Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. Düsseldorf is located on the River Rhine and it is one of the main centers of the densely populated Rhine-Ruhr area.

Museums and arts institutes

• Aquazoo-Löbbecke-Museum (aquarium and zoological museum)
• Filmmuseum (cinema museum)
• Forum NRW
• Goethe-Museum
• Heinrich-Heine-Institut
• Hetjens-Museum (Deutsches Keramik-Museum)
• Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - K20 (Grabbeplatz) and K21 (Ständehaus)
• Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen
• museum kunst palast
• Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Düsseldorf
• Schifffahrt-Museum im Schlossturm (Museum of ships)
• Senfmuseum
• Stadtmuseum (city history museum)
• Stiftung Schloss und Park Benrath - Museum für Europäische Gartenkunst
• Theatermuseum

Buildings

• Rheinturm (1982: 234 m, since 2004: 240,50 m), the lights on which comprise the world's largest digital clock.
• The Gehry buildings in the Düsseldorf media harbor
• The Benrather Schloss (Benrath castle)
• The Wilhem Mar House of 1922/24, with twelve stories Germany's first high-rise building
• Gerresheim Basilica
• St. Suitbertus Basilica