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germany is a country that we’ve travelledto countless times, but for some reason, dã¼sseldorf is a city that had managed to elude us! well, we recently spent a weekend there andlet me tell you, this turned out to be one of our biggest travel surprises of the year. we arrived in dã¼sseldorf not really knowingwhat to expect, but over the course of 72 hours, we discovered this is a vibrant citywith beautiful green spaces, a thriving art scene, architecture that’ll make your eyespop, traditions worth exploring, and more restaurants than we had time for! now let us take you on a whirlwind weekendtour of duesseldorf and show you some of the
possibilities. it is lunchtime and i'm so ready for food. today we're going to be eating at hausmann's. this is a restaurant that was opened by areally famous german chef and they specialize in german food with a modern twist. hausmann’s was started by chef tim mã¤lzer,a television cooking show host in germany. his restaurant had a relaxed yet artsy feelwith cool murals, industrial lighting, and mismatched furniture, and when we saw themenu, we knew what we were getting: currywurst! check it out.
behemoth portion. i ordered myself the currywurst with friesand oh my goodness i think i'm going to be needing some help with this. i think that is the biggest currywurst we'veever ordered anywhere. this is a must when in germany. feeling stuffed from lunch, we opted to skipdessert, but we somehow ended up at an impromptu mustard tasting. we are currently at lã¶wensenf and this isa mustard shop. apparently this mustard is a specialty herein dusseldorf, so let's have a look.
apparently, they have 40 different varietiesand i'm kind of interested in this one. honey flavored. so let's try some. let's see what honey flavored mustard tasteslike. i think this one is popular. that is almost empty. haha. you know it is good when it is almost empty. mmmm.
what do you think? that is pretty nice. that is sweet. so it is time for killepitsch. yes, so we're going to be having a local herballiquor and there is bar that you can go in and get a tasting and right next to it a shop. so first we're going to go to the bar. all that food and alcohol called for a littlebreak, so we went back to the me & all hotel where we were staying.
this hotel is located in the japanese quarterand they’ve really played that up in terms of their fun design. after writing our bucket lists on the receptionwall and challenging audrey to a game of air hockey, it was time for a long siesta. for today's dinner we are getting a littletaste of canada. we're at frittenwerk (die pommesmanufaktur)where they serve poutine. the canadian poutine! poutine! and look at this the canadian flag to proveit.
the poutine was delicious and the beauty ofeating with friends is that we each ordered a different style of poutine to share. we got everything from classic quebec to tijuanastreet fries, and bbq pulled pork to montreal style. alright, so the food has arrived and it looksamazing. seriously. i ordered the tijuana fries which came withavocado, sour cream, tomatoes, cilantro, lime. let's squeeze some lime. i think this is going to be good.
that guacamole looks awesome. omg. and then over here i got the classic quebeccanadian poutine and this is supposed to be cheese curds and gravy. yeah, so we're going to compare and contrast. compare and contrast. yours looks pretty good. i mean obviously that is not poutine but itis a mexican twist on a canadian dish in germany. in germany.
mmm. do you like that? guacamole. hahaha. so good. game changer guacamole. if there are any canucks out there missinghome, this place is a must visit! so next up we are visiting kã¶nigsallee whichis the king's alley. this place is all about high end shoppingand it is considered the champs-ã‰lysã©es
of germany; however, we've also discoveredthis is a really nice place to go for a walk. so we're going to show you the canal. so we just finished visiting kã¶nigsalleeand honestly it was such a pleasant surprise even if you're not into shopping or high endbrands it is a beautiful area to go for a stroll. it is so green and you have ducks and geeseand cafes. so we would definitely recommend checkingthat out. so high end fashion may not be our thing,but not too far from konigsalle, we came across a quirky shop called vaseline on wallstraãÿe.
inside they had the most curious collectionof one-of-a-kind items including a comic strip suit, a gold skull, and a pair of psychedelicgoggles that wouldn’t look out of place at burning man? so next up we're visiting carlsplatz and ihave to say this is my kind of place. it is a combination of food trucks and stallsand i can't wait to check it out. carlsplatz is pretty cool because you caneither shop for cheeses, deli meats, and fresh produce, or, if you don’t feel like cooking,you can just go to one of the food stalls and enjoy a meal right in the market. this market really tested my willpower.
it was so hard not to eat something becausethere is so many really nice food options. there was a lot more like kind of gourmetupscale types of options too. i've noticed a lot of people having like anice glass of wine and what looked like to be some really good meals. and so yeah if we didn't have lunch plansalready i would have definitely had something here. for lunch we visited zum uerige, a restaurantthat brews its own altbier on premises. here we learned that the beer is always flowingand that the only way to indicate you’re done drinking is by placing your coaster ontop of your glass.
also, if you’re going to be drinking altbier,you need to pair it with boiled eggs, so we did exactly that! what are you doing? okay. pealing my egg. i've been ordered to do so. okay so today we're going to be trying soleier. so there is a very particular way of eatingthis. what you do is take the boiled egg, cut itin half, and scoop out the yolk…preferably
without destroying your egg! you then add a little bit of vinegar, oliveoil, and a generous dollop of mustard. you mix the whole thing into a paste, stuffit back into the egg, and voila! you’ve just prepared your first soleier. here we go. that is good. that is good? what do you do after a lunch like that? well, we signed up to take part in an interactiveart installation, that’s what!
