Dusseldorf

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Dusseldorf Restaurants

Cheap (5)

Fuga

Fuga's speciality is Osaka-style Okonomiyaki, a cross between a pizza, tortilla and pancake.�Once you've tried one you'll keep coming back for more. read more
Affordable (6)

Casa Luigi

For a taste of Italy in Karlstadt, come to Casa Luigi, which serves up such delicacies as Jacobs mussel risotto and veal carpaccio. read more
Good quality (5)

Tristan

With a new and exciting menu every week, you never know what you're going to get at this sumptuous restaurant.�Lobster week is always a highlight, but reserve in advance. read more

Dusseldorf Nightlife

Chilled (6)

Ugly Deluxe

Minimal, white and filled with light, the d�cor here is anything but ugly. Choose from more than 40 whiskies, plus cocktails and speciality coffee. read more
Live Music (5)

Jazz Schmiede

Jazz Schmeide is something of a magnet for jazz fans in D�sseldorf.�Free jam sessions take place every Tuesday, and top-name international jazz acts pack out the programme. read more
Clubbing (6)

Ellington

Head to Ellington if you fancy a drink fixed by the best bartender in town. Robert Potthoff will shake, stir and mix you a masterpiece of a cocktail that you'll never want to end. read more

This Month in Dusseldorf (March):

By Gaby Pinkner/rhinemagazine.com

Shopping: For a second-hand shop with a difference, try Broke. It's not musty, smelly or dark - it just sells the coolest vintage wares in the city (5 Tussmannstrasse, brokeforlife.de).

Sightseeing: The Wrong exhibition in the KIT - Kunst im Tunnel - gallery on the Rhine embankment sees young artists create their work apparently at the wrong time, in the wrong place, with the wrong material (1B Mannesmannufer, kunst-im-tunnel.de).

Key areas: At 240.5m, the Rheinturm is D�sseldorf's tallest building. Visit the observation deck to enjoy a fantastic view of the city below. There's also a brilliant light sculpture displaying the world's largest digital clock.

Day trips: Essen became the European Capital of Culture this year and is celebrating under the guise of RUHR.2010. Visit the Zeche Zollverein in Essen, formerly the world's largest colliery, and find out about this fascinating region, just 30 minutes' north of D�sseldorf.

Dusseldorf Trivia

March: D�sseldorf's expansive Hofgarten was Germany's first ever public park, created at the end of the 17th century by Nicolas de Pigage.
February: Carnival's annual Tuntenlauf is a catwalk parade of drag queens tottering about in all their finery.
January: D�sseldorf's official emblem is a child turning a cartwheel. Back in 1288, when the city won the Battle of Worringen, the children literally turned "wheels of joy". Today, the city holds annual cartwheeling competitions to commemorate the victory.