Originally Posted by
PhoenixFlyer
Thoughts on this run for a weekend, was looking at leaving Thur (arriving Fri morn) and staying 2 nights.. Sometime this fall... Flights look very reasonable... BUT have never been here before... Got Munich, Frankfurt and Berlin covered, but in your experience is DUS a decent city to stay a quick couple of days?....
And this is going to be a quick budget trip (like to avoid car rental or taxi fares), so I'm assuming like other German airports I can catch the S or U from the airport to the Hauptbahnhof in DUS?
Thanks all for any help, it's much appreciated
Dusseldorf Airport (DUS) is an airport esay to access by public transportation and only a short ride by train to Dusseldorf main station.
Originally Posted by
mrcimino1
If everything else is equal, I personally would choose Munich instead of any of the other 3 heavily populated, industrial northern cities you mentioned.
No matter whether you pick DUS or MUC though, my advice would be to get there and then get out of town to the countryside. Somewhere. Anywhere but in the big city! Buy a cheap train ticket and head for a much smaller town for a more relaxing and enjoyable experience. Also it will probably be more to your budget-conscious liking!
Sorry, but either Frankfurt or Berlin are "industrial notherin cities" in my eyes. And DUS is close to the former industrial zone called "Ruhrgebiet" but it is not in this zone. Düsseldorf has plenty of sights, interesting museums and the city of Cologne is a short train ride as mosburger mentioned.
If you are staying over the weekend hotel rates are usually low if there is not trade fair in town.
Düsseldorf is a decent city for two days (
Düsseldorf Tourismus Homepage.
Btw "heavily populated" is an exaggeration considering the population of the population in the US top cities. DUS has app. 580000 inhabitants.
The countryside is also interesting, but I would not do this without a rental car if you are not used to public transportaion and do not fear to read bus timetables and a conversation with a bus driver for buying a ticket.
The former industrial zone has its own sight and its own
webpage. The days of heavy steel producing and mining are long over and this former were transformed to leisure places as well as places for showing art and music performances. It is also worth a visit.