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Quality of life, relaxation, sport

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The city characterised by water invites you: to stroll on thebanks of the newly structured inland port, the popular ex-cursion destination with restaurants, cafés, cocktail bars andbeer gardens; to recuperate and relax by the idyllic six lakes,the largest local recreational area in the Duisburg conurba-tion; to water sports from sailing on one of the numerous la-kes via water-skiing and canoeing in the Wedau Sports Parks– the venue of many international championships – rightdown to diving in the gasometer of the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park with spectacular underwater wrecks.

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Duisburg – the city by the water

One of the cities in Germany richest inwater. With numerous lakes and canals.Directly next to the Rhine and Ruhr ri-vers. With a proud total of 650 bridgesin the city – more bridges than in Veni-ce or St. Petersburg. And with Europe's

largest inland port.

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1 H2 Office with gastronomy in the inland port

2 Six-Lake district in the south of Duisburg

3 Marina in the inland port

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1 Christmas market in the city centre

2 Lifesaver Fountain by Niki de Saint Phalle

3 Duisburg wine festival

4 City festival in the inner city

5 Chinese Garden in Duisburg Zoo

6 Dolphin in Duisburg Zoo

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A green city with around 2,500 hecta-res of woods. With Germany's only

zoo showing Koala bears. With a winefestival unique all over Germany, forwhich German wine growers from allregions come to Duisburg, and also

with numerous other city and port fes-tivals, spread across the whole year.

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Relax, look, marvel

Duisburg invites you to discover thelarge recreation areas of the lakes andforests on foot or one of the numerouscycle routes in the city. To visit Duis-burg Zoo with a top-class dolphinshow and the chances to see rare riverdolphins and koala bears "live". To ex-perience the traditional street festivalssuch as the Matjes Market, the winefestival, the handicrafts' market andmany more besides. Or to stroll throughthe spacious pedestrian zone withstreet cafés and the Lifesaver Foun-tain, the city's landmark.

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A city with the most modern and lar-gest casino in Germany*. And with theCityPalais as a multifunctional buildingproviding a combination of shopping,gastronomy, casino and the MercatorHall as a conference and event loca-

tion* “all under one roof” as yet unique all over Germany.

* from the spring of 2007

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Play, celebrate, relax

Duisburg invites you to experience the "great game" ofAmerican roulette or black jack in an uncomplicated, yetatmospheric surrounding. To celebrate at one of the mosthip parties in the city at the Delta Musik Park. To a journeyto the era of the knights or to specific musical events witha visit to the Pulp event castle. Or to a wellness excursionto sauna and relax at the famous "Niederrhein-Therme".


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4 Relaxing at the Niederrhein-Therme

5 Having fun in the beer garden

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A city with a cultural field of tension.Culture to experience, but also industri-al. With modern cultural festivals, someof which are in abandoned industrialsettings. With a varied museum lands-cape. And with the world-famous Duis-

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Experience, entertainment, musical enjoymentWith its varied offers, Duisburg invites you to differing cul-tural experiences. To visit the "Dream-Time Festival" with re-nowned artists: from the Buena Vista Social Club to Van Mor-rison, who perform in the old industrial halls in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park. To the cultural festival of the "DuisburgAccents", which has now been established for years and in-volves the whole city area in the spring of each year. And forjuveniles and children, the Duisburg Dance Festival and theChildren's Culture Festival have been created.

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1 Open-air concert in the Duisburg-Nordlandscape park

2 Gala in the power station of the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park

3 Children's Culture Festival in the city

4 Duisburg Accents, light projection at DuisburgTheatre

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A city in which the first map of Europe and the first atlaswere developed by Gerhard Mercator. With museums of mo-dern and contemporary art. With a centre of internationalsculpture and object art. And with a museum specifically

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1 Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra open-air

2 Küppersmühle Museum of Modern Art

3 Georg Baselitz in the Küppersmühle Museum

4 German Opera by the Rhine at Duisburg Theatre

5 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Foundation

6 Atlantis Children's Museum

7 Museum of Cultural and City History

8 "Woman kneeling", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Foundation

9 Museum of German Inland Shipping

See, feel, hear

The city invites you to a new cultural experience.To a visit to various exhibitions such as the high-quality collection of modern art in the Küppers-mühle Museum – from Baselitz to Trockel;the collection of the life works of WilhelmLehmbruck, as a prime address of internationalsculpture and object art; the Museum ofGerman Inland Shipping, the Mu-seum of Cultural and City Historyor the Atlantis Children's Mu-seum for tangible experiences. Toan opportunity of re-experiencingclassical music with the Duisburg Phil-harmonic Orchestra, one of the best inGermany, who also enthuse their au-diences with the "Klasse! Klas-sik" concept.

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A city with extraordinary leisure-timeand professional sports. With the We-

dau regatta area as the venue for inter-national championships. With high-ropeclimbing areas between industrial to-wers. With a diving gasometer. Andwith the possibility of cross-golfing.

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1 MSV-Arena by the Bertasee Lake

2 Canoe regatta on the regatta course in the Wedau sports park

3 Golfing at the "Golf Revier Duisburg"

4 Climbing in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park

Self-experience, adventure, fun

The city invites you to extraordinary sporting activities. Tovisit the water sports area of the Wedau sports park,

which provides various possibilities of water sports fromwater-skiing to canoeing. To an active excursion to

the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park, the abando-ned industrial backcloth of which animates you

to go climbing or diving for underwaterwrecks. To have a look at the MSV-Arena,

the stadium of the Duisburg "Zebras". Or organised sports trips in various di-rections, which can be booked via

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Map of Duisburg city centre

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Tourist InformationKönigstr. 8647051 DuisburgT +49 (0)203 285 44 0F +49 (0)203 285 44 [email protected]

Route network of the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG

Brochures available from the Tourist Information Office

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1 City map

2 History of the city

3 Six Lakes district

4 Hotel and gastronomy guide

5 Guided walks, tours, walks around the city

6 History tour for children

7 Duisburg image brochure

8 Look ahead to the calendar of events

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