Well, one thing that I can say about a garden walk is that they are not suited to a rainy day,…read morewhich unfortunately was the case when I was in Dusseldorf (It sounds as if I brought Melbourne weather with me, or it could be just that their summer is out winter, though it certainly isn't that cold). Okay, I didn't get to see all of the gardens, but then again this place is basically a park, well sort of - there doesn't seem to be any open spaces for picnics, but then again that probably isn't a German thing and I probably can't compare parks in Australia to those in Germany even though the park was establishd a while back in my mind it is a park, probably not hugely touristy, but nice enough for an afternoon stroll. Oh, it also has a pretty large lake with birds in it so alles gute.

Simple and beautiful. Most of the walkways are well canopied by the trees. There are plenty of…read morebenches to sit on and a huge ring around the perimeter for cyclists. The park is missing an actual memorial to Beethoven though, even a simple sign somewhere would be nice (unless I somehow missed it).