Duisburg Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Duisburg
Contemporary Duisburg is a result of numerous incorporations of surrounding towns and smaller cities. It is the twelfth-largest city in Germany and the fifth-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia. The core city was founded in the 5th century AD as a marketplace on the WestphalianHellwegtrade route, a ford on the river Rhine and the border between the Frankish Empire and the Duchy of Saxons. Around 740 it became one of several royal courts of Francia, it was first mentioned in a chronicle dated 883 AD as one of the Rhenish places conquered byNormans. 16th-century cartographer Gerardus Mercator, creator of seminal globes and atlases as well as the Mercator projection still used in modern world maps, lived, worked and taught in Duisburg for 40 years. Since the late 19th century, the city is
Top Attractions in Duisburg
Explore the best things to see and do in Duisburg:
- ★Boat trips onDuisport
- ★Botanical Garden Hamborn
- ★Botanical Garden Kaiserberg
- ★DİTİB Merkez Mosque
- ★Duisburg Accents
- ★Duisburg Opera
- ★Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra
- ★German Inland Waterways Museum
Where to Eat in Duisburg
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Enoteca La Trattoria
- 🍴Mongo's
- 🍴Poukhoun
Where to Stay in Duisburg
- 🏨Campanile Duisburg City
- 🏨DJH Youth Hostel Duisburg Sportpark
- 🏨Mercure Hotel Duisburg City
- 🏨Wyndham Duisburger Hof
Duisburg Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 10 sections including: