THE DORF • THE MAG No. 5

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GUIDE

NO BIRCH LAND

SHOP TILL YOU DROP

Let’s take a walk on Flingern’s vibrant Birkenstraße

Discover Düssel­ dorf ’s most exciting concept stores, designers and brands

GUIDE

ART

GOING OUT

HIDDEN PORTRAITS

The best addresses and newcomers in town for having lunch, dinner – and a glass or two

A visit at Volker Hermes’ backyard studio in Düsseldorf

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FOOD

BETWEEN ART & INTERIOR

EAT MORE CREAM CAKE!

Four Düssel­ dorfers who are dedicated to unique interiors

The history of the 175 year old Buschmann bakery and confectionary

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As an independent magazine, we are very excited to publish the fifth issue of THE DORF · THE MAG in this crazy year of 2021 – and at the same time to celebrate our first mini-anniversary of the big “five”. Maybe we’d better postpone the big party until 2022, but of course the fifth issue has many surprises in store.

As part of the anniversary, our friends Lilly Friedeberg from Studio B.O.B. and Alex Michalakopoulos from the design studio Morphoria, created our new, crazy and interactive cover. The cover comes to life via the QR code on the front of the magazine and the Artivive app behind it. Try it out! We don’t want to give too much away – just one thing: it will be just as colourful as our beautiful city of Düsseldorf.

For five years now, we have been trying with THE DORF · THE MAG to give creative people in the city a face. Something that has been our goal with our platform THE DORF since 2014.

Because it is the creative scene, small businesses, independent restaurateurs, individual entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, DJs, designers, actors, founders that give a city its face.

That makes it all the more important to support them, especially after the last two energy-sapping years. We firmly believe that in 2022 normality will return to Düsseldorf and to the world, we will meet in restaurants and bars again, dance at concerts and life will return to our cultural institutions.

With our fifth issue, we would once again like to provide a comprehensive overview of the wonderful cultural scene in the city. With 16 more pages than last year’s issue, our annual guide is, as always, packed with highlights, insider tips, people and experiences from Düsseldorf – plus an extensive address section for culture, restaurants, clubs, shopping & co.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our numerous partners, friends and advertisers who have made this magazine possible. Especially this year we appreciate their support very much. Thank you for being part of THE DORF and showing how colourful and diverse our beautiful city is.

We hope you enjoy reading and exploring it. See you in THE DORF .

Yours, Tina Husemann & David Holtkamp (Founders and editors-in-chief of THE DORF )

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Hidden Portraits

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EAT & DRINK 60

We visited the artist Volker Hermes in his backyard studio in Düsseldorf.

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TASTING YARD 72

Eat more cream cake!

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MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & ART VENUES

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CULTURAL SPACES

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Rosa Viktoria Ahlers

A visit to the studio of the upand-coming young director

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DRINK COFFEE 82

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STREETS OF DÜSSELDORF

Heidi cooks vegetarian

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SONNEUNDSOLCHE 22

by Bernd Schaller

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WHAT IS URBANANA? 56

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No Birch Land

Discover the magic of Birkenstraße in the district of Flingern

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A(rt)partment At the interface between interior and art

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Malte van der Meyden

Objects and materials – the two passions of the Düsseldorf designer THE DORF

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ARIANE ERNST 106

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THE SHOP 132

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LILLY & ALEX 134

MAX FIEDLER 138

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Interview with one third of the Antilopen Gang WHERE TO ...

FIND VINYL 144

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Once upon a time Between Düsseldorf and Hollywood: Ante Dekovic WHERE TO ...

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TAKAO BABA 146

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Portraits A VISIT TO THE STUDIO OF ARTIST VOLKER HERMES

Sailing ships on the high seas, mathematical figures that grow out of beetles, and masked kings: Volker Hermes combines worlds, genres, and eras on the canvas. The viewer is duped again and again, sometimes getting a chuckle out of it.

We visited the artist in his backyard studio in Düsseldorf.

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The studio of painter Volker Hermes lies in a charming backyard in the middle of Bilk. It is tidy but not clean. There is something to be discovered in every corner. Next to books and paint tubes stand his paintings, small experiments, and the now famous “Hidden Portraits”.

At the start of the pandemic, when suddenly everybody had to mask up, these latter adaptations of historical oil paintings tapped into the pulse of time and went viral.

Hermes was born in a small town in the district of Heinsberg. His studies at the Art Academy brought him to Düsseldorf. Here he has lived enthusiastically since the mid-1990s. Even when everybody left for Berlin, he stayed true to the Dorf. “In this city, there is always something brewing on some corner, you just have to find that corner”, notes Hermes, who now lives at the Worringer Platz.

Hermes experienced the techno era on many occasions when visiting Germany’s capital. But he never really want-

ed to move there because the feeling of losing himself in Berlin’s way of life was too great. He has and continues to prefer working in his studio in Bilk, where he stands in front of his canvases with acrylic paints and graffiti markers from morning to night-time, or sits at his computer, scrolling through museum image archives and collaging old artworks into new ones using Photoshop.

Upon graduation, he needed distance from the Art Academy and decided not to visit it for a few years. Today, however, he enjoys attending the end-of-semester Rundgang (open house) and regularly conducts projects with students. Moreover, he is very interested in what makes the upcoming art scene tick. As he puts it,

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“I never wanted to be one of those old Düsseldorf artists who walk through the Art Academy, shake their heads, and say: ‘Back then, everything was better’”.

Following his studies at the Art Academy, Hermes began to seriously engage with the history of painting, asking himself: “What came before me?

And what does that mean for me?”.

For his research, he not only visited exhibitions and read books but also made himself part of the artworks he was studying. Using Photoshop, he mounted photos of himself on oil paintings. His resulting collages look as if he is embracing aristocrats and the upper-middle-class of past centuries.

Hermes understands the collaging gesture as an homage to and appreciation of the artists of past eras. “These paintings mean a lot to me”, he says. His first digital collages are sketch-like but in the following years, the painter immersed himself deeper and deeper into digital image processing. Today, he creates collages that look like real paintings at first glance. He succeeds at this because all the shapes, colours, and brushstrokes that he uses stem from the painting itself.

Rather than add something new, he only duplicates what already exists and places it elsewhere.

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“What came before me?

And what does that mean for me?”

“It would seem like a sacrilege to me if I colourised a painting by another painter”, says Volker Hermes. He finds it important that his painterly modifications credibly blend with the original artwork. In this way, the originals’ aura is preserved, as they are turned into a newer and more contemporary version.

These newer versions are photographic works, which are smaller than the originals and deliberately printed on smooth paper. The desire to connect different worlds is like a recurring theme in Hermes’ oeuvre.

Hermes was in his studio when an international hype emerged around his “Hidden Portraits”. Their visual content – people disappearing behind masks – perfectly and almost clairvoyantly symbolizes the current era. Anyone who googles Volker Hermes will quickly catch the feeling that the entire world reported on him and his masked people in the aftermath of the Covid-19 outbreak. International exhibition requests followed and today, he has more than fifty thousand subscriptions on Instagram, the platform where it all began.

For the “Hidden Portraits” series, Hermes chooses paintings from the Renaissance, Baroque, or Biedermeier periods. They all depict the “absolute elite” rather than “common people”, as he remarks. Flowers, dresses, and hairstyles – every little detail that the paintings evince has a symbolic meaning and serves a purpose, namely that of representation. The artist plays with notions of rendition and shifts the context in which

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pictorial symbols of power are anchored: “I have the chance to raise a new thought with an old artwork”. And indeed, this he manages to do by humorously breaking up old-established traditions.

When Hermes forms a fluffy hat out of the ruff that symbolizes wealth and a sense of fashion, he exposes exaggerated privilege in the relations of power.

Long-curled allonge wigs, the then hairy trademark of European rulers, are doubled curl for curl until they look so pompous that the faces of the powerful disappear behind them. Fine clothes made from velvet and silk are refashioned into masks reminiscent of the S&M scene.

Faces are veiled and people disappear behind their stately accessories.

At first sight, the viewer can no longer determine who the people in the pictures were or how they felt. S/he is irritated and thus engages with Hermes’ pictures all the more so. Everything seems perfect in these old oil paintings, every fine brushstroke can be seen, and every aspect is meticulously planned through.

Hermes’ paintings look quite different, but they follow the same approach.

Hermes uses quick-drying acrylic paint for his paintings and a thick per-

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manent marker for his drawings. Every drawn line must be spot on, nothing can be corrected. A small, wooden framed painting hangs next to the bookshelf in his studio. It shows a dark sailing boat that has just lost the battle against raging waves. A large signature spans over the threatening black sea. It is not the artist’s signature, but an autograph by actress Tilda Swinton. She starred in Jim Jarmusch’s vampire film “Only lovers left alive”, which features Hermes’ ship paintings.

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“I have the chance to raise a new thought with an old artwork.”

“People thought it was strange that someone dealt with seascapes in the year 2000”, Hermes says. But that did and does not bother him. Too big is his fascination for the then elementary shipping industry. In search of ideas, he roams through naval museums, before using acrylics, sharpies, and graffiti markers to paint historical motives which dissolve and captivate viewers with their dark power.

Hermes also takes up existing pictorial material in his “Humboldt Hybrids”.

He encountered animal drawings from scientific expeditions in archives of natural history and subsequently blended them with geometric bodies. The resulting independent beings combine nature and art with mathematics in a unique way.

The artist was so fascinated by so-called polyhedrons so he struggled through maths books to understand these geometrical shapes better. He folds small polyhedrons out of paper so they can be turned and viewed from every angle.

They lie on his bookshelves, next to memorabilia and art books, framed by a great many painted canvases. Diving into the pictorial worlds of Volker Hermes is like a journey through past eras with the knowledge of our time.

“I always look the same. I have the same shirt eight times. I wear it when I move, as I do when I attend an exhibition opening.”

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Kathi Schulz Kathi Schulz works at the intersection of painting and technology and is currently conquering the field of knowledge surrounding artificial intelligence. Can AI be creative? Is there art in digital technologies? Where does technology meet art and art meet technology? In order to pursue these questions that will shape the future, the graduate of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is leaving the city and starting her Master of Fine Arts at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles this autumn. Her goal: to make the subject of AI accessible to everyone and to bring out its artistic potential.

We met Kathi for an interview in which she gives us an insight into her work and explains why digital awareness is so important in society.

How would you describe your artistic approach?

I work at the intersection of painting and digital technologies. I deal with the question “How can painting be detached from the analogue realm and connected with digital formats?”. In doing so, I question whether painting must be bound to analogue media and processes such as brush or canvas. How can these normative structures be dissolved and how can the potential of digital technologies be expanded through art?

You are particularly concerned with the topic of AI – artificial intelligence. How did this come about and what attracts you to this topic?

AI is still a niche topic. That shocks me. Artificial intelligence surrounds us everywhere we look. It is part of our everyday life, and we make use of it every day. I find it fascinating that there is so little discussion of the topic and no real platform for it. People don’t engage enough with the issue. This lack of discourse is also a reason for the many negative connotations that have become entrenched in society. In order to be able to use artificial intelligence in such a way that it is designed to benefit the individual and also social structures, there must be a discourse on this topic.

The intersection of creativity and AI technologies is being explored in many fields, be it in the art scene, neuroscience, or AI research itself. Can artificial intelligence really be creative? Questions of this kind can only be answered through an interdisciplinary approach, which is exactly why this interface is so interesting to me.

Besides art, what are your passions?

The mountains, hiking and snowboarding.

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You plan to complete your Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Art + Technology and Integrated Media at CalArts California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles. Why LA and what do you hope to gain from this time?

There is no real space for what I do in Düsseldorf or at the Kunstakademie yet. So far, I’ve been working independently with digital technologies and new media.

Many people in LA work with new technologies with a focus on an artistic approach. I am then no longer just the one who has to explain the technology and the working process but get input. I know that there is a bigger scene there for the intersection of tech and art than here in Germany.

I’m also looking forward to living in a big city again.

The Master’s lasts two years. I haven’t planned what I’ll do afterwards. I’ll be guided by my career. Maybe it requires me to stay in LA, maybe not.

Which artist, dead or alive, would you most like to collaborate with?

With Hilma af Klint, a Swedish painter.

What places in Düsseldorf inspire you as an artist?

The academy, of course, my studio and anywhere I can meet my friends and talk about art. Then the place doesn’t matter to me.

Düsseldorf as a work of art: What would that look like?

It would be a huge sailing shoe because Düsseldorf is so stuffy.

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Art inspires, art stimulates reflection and exchange, art is diverse and surprising, but above all it is one thing: important! We bridged many months with alternative concepts.

But art must be tangible. Discover Düsseldorf ’s seemingly endless landscape of galleries and museums, theaters, stages, and other cultural institutions!

GALLERY ACHENBACH HAGEMEIER Kennedydamm 1 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Golzheim achenbachhagemeier.com GALLERY AEDT Linienstraße 28 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk instagram.com/ am_ende_des_tages COLLECTION AKADEMIE-GALERIE – DIE NEUE SAMMLUNG Burgplatz 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de/ galerie GALLERY BECK & EGGELING Bilker Straße 5 & 4 – 6 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt beck-eggeling.de

GALLERY BLOOM Birkenstraße 56 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern bloomduesseldorf.de GALLERY BOA BASEDONART GALLERY Birkenstraße 112 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern boa-basedonart.com GALLERY GALERIE CONRADS Kirchfeldstraße 2 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk galerieconrads.de

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GALLERY COSAR HMT Flurstraße 57 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern cosarhmt.com

GALLERY KONRAD FISCHER Platanenstraße 7 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern konradfischergalerie.de

MEMORIAL ERINNERUNGSORT ALTER SCHLACHTHOF Münsterstraße 156 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf erinnerungsort-duesseldorf.de

GALLERY GALERIE DROSTE Birkenstraße 104 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern galeriedroste.de URBAN ART GALLERY GALERIE 1900 Ellerstraße 155 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk weare1900.com

MUSEUM FILMMUSEUM DÜSSELDORF Schulstraße 4 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt duesseldorf.de/filmmuseum

GALLERY LUCAS HIRSCH Birkenstraße 92 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern lucashirsch.com

FORUM FOR FILM AND MEDIA ART FILMWERKSTATT Birkenstraße 47 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern filmwerkstatt-duesseldorf.de

URBAN ART GALLERY HOOD PROJECTS Hüttenstraße 150 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk hood-projects.de GALLERY KADEL WILLBORN Birkenstraße 3 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern kadel-willborn.de

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GALLERY DAVID BEHNING Lindenstraße 167 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern davidbehning.com

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ART FOUNDATION KAI 10 ∙ ARTHENA FOUNDATION Kaistraße 10 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Hafen kaistrasse10.de

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GALLERY KUNST & DENKER CONTEMPORARY Florastraße 75 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk kunstunddenker.com ART ASSOCIATION KUNSTVEREIN WP8 Kölner Straße 73 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte wp8.org ART ASSOCIATION KÜNSTLERVEREIN MALKASTEN Jacobistraße 6a 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte malkasten.org MUSEUM KUNSTSAMMLUNG NRW | K20 Grabbeplatz 5 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt kunstsammlung.de

ART ASSOCIATION KUNSTVEREIN FÜR DIE RHEINLANDE UND WESTFALEN Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt kunstverein-duesseldorf.de

GALLERY MAX MAYER Schmela-Haus, Mutter-Ey-Straße 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt maxmayer.net

GALLERY UTE PARDUHN Kaiserswerther Markt 6a 40489 Düsseldorf ∙ Kaiserswerth galerie-parduhn.de

PROJECT SPACE NAILS PROJECTROOM Birkenstraße 61 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern nails-room.com

GALLERY RUPERT PFAB Ackerstraße 71 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern galerie-pfab.com

ART FOUNDATION LANGEN FOUNDATION Raketenstation Hombroich 1 41472 Neuss ∙ Holzheim langenfoundation.de GALLERY ANNA LAUDEL Mühlenstraße 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt annalaudel.gallery GALLERY LINN LÜHN Birkenstraße 43 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern linnluehn.com

MUSEUM KIT – KUNST IM TUNNEL Mannesmannufer 1b 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt kunst-im-tunnel.de

GALLERY MARKUS LÜTTGEN Schwanenmarkt 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt markusluettgen.de

MUSEUM KUNSTHALLE DÜSSELDORF Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt kunsthalle-düsseldorf.de

MUSEUM MAHN- UND GEDENKSTÄTTE DÜSSELDORF Mühlenstraße 29 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt gedenk-dus.de

GALLERY NIDUS KOSMOS Hohe Straße 45 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt nidus-kosmos.com

URBAN ART GALLERY PRETTY PORTAL Brunnenstraße 12 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk prettyportal.de

MUSEUM KUNSTPALAST Ehrenhof 4–5 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort kunstpalast.de

GALLERY LUDORFF Königsallee 22 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte ludorff.com

MUSEUM NRW-FORUM Ehrenhof 2 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort nrw-forum.de

GALLERY PRODUZENTENGALERIE PLAN D Dorotheenstraße 59 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern galerie-plan-d.de

GALLERY HANS MAYER Schmela-Haus, Mutter-Ey-Straße 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt galeriemayer.de

PROJECT SPACE SONNEUNDSOLCHE Birkenstraße 44 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern sonneundsolche.com

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GALLERY PETRA RINCK Birkenstraße 45 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern petrarinckgalerie.de

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URBAN ART GALLERY TAKE A BUTCHER’S GALLERY Hoffeldstraße 42 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern takeabutchers.gallery MUSEUM THEATERMUSEUM DÜSSELDORF Jägerhofstraße 1 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort duesseldorf.de/theatermuseum

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GALLERY TÖCHTER & SÖHNE Reisholzer Werftstraße 73 40589 Düsseldorf ∙ Holthausen toechter-soehne.de

GALLERY FELIX RINGEL Eiskellerberg 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt felixringel.com

GALLERY SIES + HÖKE Poststraße 2 + 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt sieshoeke.com

PRIVATE COLLECTION SAMMLUNG PHILARA Birkenstraße 47 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern philara.de

EXHIBITION HALL SKULPTURENHALLE / THOMAS SCHÜTTE STIFTUNG Lindenweg, corner Berger Weg 41472 Neuss thomas-schuette-stiftung.de

GALLERY SCHÖNEWALD Lindenstraße 182 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern schoenewaldfinearts.de GALLERY CLARA MARIA SELS Poststraße 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt galerie-claramariasels.de GALLERY SETAREH Königsallee 27 – 31 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte setareh-gallery.com Hohe Straße 53 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt setareh-x.com

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GALLERY SPRINK Franklinstraße 34 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort instagram.com/ sprink.duesseldorf MUSEUM STADTMUSEUM DÜSSELDORF Berger Allee 2 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt duesseldorf.de/stadtmuseum

MUSEUM | ART FOUNDATION STIFTUNG INSEL HOMBROICH Minkel 2 41472 Neuss ∙ Holzheim inselhombroich.de MUSEUM STIFTUNG SCHLOSS UND PARK BENRATH Benrather Schloßallee 100 – 106 40597 Düsseldorf ∙ Benrath schloss-benrath.de INTER MEDIA ART INSTITUTE | FOUNDATION STIFTUNG IMAI Birkenstraße 47 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern stiftung-imai.de PRIVATE COLLECTION JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION Schanzenstraße 54 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel jsc.art PROJECT SPACE STUDIO FOR ARTISTIC RESEARCH Ackerstraße 33 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte studioforartisticresearch.com

GALLERY VAN HORN Ackerstraße 99 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern van-horn.net PROJECT SPACE WERKSTATT WERKSTATT Jahnstraße 5 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt werkstattwerkstatt.de GALLERY WILDPALMS Gerresheimer Straße 33 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte wild-palms.com GALLERY GALERIE WUNDERSEE Fürstenwall 124 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt galerie.wundersee.com ART FOUNDATION ZERO FOUNDATION Hüttenstraße 104 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt zerofoundation.de

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MUSIC TONHALLE Ehrenhof 1 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort tonhalle.de MUSIC & ARTS WELTKUNSTZIMMER Ronsdorfer Straße 77a 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern weltkunstzimmer.de MUSIC, LECTURES, CULTURAL EVENTS, PARTIES ZAKK Fichtenstraße 40 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern zakk.de

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DANCE TANZHAUS NRW Erkrather Straße 30 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern tanzhaus-nrw.de

MUSIC MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC HALL Siegburger Straße 15 40591 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk mitsubishi-electric-halle.de OPERA & BALLET DEUTSCHE OPER AM RHEIN Heinrich-Heine-Allee 16a 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte operamrhein.de

DÜSSELDORFER SCHAUSPIELHAUS Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz 1 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte dhaus.de

THEATRE APOLLO THEATER Apollo-Platz 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk apollo-variete.com

FFT FORUM FREIES THEATER Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 1 (KAP1) 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte forum-freies-theater.de

CENTRAL Worringer Straße 140 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte dhaus.de

JUNGES SCHAUSPIELHAUS Münsterstraße 446 40470 Düsseldorf ∙ Mörsenbroich dhaus.de KO(M)MÖDCHEN Kay-und-Lore-Lorentz-Platz 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt kommoedchen.de

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TAKELGARN Also check out Takelgarn’s various open-air locations Philipp-Reis-Straße 10 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt takelgarn.de

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THEATER AN DER KÖ Schadow-Arkaden Schadowstraße 11 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte theateranderkoe.de

THEATER AN DER LUEGALLEE Luegallee 4, corner Burggrafenstraße 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel theaterluegallee.de THEATERFABRIK DÜSSELDORF Luisenstraße 120 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt theaterfabrik.org THEATERKANTINE Ronsdorfer Straße 74 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern theaterkantine.de THEATER DER KLÄNGE Winkelsfelderstraße 21 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf theater-der-klaenge.de

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sonneundsolche About four years ago, Antonia Rodrian, Pia Krajewski and Antonia Freisburger graduated from the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie and have since been working in the exhibition space sonneundsolche on Birkenstraße in Flingern. sonneundsolche is a communal studio and off-space at the same time. The three artists have thus developed a concept that allows them to pursue their own art and also offers other artists a space where they can present their art. The off-space sonneundsolche provides young artists with opportunities for exchange and mutual support in a network.

In this interview, the three initiators tell us how the concept came about and what experiences and insights they have had since then.

What drove you to open the space?

The space itself drove us to do it. We want to give young people who are in similar situations to us a platform to present their art. This way we can support artists and have an exchange with other young artists ourselves.

What is your claim and what makes you different?

The showcase is definitely special. Passers-by walk past it in their everyday lives and get a glimpse of the art. The artists often create new, site-specific works especially for our showcase. And some artists have their first solo exhibitions here, because the space is so well suited for this due to its compactness. It’s also very important to us to create an atmosphere of community and solidarity.

How do you choose the artists you exhibit?

Meanwhile, many artists send us applications by e-mail.

The ones we like are shortlisted. Some of the exhibitors have a connection to our network. And we also come

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across artists on the internet who we think are great and to whom we would like to make the space available and invite them.

There are three of you – do you make your decisions democratically?

We agree quickly and never have to vote. We look for a common consensus and verify if everyone agrees.

That is usually the case.

You are graduates of the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, are you currently involved in your own art projects?

All the time! We are mainly artists. sonneundsolche is a side project. Each one of us has her own individual projects that we pursue here in the studio.

As artists and operators of an exhibition space, you have an all-round view of the art industry and are on both the artists’ and the exhibitors’ side. How does this mutual work and knowledge benefit your exhibition space?

We know from our own experience what is important when exhibiting and what artists need. That’s why we try to be particularly responsive to the artists’ wishes and offer them as much as possible. This benefits the artists, of course, but also us. We gain experience and our network grows. We get to know new people, which is very valuable in the art industry.

What places do you go to for artistic inspiration?

All places except reality.

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How did the exhibition space on Birkenstraße come about and what does sonneundsolche stand for?

We were actually looking for a studio. Then we came across the space on Birkenstraße. We found and opened a shared studio and exhibition space at the same time.

The showcase at the front of the street belongs to the space. It was immediately clear to us that we wanted to create an exhibition space here, if only to do justice to this showcase. sonneundsolche was a spontaneous name. Perhaps it stands for the otherness in people and exhibitions.

It refers to a kind of openness with which we encounter artists in our space.

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Since the early 80s, Kiefernstraße in Flingern has stood for diversity, self-determination and cultural diversity. This year it celebrates its 40th anniversary.

The photographer Bernd Schaller has lived on Kiefernstraße for eight years. With his photo project “Kiefern-Portraits”, he gives a face to the people who shape this special place in Düsseldorf day by day.

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Based on the street occupations of that time, the Kiefernstraße is still characterised by alternative concepts of life, political and cultural commitment and social togetherness. The residential landscape of Kiefernstraße, unique in Germany, shows that a concept away from conventional residential and social structures works. The residents create new perspectives again and again, integrate own experiences and thus promote mutual acceptance and

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loyalty. Values that are lived and celebrated by the Kiefernstraße in all its competence and urban culture.

The 57-year-old journalist and artist Bernd Schaller started taking photos as a young child. “What excites me about photography is the opportunity to work with a picture to be able to tell a whole story,” says Bernd Schaller.

Now he lets us participate in the stories of the individual residents of Kiefernstraße.

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Ali Hassanoglu (72) since 1972 employed as a steelworker at Klöckner on Kiefernstraße “There used to be hundreds of kids playing on both sides of the sidewalks, which were even higher. That was nice.”

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Tara (7) born in 2013 on the small Caribbean Island of Tobago and has lived on Kiefernstraße since 2014 “I like the Kiefernstraße because it’s so colourful and free and because I have a lot of friends here.”

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DEG STRIKER AT ISS DOME ALEXANDER BARTA

Vero (47) dancer, living on Kiefernstraße for 13 years “If you knew where to fall, you’d soften the spot.”

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Basger (21) student, home birth on Kiefernstraße “Nowhere is there such cohesion as on Kiefernstraße.”

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Petrus (53) drummer, been on Kiefernstraße for 30 years “Love is the strongest thing I know.”

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The idea of taking portraits of residents arose while looking at the casually taken photos of tourists on the street on social media. Many shots are similar and do not go beyond a more or less professional representation of the facades.

“With ‘Kiefern-Portraits’ I would like to add a substance to these shots and give a face to the people who help create this habitat,” he says. The focus is on the people in the picture. Therefore, the choice fell on black and white images. “The Kiefernstraße is very colourful, both inside and out. Black and white concentrates the gaze and strengthens the human presence in the picture,” says Bernd.

His portraits are intense. They show the individuals in their familiar surroundings. Often in the picture are things to which the protagonists attach a personal meaning or with which they can identify.

Bernd Schaller constructs a room that exhibits intimacy and at the same time decides how far this intimacy can go. The people in the picture decide for themselves what and how much of their personal story they want to tell the viewer. The photo series is filled with self-determination, respect and recognition. Just as Kiefernstraße has been conveying it for 40 years now and will hopefully pass on to future generations.

Our Dorf.

Our Passion.

The ongoing series includes 41 pictures so far.

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“Having the courage to show yourself.” This has also been the first step towards creative independence for Rosa Viktoria Ahlers. The communication designer has found herself in her self-employment and is grateful to be able to do what she loves: drawings. Her focus is on people and a basic understanding that we are all connected and belong together. The constant developments in her own creative processes and an emotional tangibility are omnipresent. The colour pink is as much a part of her programme as the feeling of a benevolent embrace.

You are an illustrator, artist, tattoo artist and beautify the city with your street art. Is there a favourite discipline? What do you enjoy the most?

I enjoy working with texts and illustrations the most. Preferably for magazines, even if it doesn’t happen that often at the moment. What I find so interesting about it is that I always have to deal with the respective texts very intensively. You have to understand them very deeply and then present the content again on a different, pictorial level. I find this content-related work super exciting.

With tattooing, I appreciate the freedom it gives me. My motifs are somehow funny. I sometimes paint pizza pieces with faces and people want to wear these motifs on their bodies. I still find that fascinating.

The appointments take place in pairs – me and the other person. It’s sometimes like a little therapy session. I find it nice to have time for the person and that we are both just happy after the appointment.

I have only done street art twice so far. It’s nice because you can work analogue and with a big space that is public and visible for everyone. I can imagine doing it again in the future.

Your first tattoo, what was that like?

I tried the first tattoo on myself. I first had to know what it was like, because I didn’t have any tattoos myself yet. So back then I ordered a set from Amazon for 120 €, which included everything that is questionable from today’s point of view. Then I sat at my desk and got a small “R” tattoo on the inside of my wrist. My brother’s name is Ruben and we always wanted a sibling tattoo. So I sent him a photo of my tattoo. He came to me straight after work and I tattooed an “R” on his chest. I also did the next tattoos with the Amazon machine. I was the excited one in the process, not the people who came to me. They just had fun. In the meantime it has become normal for me.

What is your history?

My parents were both at the Art Academy and are freelance artists – my mum is a sculptor and my dad is a painter. So there was a constant connection to art and creative freelancing in my history. After my A-levels,

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“After my A-levels, I first thought of studying something social, as a rebellion against my parents, so to speak.”

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I first thought of studying something social, as a rebellion against my parents, so to speak. But then it turned out very quickly that I didn’t want to do anything else except draw and work creatively. It has always felt natural.

How would you describe your style?

I think my pictures are very gaudy, colourful, almost a bit pop. The themes in my illustrations are very people-oriented and peaceful-harmonious.

They are meant to be welcoming. The interpersonal subtleties interest me. That which is unseen. Those little moments and moments of understanding towards the other, of cohesion between people. That is my world view and what I would like to convey with my pictures.

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Do you have a favourite colour?

I think it’s just pink.

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What is your favourite work at the moment?

My latest work – it’s two flower figures. One is purple and the other is pink and they both hook into each other.

Are you more locally or internationally oriented? How important is the connection to the Düsseldorf scene to you?

I was born in Düsseldorf and I always describe the city like a big living room. You know each other in the scene, you know who works where, and you gather in the same familiar places. I like this sense of community about Düsseldorf.

What makes good design for you?

Design is a large area of creative work. With pictures in particular, it’s most important to me that they touch me and trigger something in me.

Whether it’s something I already know or something new discovered in me doesn’t matter. The diploma work “Witches” by Malwine Stauss recently had such an effect on me.

“The interpersonal subtleties interest me.

That which is unseen.”

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Do you have a favourite illustrator?

Anna Haifisch and Malwine Stauss. Anna Haifisch can translate very deep fears into comics in a very humorous way. That fascinates me.

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What trends do you observe and what do you currently find exciting?

In the field of design, I’ve noticed that it’s very 90s, so everything is very brutalistic. I think anti-style sums it up quite well. In the tattoo scene, the works are becoming more illustrative, more multifaceted and more contemporary. More and more people are taking up tattooing who have an artistic background and want to realise their own style in this way.

I find the development and acceptance of tattoos in society very exciting in this context.

Did you ever think about leaving Düsseldorf? Why did you stay?

I spent half a year in Valencia for a semester abroad. That was a challenging experience for me because I had to, wanted to and was able to rebuild everything there. I had to rediscover myself and proactively approach people if I wanted to make new friends. Opening myself up to the world did me and my person a lot of good. Afterwards, I started my two-year training in the tattoo studio “Dead Parrot” here in Düsseldorf, which tied me back to the city for the time being. But now I feel ready for something new again.