right, so right now we are at k21 and we'regoing to be taking part in this interactive art exhibition. it is called in orbit. it is right behind me and it is basicallylike a giant human spiderweb so let's start climbing. alright, time to suit up and i probably shouldnot have worn a dress but i didn't think this would happen. this was your these are your overalls. your workers outfit right?
are you going to be like a human spiderman? that is the plan. are you going to be the spider woman climbingthe climbing the web. how do you feel? do you feel a little nervous? i feel like a construction worker. like a construction worker. and how about the actual climbing? i think it'll be fine.
you think you'll be fine. you are not scared? of course, once i got up there and realizedi was dangling several stories above the ground, my cool flew out the window! i clamped my clammy hands onto the net andrefused to move. i finally mustered up enough courage to crawlback to the exit. but here are my friends sauntering aroundwithout a care in the world, so maybe follow their lead. right now we're visiting hofgarten one ofthe many green escapes you can find here in
the city and it just so happens to be thatthere is a cool jazz festival taking place so we're going to go check that out rightnow. (music from the festival) okay so we've been having a lot of reallygreat german food but dusseldorf also has an international food scene. today we were all craving indian so that iswhat we're having for dinner. come along. our quest for indian food brought us to tandoorion immermannstraãÿe, where we each ordered our favourite curries and boy was it good!
this is amazing. we ordered so many different curries. we've got some chicken dishes, some cottagecheese, we got rice, naan. that is the nice thing about eating with friendsis that we each can share. we can each share and we each ordered a differentdish. how is that? i'm so hungry right now this is delicious. after stuffing our faces, we went back toour hotel for some live music. the me and all hotel is known for puttingon cool events, not just for guests, but for
locals as well, and on this particular nightthey had sons of time, a cool hip hop band from berlin playing. (hip hop music) and i'm having one of my absolute favorites. sambuca. i've actually acquired the nickname sambucasam before so this is how much i like this drink. the following morning it was time to exploreduesseldorf’s artsy side and what better place than a street where buildings are coveredin giant works of art.
okay so this morning we are exploring kiefernstrasseand this is a street that is really known for squatting, alternative lifestyle and obviouslythere was a lot of really cool street art so we're going to explore this area and yeahit is going to be really cool. the apartment blocks on kiefernstrasse werefirst occupied in 1905 to house the workers from the local steelwork. however, when these jobs shut down in the70s, owners began to terminate their existing tenancy agreements and the buildings becamemunicipal property. this marked the beginning of squatting, aspeople looking for somewhere to live began moving into these empty apartments, and overtimethis became a hub for alternative culture
in duesseldorf. so this place is pretty much an instagram-ersdream. also, fun fact we've just discovered thislike free public library system over on the windowsills you can just see boxes full ofbooks and you can grab one and it is yours to enjoy. pretty cool. after an art-infused morning, it was timeto unwind, and what better way than a leisurely sightseeing cruise down the rhine? this is the longest river in germany, andyou can even travel down to some of the neighbouring
cities by boat, but this visit was all aboutduesseldorf, so we opted for the 1 hour cruise which took us as far as the media harbour. so right now we're visiting kassematten whichis just along the rhine and it is a great place to go exercise, also to meet up withpeople for drinks or to have a little bite to eat. so yeah, we're just going to wander aroundand check it out now. from there, it was a short stroll over toaltstadt, also known as the old city. at first glance dã¼sseldorf looks like a cityof the future, but it also has its historic parts which are very much worth a wander.
so one thing we like to do in every city wevisit is go up a tower and get a bird's eye view of the city. right now we're at the rhine tower (rheinturm)and we're going to see what dusseldorf looks like from above. the rhine tower stands 240.5 metres aboveduesseldorf and it gives you 360 degree views of the city. here you can get a better idea of how massivethe rhine river really is with giant barges travelling in either direction. and if you come up on a clear day, you mighteven be able to spot the neighbouring city
of cologne off in the distance. so we're feeling a little peckish after visitingthe tower so it is time for my all-time favorite german snack currywurst. oh my gosh. so excited to be trying this. taking it for a massive swim in the sauce. oh yeah, first bite. that is amazing currywurst. from there, it was a skip and a hop to medienhafen,where it pretty much felt like we had been
teleported into the future. the architecture here is mind-boggling andit’s another fun place to wander around without much of an agenda, or better yet,you can just plop yourself down at one of the many bars and enjoy the views. for dinner that evening, we opted to eat inthe japanese quarter where we were staying, and what better meal than sushi! with our weekend trip to dusseldorf windingdown we only had time to sneak in one more adventure and it was a good one. so sadly it is our last day in dã¼sseldorfbut we still have time for one more activity.
this morning we're doing a vw beetle tourwith dusseldorf safari and it is going to be a lot of fun. with nothing but blue skies in sight, we putthe roof down, left the city centre behind, and enjoyed a morning of cruising down backroads until we found ourselves in the countryside. and that’s a wrap for dã¼sseldorf! we honestly loved our time in the city andwe can’t believe it took us this long to visit after so many trips to germany. if you’re looking for a fun weekend escapethat combines the best of urban living and nature, duesseldorf is the perfect fit, andthe food scene will also keep all you foodies
happy. now you know the drill, if you have any traveltips or suggestions of other fun things to do in duesseldorf, feel free to share thosesuggestions with travellers in the comments below. wishing you happy travels and until next time!