Very nice little hotel in a very old building. Stayed here with the family for 3 nights…read more Highlights include: * Rooms where a good size. We stayed in a double room with two adults and two children and it didn't feel crowded. * Rooms were very clean * Old building was very nice * Breakfast was simple and cheap. It wasn't amazing but it was enough and a good spread. * Close to train station and several nice parks in the area Downsides: * The staff is only there for part of the day so often times there is no one one sight. This is not a problem because you can reach them easily by calling reception and the call gets forwarded. * Had a problem with the internet. In our room (which was on the end) the signal dropped really badly because the router was too far away. At some points we ended up sitting outside our door to get a consistently strong signal. This was really the only bad part of our experience. Overall: I would stay there again in a heart beat.

I am so lucky that I was able to experience this stunning hotel during my trip to Germany. The…read morehotel is in an old nunnery and has been completed converted to a hotel. It was beautiful. The rooms were modern while the hallways and exteriors provided an old world charm. Upon check in the staff got me a fresh brewed coffee and there was fresh fruit in my room. Quick walk to town and metros. Truly my pleasure to be a guest.

Easy to navigate and many boarding platforms have WORKING escalators!! Plenty of shops and food in…read morethe underground mall!

The main train station in Duisberg is generally clean, safe and very well organized. It's much…read moresmaller than Dusseldorf so easy to navigate and located right in the city center. There are a few shops/snack stands available so you can buy snacks for your ride as well as a very few retail stores - mostly lower end, cheap fashion accessory items. If you love Gummi candy, be aware they have a whole store of just that! There is a smaller Deutschebahn office here as well with both agents and kiosks to buy tickets.

Considering that I spent three days in Düsseldorf, it's surprising that I only stopped in the…read morehauptbahnhof the one time when I arrived. It is a large station with 16 rail platforms plus four tram platforms and four Stadtbahn platforms. As such, it is Germany's sixth busiest station. The parts that I encountered were step free but I'm not sure if the entire station is such. I was able to roll my spinner suitcase easily from the train, through the station and out to the tram. Signage looked good and easy to read. Lots of food and some retail shopping opportunities here. And in 2021, masks are required throughout the train system. [Review 16340 overall - 151 in Germany - 1847 of 2021.]

This is the central train station in Dusseldorf, Germany. The station is very clean and modern…read more There is an Information Desk at the entrance. There are a lot of shops and places to get food. Signage is excellent, and all overhead announcements are in English in addition to German.

Yeah, this is certainly one for the trainlovers about because there aren't many of them around. In…read morefact, this is one of the first, and I also believe to be the longest. Actually, come to thing of it, it is probably what draws everybody to Wuppertal.

I took the Schwebebhan (suspension railway) several times during my intracity excursions while…read morevisiting Wuppertal, the city in which this railway is located. Wuppertal is a semi quaint (in some sections) though fully modern European town/city. This quirky infrastructure definitely adds to the interesting, dare I say cool, feel to this location. The Schwebebhan began operation in 1901 and is comprised of 20 stations, according to my research it has a daily ridership of 82,000 in average (as of 2014). To the best of my knowledge it is the only railway of its type in the world and is defiantly a source of pride for the locals. It is also a terrific space saver because in many places it straddles the river that traverses the city it serves. Be sure to ask about the young Elephant who had an unfortunate incident while attempting to ride the Schwebebhan during a publicity stunt. This happened when the circus was in town in 1950. The elephant who became known as "Tuffi" fell through the bottom a car and landed in the river (Tuffi is Italian for "waterdive). The floors are certainly built stronger now (probably even surpassing baby elephant standards) especially since there was a "complete modernization"in 1997. If you find yourself in Wuppertal, Germany be sure to take a ride on this very interesting conveyance,especially if you want to get some place quickly and for only a couple of euros. If you ask any of the locals, they seem to become instant historians as this source of local pride seems to have that effect on people as it did with me. -KS.