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What are your next plans?

I’m going to move to Offenbach because I want to study there at the Hochschule für Gestaltung to further develop my illustration style. I’d like to be able to make my work more multifaceted and diverse and try out different ways of creating results. I find finding my own visual language more intensive in my studies than in pure self-study. What comes after that is open.

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No No Birch Birch Land Land TEXT KATJA HÜTTE · PHOTOGRAPHY SABRINA WENIGER

Once upon a time there were only fields and farmland in Flingern. It was only built on at the end of the 19th century.

On Birkenstraße you can still see a small part of the worker’s residential area that was created at the time.

The main road divides Flingern into north and south.

Starting at the Wehrhahn, where it is quiet and green at first, it crosses Ackerstraße, where it becomes more bustling and finally meets Dorotheenstraße. Birkenstraße is full of contrasts and interesting people. You can find pretty much everything here – apart from birch trees.

A little girl on a blue scooter, wearing a pink helmet and leggings with a heart print, is whizzing past a homeless man sitting on a bench in the sun. An elderly woman is pushing her trolley across the street. Hip young people are drinking coffee sitting down, but also on-the-go.

The former pharmacy right at the junction with Ackerstraße now sells Syrian groceries. In the early 2000s, one door up, used to be the shop front of “Wilde Heimat”, full of vintage treasures that delighted collectors’ hearts. Now the guys from stuf|f offer stylish men’s fashion and all kinds of accessories of the best quality: from Japanese socks and classic check shirts to Blaumann jeans.

Occupying a former bicycle shop, Christoph Wilde’s antiquarian book shop looks like a walk-in sculpture or a scene straight out of a Kafka novel. Since 2009 towers of books have been growing up to the very high ceiling.

Around 20,000 second-hand books are stacked up high.

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About another 35,000 are waiting in the warehouse. From morning to night here, in his castle made of cardboard covers, the Lord of the Books enters title after title into his database – for his eager readers.

Sport Thelen, Düsseldorf ’s oldest sports shop, founded in 1898 can also be found on Birkenstraße.

Hockey and tennis enthusiasts travel here from near and far for detailed advice and the right equipment – because this is what they specialise in here.

The Schirmboutique is a charming shop just like from the old days. It moved to Birkenstraße more than 100 years ago. Walter Saß has been matching his customers with the right umbrellas here since 1991. Saß was actually born in Flingern – in the Flurklinik, a former hospital.

He is “one of four people in the whole of Germany” who still repairs umbrellas. And when he says “I can repair any umbrella,” it is really just an observation without a hint of pride or bragging. Saß has spare parts of all types and manufacturers in stock. In his shop he also sells everything made by Knirps and anything umbrella-related: from elegant homemade men’s umbrellas with doublehardened Solingen steel, a walking stick with a bamboo handle from the 1960s, a range of French Fayet sticks – to fancy ladies’ umbrellas by Gaultier or Gucci.

A little bit further down the road the aroma of fresh bread wafts over from both sides. On the left side is the Yusufogullari bakery with perhaps the best Turkish bread specialties in town. On the right is Bäckerei Bulle, offering a wide range of delicious breads and rolls, which are often sold out by the afternoon. There is only one thing you can do: put in an order and come back later.

Aldenhoff Jewellers has been creating fine jewellery for women and men on Birkenstraße for the last 26 years – from earrings to wedding rings. The roots of the label and co-founder Ramona Aldenhoff lie in New York. This is where she returns regularly. However, the shop, flat and workshop of Ramona, who has two daughters, are all located on Birkenstraße.

Those who want to do something for their physical health will also find a genuine Turkish hammam. Here, women as well as men, but on different days, use hot stones to work up a sweat and then get a good scrub and massage on heated marble in the beautifully tiled rooms bursting with authentic ambience.

But there is more to discover: valiant little tailors sew from morning to night. There is an optician, an electrician, building services, sun shading technology, a medical supply shop, a computer shop, a launderette, barbers, hairdressers, a dry cleaner, a funeral parlour and a zoological taxidermist. Although it offers so much variety, Birkenstraße is clearly less hip than its nearby sisters, Ackerstraße and Lindenstraße, or Hermannstraße with its market and children’s playground. But then it has

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remained a little bit more true to herself. In the past ten years, however, a lot has changed here, too. There is a cycle lane on each side. The cobblestones were replaced with silent, open-pore asphalt in 2012. Since then the cars roll past quietly and residents sleep better.

However, it is also obvious that no report on Birkenstraße can ever claim to be complete. This becomes apparent at the very latest when one talks with Erich Orths.

He was actually born on Birkenstraße in 1930. One minute his mother was working behind the counter in the family’s grocery shop at No. 88, the next she was giving birth to little Erich with the help of a midwife, only to continue working immediately afterwards. “I was born a prince,” Erich Orths quips. His parents had just been crowned Schützenkönig and -königin, king and queen at the local marksmen festival, in 1930.

“I took part in 17 dances of honour. And we went in a carriage to the coronation ball, which was held in the grounds of the zoo.” He experienced this rather indirectly, of course. Six weeks before his birth in fact, in his mother’s womb. Along with many other reports, he has newspaper articles about his parents’ coronation spread out in the shop window of his small private museum of local history. Erich Orths has filled the shelves of the empty shop with about 200 folders and contemporary documents of the city’s events: carnival, marksman festival, football. It was his way of keeping himself meaningfully occupied during the pandemic.

The sprightly 90-year-old has fond memories of his childhood before the war: “I played football with the children of our customers in the street in front of the house.” Every 20 minutes the tram passed, at that time it was still a horse drawn carriage. “Then we’d quickly get off the street to let it go by and then we’d continue playing.” The memory makes his blue eyes flash. Back then there was a flower shop on Birkenstraße, a fishmonger, a photo shop (until the 90s) and a large bicycle shop.

From 1936 little Erich fetched cigars for his dad at Mühlensiepen, where today the Greek snack bar on the corner of Wetterstraße sells chips, gyros and portions of grilled chicken. Then the war came and as an eight-yearold Erich Orths had to organise ration coupons on Sundays from morning to night. The Ministry of Food allocated food stamps for new produce, which was then distributed amongst his parents’ customers, who formed long queues on Birkenstraße in these hard times.

