Dear tourists, if interested in modern art and architecture, this is your place to go!…read moreGreat old-modern-combination, probably one of the best architectural highlights in town. Art showed is truly modern (21st century, got it?) And rooms are dedicated to a huge range of different artists. This eclectic concept plus room in the basement for bigger expositions make this museum a good example of its kind. Not to talk of the tomas saraceno installation which can be entered (right.) Until end of 2014.

Go for the In Orbit installation. After donning a special suit and shoes, climb in to the exhibit…read morebut be forewarned : trying to walk on three layers of nets suspended 90 feet in the air isn't for the faint of heart. You can always take a break and lounge on the clear plastic orbs. Afterwards, come back to earth and visit the crazy spider exhibit: intricate webs are suspended from sheet glass. A guard is positioned in the room that visitors don't sneak in a can or two of Raid. Another exhibit featured rows of suspended fabric for the visitor to weave in and out of. After winding through, be rewarded with a highly unusual film short. This museum doesn't have as much art as the sister museum, K20, but it's well worth a visit. We were there in January and it wasn't busy- only a few minute wait to go up "In Orbit" The building is beautiful and spacious; we didn't even see the entire museum but would consider returning next time in Düsseldorf. Quite a few of the exhibits are admittedly unusual but it's still and enjoyable way to spend an afternoon doing something a bit out of the ordinary- especially if you've got painting and sculpture overload.

I'm not really sure if you can actually go inside here, but considering the lack of things to do in…read moreDusseldorf, and the fact that half the museums were closed when I was here, I somehow doubt it. Anyway, this is another of the town squares, though unlike Carlsplatz, this one was pretty empty, though it did have a statue in the middle. Actually, there wasn't really all that much in the square itself, though a short distance off of it you do come to the entertainment district that happens to be chock full of bars and clubs. However, while this square was nice, there wasn't all that much to do here.

We spied this several times - it's very pretty at night, as it's lit up. Worth a few snaps!read more

I read some really positive reviews on TripAdvisor and was excited to visit this museum during my…read moretrip to Solingen, but was actually quite disappointed. There is an excellent collection of knives, swords and all things sharp but all the signs are in German which meant I could look at things but didn't know what I was looking at or why it was important. Understandably, I am probably not their target audience. Most tourists don't have Solingen on their list of German cities to visit. The museum isn't very big, it has 2 floors and you can probably cover everything in 1-2 hours. It is an OK museum for children; there was 1 room explaining how swords are forged and that had interactive elements which would be fun for kids but otherwise it is a standard museum with things displayed in glass cases. In summary, if you can read German (or bring someone who can) and like knives, go visit! Otherwise, I would skip this place.

From the owner: Das Rheinische Industriebahn Museum beschäftigt sich mit der Erhaltung von sogenannten…read more"Industriebahnlokomotiven". Diese Loks waren bei Firmen und Werken in der Regel für innerbetriebliche Transportzwecke, aber auch für die Anbindung an die Deutsche Bahn im Einsatz. Schwerpunkt bilden in Köln gebaute Loks der Firma Deutz.

If you don't speak German, don't bother with the guided tour. 87 minutes for 3 sentences not in…read moreGerman: "this is the bed where the electress slept.", "This door is fake", "Thomas Jefferson came here once". We asked, in German, if he spoke English, and made it clear 2 of the 3 of us didn't speak any German. To which he said yes, he did speak English... and then continued to exclusively speak in German for the entire tour; making NO effort to give us any information. When I translated 2 questions to ask him, questions about the sculpture/artwork around us; the answer both times was "I don't know". Save your euro and buy 2 beers/person instead.

My partner and I wanted to visit a Schloss during out trip in Düsseldorf, but we didn't want to go…read moreso far, so we decided to come to this one. We took the U-Bahn from the station Schadowstraße, it took us quite awhile to get here, I think it was about 30-40 minutes. it was quite nice way to check out the city anyway. First thing I saw was the Schloßweiher, quite a beautiful pond it got there, then I saw the palace Benrath, it looked just great together. After we got off the U-Bahn train, we walked to the palace have a closer look. It does remind me of the palace I have seen in Potsdam. The main colour of the both of palaces are in pink, Schloss Benrath is Baroque-style. It isn't so big, it doesn't take long to walk around the building outside. The main building is also a museum, if you need a ticket to visit inside. It got a really big garden at the back though, great place for a walk. There are some other small gardens around, nice as well. I also saw some people dress up just re-lived the old day, kind of cool. My friend told me that Benrath was used to be a small town outside Düsseldorf, but now is part of the Düsseldorf. When we were on the way to the S-Bahn station, I could see their very own shopping street which quite close to the palace, it is quite peaceful here. Before we left this place, we just found a place near the front of the palace and sat down, enjoy the sunset, it was wonderful time, we like it a lot.