The Altstadt (literally "old town") is one of the 50 quarters (''

Stadtteil A quarter is a section of an urban settlement. A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area). Such a ...

e'') of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...

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; it belongs to central Borough 1. The Düsseldorfer Altstadt is known as "the longest bar in the world" (''längste Theke der Welt''), because the small Old Town has more than 300 bars and discothèques; supposedly, each establishment's bar-counter connecting to one next door. Düsseldorf is famed for its special beer,

Altbier Altbier (German: ''old beer'') is a style of beer brewed in the Rhineland, especially around the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. It is a copper coloured beer whose name comes from it being top-fermented, an older method than the bottom ferme ...

("old beer"), brewed from an old traditional recipe, which is only produced in a few places in the world since the end of the 19th century. The Old Town has an area of 0.48 square kilometer (which is less than a quarter of a percent of the whole city) and has 2,429 inhabitants (2020), less than half a percent of the population of Düsseldorf. The density of population is thus 5,398 inhabitants/km².

Main sights

* Basilica St. Lambertus * Schlossturm - housing the shipping museum * The Old City Hall (Rathaus) * Equestrian statue of Jan Wellem on the Market place * St. Ursula-Gymnasium, old Grammar School * Rhine Tower

References

External links

Discover Düsseldorf: The Old Town
City of Düsseldorf
www.duesseldorf-altstadt.de

Websites from Altstadt Düsseldorf on Duesselgo.de
Urban districts and boroughs of Düsseldorf Tourist attractions in Düsseldorf Entertainment districts in Germany

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