During that time, despite being a supporter of the local football team, Fortuna, young Erich was not able to attend matches. The family lived in the basement of the house for part of the time, because they were bombed out three times, in 1941, 1943 and 1944. On the 17th of April, 1945, the Americans arrived. “That was when we stayed over at Tante Tinen in Niederkassel.”

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The next morning, the liberators blew up the Oberkassel Bridge, Düsseldorf ’s first road bridge – and the Orths family was stuck on the other side of the Rhine.

It was only days later that they managed to paddle home in a rubber dinghy. In 1954 everything was finally rebuilt and Erich Orths took over his parents’ business. Where once Erich Orths saw the light of the day on Birkenstraße, Karin Krois-Blaschke moved in with her shop “Stauraum” in spring 2021 from Lindenstraße, selling furniture, art and interior design objects.

About art and culture on Birkenstraße entire books could be written, too. There is more to discover here in this respect than on any other street in Flingern or even in Düsseldorf as a whole. The gallerist Linn Lühn moved her own gallery from Cologne to a former drinks warehouse on Birkenstraße in 2011. Petra Rinck moved her gallery here from Ackerstraße. In 2016, the Lucas Hirsch Gallery came, too, and in 2018 the Basedonart Gallery run by Dunja Evers and Thomas Mass arrived.

Rupert Pfab moved over from Poststraße in 2017.

His space, a former laundry on the corner of Ackerstraße, offers plenty of room for art. The artists Antonia Freisburger, Pia Krajewski and Antonia Rodrian have created the non-profit artist-run space sonneundsolche at No. 44.

Gil Bronner’s Philara collection shows a wide variety of contemporary art. The collector arranged for the halls of the former Lennarz glass factory to be extensively renovated for this purpose. There is even art to be discovered in the basement and on top of the roof.

Neighbours include the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler e.V. BBK and the Filmwerkstatt. Film seminars are held here under the direction of Jan Wagner, old and new film treasures flicker across the screen or wellknown Düsseldorf musicians like Stefan Schneider man the mixing desk. Every summer Jan Wagner stages the “Flingernlichtspiele” on the terrace adjacent to the bistro. Then half the city hopes for a seat in the snug open-air cinema on Birkenstraße.

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Even detours can lead you to your goal. André Szardenings is wonderful proof that it pays to pursue your passion. After leaving school, the young film director first worked in the advertising industry for a few years before taking a financial risk and beginning his studies at the International Film School in Cologne. It paid off: his graduation film BULLDOG was directly nominated for the prestigious First Steps Award, a prize of the German Film Academy, and has attracted attention within the industry. We visited André in his studio in Bilk.

In his first feature film BULLDOG, André tells the story of a close mother-son relationship. For as long as the 21-year-old protagonist Bruno can remember, there has only ever been him and the unconditional love of his mother Toni, who is 15 years older than him. Nothing else seems to come between them in their chaotic lives. It’s only when Hannah, Toni’s new girlfriend, moves into the bungalow they live in on Ibiza that Bruno finds himself in danger of losing his mother’s love. Scared out of their shared bed, Bruno has to realize that his previous sense of responsibility for Toni is more of a burden than he thought. Confronted with the turmoil between his own life and the deteriorating relationship with his mother, Bruno realizes that for the first time in his life he must make his own decisions.

André conceived the story entirely based on getting German actor Julius Nitschkoff for the role of Bruno.

That’s how the film idea got its proverbial face. The writing process was easier for him when he knew who was playing a role. In order to be able to engage the up-and-coming actor, the shooting had to be postponed four more times. However, the story only took on its final form when André was recommended the actress Lana Cooper by a director friend who, due to her age, awakened the idea of a young mother in him.

The writing process crystallized his interest in young parents and especially dependencies in relationships.

“I liked the idea of parentification, of the son being the parent and the mother resting on being allowed to be a child because she wasn’t a child long enough herself. I’m fascinated by the dependency that results

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from that. The film is a portrait of a boy. We see everything from his point of view. I always imagined him as a beefy guy, but still running after his mother like a dog,” explains the Düsseldorf director.

André decided early on that the action would take place on Ibiza. He wanted to tell the story of the dependent relationship on an island in order to physically represent the bubble in which the two main characters are stuck. Later, Ibiza turned out to be more fitting than ever, as the filming took place in the bungalow where André himself had once vacationed as a young boy.

This contributed significantly to the film’s palpably intimate atmosphere.

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ARE THERE PLACES IN DÜSSELDORF THAT INSPIRE YOUR WORK?

I WROTE BULLDOG IN LARGE PART AT THE IKEA CAFÉ IN KAARST! (LAUGHS) I WAS IN COLLEGE, DIDN’T HAVE MUCH MONEY, STARBUCKS WAS TOO EXPENSIVE AND AT IKEA YOU CAN ALWAYS REFILL THE COFFEE AND THERE’S FAST INTERNET!

Authenticity plays a very important role for André Szardenings and can be found surprisingly often in the film. BULLDOG keeps both the number of locations and the number of characters to a minimum. “It’s almost like a chamber play, because we’re only outside the apartment complex three times. We set up the bungalow where the characters live, but otherwise almost all the sets are locations. We also didn’t change the girl’s room. For me, the most important thing is that I believe everything the characters say, because their genuineness is what makes the film the strongest.

All but the four main characters were people who really live locally and felt like being in our film.”

If you have few resources, you have to find creative ways to implement your ideas. Everyone in the team had to do four jobs to make the plan work. André himself was responsible not only for directing, but also for the screenplay, camera and production design.

He follows his visions, remains persistent and doesn’t see detours as necessarily negative: “I wanted to shoot like that. I think German film is stiff sometimes, I feel the structure behind it and the way it’s shot. Everything is always so big and by the time you’ve rebuilt, you lose so much time in which you could be shooting... Our shoot lasted 14 days and we shot many more scenes per day than usual. You can’t do that permanently, though.”

André is already writing his next film. This time it will be a father-daughter story with an even younger father than the mother in BULLDOG. On a road trip through Europe, the daughter finds out who her father is. The author is working on a travel trilogy with all parts set abroad and Germans telling from exile. If he had characters in mind that fit, he could in principle also

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imagine telling a story in Düsseldorf, because he likes living in his hometown.

Even as a young creative, he enjoys the size of the city and keeps his distance from stressful hotspots like Berlin. “If I were to leave Düsseldorf, it would only be to spend the German winter somewhere in the south and then return. For a German city, Berlin was always on the cards because it’s just suitable professionally.

