Cities in NRW

Your flair

From the vibrant metropolises on the Rhine to Münster, Aachen and Wuppertal, the western half of NRW offers endless enticement for city sight-seers. Here you can admire wonders of modern architecture, shop to your heart’s content or stroll through lively old towns. Go wherever your curiosity takes you and discover the cosmopolitan atmosphere of our vibrant and distinctive cities.

Blick entlang des Rheinufers in Düsseldorf, © Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus GmbH

City trips in NRW

Shoppen auf der Königsallee, © Düsseldorf Marketing & Tourismus

Shopping in North Rhine-Westphalia

Köln von oben aus dem Flugzeug fotografiert

Discovering # urbanana

Duisburg Harbour, © Duisport / Hans Blossey

Discover the west in your next city break

Alter Flecken in Freudenberg, © Stadt Freudenberg

Regions in NRW

Travel packages

Find your perfect offer for your next city trip

Aachener Dom, © aachen tourist service e.V.

from 115.00 €

Aachen Classic

aachen tourist service e.V.

Excelsior Hotel Ernst, © Excelsior Hotel Ernst

from 217.00 €

Original Eau de Cologne

Excelsior Hotel Ernst

room: category comfort, © Best Western Parkhotel Oberhausen

from 59.00 €

VIP Shopping Centro with limousine transfer

Best Western Parkhotel Oberhausen

from 115.00 €

Münster historic city

Münster Marketing

Markttreiben in Münster, © Stephanie Alker

from 124.50 €

Everything on one card

Münster Marketing

Looking for a short break?

Paar mit Wanderkarte, © Tourismus NRW e.V.

Hiking

Radfahren Rheinradweg Königswinter, © Dominik Ketz, Tourismus NRW e.V.

Cycling

Das Dach der Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, © Tourismus & Congress GmbH Region Bonn,Rhein-Sieg,Ahrweiler.jpg

Museums

Legoland Discovery Centre

Corvey

LWL-Industriemuseum Zeche Zollern

UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein

Schloss Dyck

Aussenansicht Deutsches Fußballmuseum Dortmund - direkt am Hauptbahnhof, © Deutsches Fußballmuseum Dortmund

German Football Museum Dortmund

Kind macht ein Foto mit Shrek, © Oliver Franke, Tourismus NRW e.V.

Movie Park Germany

Unesco-Welterbe Kölner Dom korrigiert © Köln Tourismus-Udo Haake

Cologne Cathedral

Kolumba Museum in Cologne

Grugapark in Essen

Zeltstadt KulturPur in Hilchenbach-Lützel, © KulturBüro! Siegen-Wittgenstein

Festivals

Der Eifeler Döppekooche, ein traditioneller Kartoffelauflauf, wird heute als schmackhaftes Ofengericht wiederenteckt, © Archiv Eifel Tourismus GmbH

Authentic cuisine

Blick auf die Aussichtsplattform Terra Nova am Tagebau Hambach, © Dominik Ketz, Tourismus NRW e.V.

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✨ We just cannot get enough of looking at James Turrell's Third Breath (2009) at Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst Unna. 💡Photo: Frank Vinken

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The 2018-edition of Kontermag, hidden cologne and The Dorf The Mag providing you with hot news from the metropolis #urbanana! Get your free bundle on www.dein-nrw.de/prospekte

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