck. But you will also find works by Emil Nolde, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Josef Beuys and Henry Moore there. We also recommend you to visit the Museum of German Inland Navigation, where you can see historic rowing boats and ships as well as maps, atlases and globes.
The Duisburg zoo is a nice place where you may relax a little from sightseeing.
The city is located only 7 minutes by train away from the airport of Düsseldorf. Furthermore Duisburg might be accessed via the autobahn A 3, A 40, A 42, A 57, A59 and. There are several hotels in close proximity.
Duisburg hotels provide for a nice flair and guarantee a comfortable stay.
Meetings and congresses can also be arranged by most of the hotels.
Total population: 495,668 (31st December 2007)
Postal codes: 47001–47279