Short of time or prefer to walk about on your own? In that case we recommend the following round tour, which is shown on the city map in the Culture Guide (2.1 MB).

Start with the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and its famous "Beuys Stove Pipe". The four muses, the four roof figures on the old art museum, point the way to the K20 Kunstsammlung on Grabbeplatz, one of the leading museums of art of the 20th century. Proceed to Ratinger Straße, a favourite meeting place for artists and students past and present.

Just a few steps further will take you to the monumental building of the Academy of Art, one of the leading universities of fine art in Europe – and once the place of work for Paul Klee, Joseph Beuys and Jörg Immendorff. It connects seamlessly to the cultural Ehrenhof complex, which is dominated by the  impressive domed Tonhalle – home of Düsseldorf’s symphonic orchestra.

The park designed by Wilhelm Kreis will take you to the NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft and to the Museum Kunstpalast, which is famous for its major collection presenting Old Masters, works of classsical modernity and contemporary art. And if you do not wish to make the return trip on the subway (U78/U79, Nordstraße w H2), we can recommend two attractive walks: through the idyllic Hofgarten, once Germany’s first public park, or along the Rhine.
Past Burgplatz with the Akademie-Galerie – Die neue Sammlung and KIT – Kunst im Tunnel.

The K21Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus (the former house of the estates) shows outstanding works of contemporary art on its impressive premises.