But I just don’t like the city and I don’t think I’d be happy there. In Berlin you always need at least three quarters of an hour to get somewhere. In Düsseldorf, you’re spontaneous.”

BULLDOG will be released between late 2022 and early 2023. The delayed start is important for André to be able to show his graduation film at queer film festivals, which have been postponed so far. In this respect, too, the creative mind is pursuing what is important to him.

With BULLDOG, he tells a queer story without putting the focus on them and controlling the plot: “There used to be a lot of films where queer people were the laughing stock or had problems with themselves. That suggests to young queer people that they’re going to have trouble too. There are still a lot of problems and it’s important that there are films that are critical. At the same time, we also need films that don’t address a deviation from heterosexuality at all, and instead show queer life and just accept it as it is.”

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What is urbanana?

urbanana, the urban jungle encompassing Düsseldorf, Cologne and the Ruhr Area; perfectly shaped like a banana. Life is vibrant here, with forever changing scenery, creative people and cool places that inspire you, deeply. Come and tour this multi-faceted region of NRW and feel the vibe of the urbanana.

How could you explore urbanana any better than the way locals do? Bike through the colourful quarters of Cologne, lined with cafés and small shops; Walk through artsy Düsseldorf with its Rhine tower always in sight and drive around the Ruhr Area if you feel like being moved by the transformation of this former industrial hub.

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We have created three tours for you that are perfect for a day of exploration of each of the areas in urbanana. Everything is well-connected here, making travelling in urbanana easy! No matter where your starting or ending point is, no matter where you are, everything belongs to urbanana.

Conveniently, all you need is your smartphone: Just scan the QR-Code and it will show you the route on Maps with info about all the different spots.

Let’s go! urbanana and its people await you!

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Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the city of fashion, the arts and home to the longest bar in the world. Doesn’t it sound like a great combination?! It most certainly is. So, let’s take a stroll!

INFO Explore Düsseldorf on foot. Starting point: Düsseldorf Flingern, where many trains bring you to all the other wonderful destinations of urbanana in no time

You can easily walk this city! Start your day in Flingern, a vibrant quarter characterized by its young urban crowd.

Have breakfast and mingle with the locals. Big murals on the house fronts brighten the city and for those who are on the hunt for the perfect soundtrack to their life, check out the Beat Retreat record store.

Kunstsammlung NRW, which holds one of the biggest collections of modern art in NRW. The NRW-Forum on the other hand presents the world’s first AR (Augmented Reality) Biennale until mid-2022. Digital sculptures can be seen by using your own smartphone. An immersive experience that lets you interact with art in real time.

Minutes away lies the Japanese quarter. Wander around the unique shops selling manga books and beautiful matcha cups. Try some of the authentic treats like the ramen soup at Takezo which is worth the visit.

Pass Gehry’s glittering architectural icon at the media harbor, then stroll towards Unterbilk, one of Düsseldorf’s coolest quarters. Lorettostraße and Bilker Allee are lined with colourful outlets like the vintage-store Frauenzimmer. There’s also enough variety available in the evening. Great cafes, restaurants and bars cover every taste. Perhaps a visit to the bar Dr. Pfeiffer is worthwhile, where you might catch some live music and maybe even party at Oh Baby Anna with the locals.

There’s no better way to end the night in Düsseldorf!

Düsseldorf’s old town is famous for its bar culture.

But there is one brewhouse that you shouldn’t miss.

Often named “the best Altbier” in town, Füchschen serves their own dark super seller as well as hearty meals. If you are more in the mood for some art, visit

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Cologne

Neighborhoods full of contrasts: design stores, fancy cafés, hip restaurants and bars. Cologne is colourful, lively and creative.

The best way to explore the metropolis is by bike. Let’s go!

Start your tour in multi-cultural Mülheim, a neighborhood on the Schäl Sick, as the right bank of the Rhine is called.

A lot is changing and developing there right now. Old industrial sites are becoming creative spots, co-working spaces are emerging, and the energy in Mülheim is inspiring. Let’s stop at the Mützepark, one of the hottest spots for street art in Cologne. From here, we make our way to Anker 7, probably the tastiest and most casual spot on the harbor in Cologne.

Past the Flora, with its pretty botanical garden, we head towards Nippes, a beautifully idyllic and familiar Veedel (the Kölsch term for neighborhood). Small streets lead to great locations. We recommend a snack at Morio on Schillplatz taking an in depth look at the trendy houseplants in the cute Mooi store, before cycling to the hip district of Ehrenfeld.

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Explore Cologne by bike.

Large parts of the route can be ridden on a bike path. But in many areas the sights can be reached only by using the streets. Some caution is then required.

Starting point: Mülheim train station, which can be reached by regional trains.

Who does not have a bike, can rent one from here.

Formerly a working-class neighborhood, today, a lively district full of young people. Many small, individual stores invite you to stroll along Körnerstraße and Bumann & Sohn, probably one of the hippest bars in the city which is only a few steps away. A quick craft beer at Braustelle, Cologne’s smallest brewery, is a must. From Ehrenfeld you can cycle over the Belgisches Viertel to Südstadt.

The picturesque Veedel which sits directly on the Rhine is one of Cologne’s most popular neighborhoods. The special mix of urban wandering is unique, whether in the Alteburger Straße, where Southern European easiness arises in the cute brasseries or in the Rheinauhafen with its architectural highlights. Who would like to then end the day in review, sitting down at the Rhine beach with the sunset in view?

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Ruhr Area

INFO Explore the Ruhr Area by scooter, e-bike or car. Starting point: Essen City Center, you can arrive there from all other urbanana spots by train – because it is right next to the central station. Here, you will find e-scooters that you can rent. Remember to wear a helmet. Better be safe than sorry.

You can discover four cities in one fantastic trip. But beware: the Ruhr Area is a big conurbation. Either you rent a scooter, take an e-bike or get into a car. Hop on our tour and enjoy!

Next stop, the Oberhausen Gasometer! Let the glass elevator take you up to the roof so you can enjoy the incredible view of the Ruhr Area, which you have just traveled through so grandiosely. Afterwards, try a fun competition at the exciting 7th Space, a gaming place, where you can go on a virtual reality ghost hunt. And now, you’ve collected some treasures worth seeing. So, why not congratulate yourself for a job well done in urban exploration?

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The tour continues via the picture-perfect Margarethenhöhe and from there, to the largest camera obscura, located in Mülheim Broich. In the old water tower, you

Before reaching our next destination, how about a quick urban art detour in the Meiderich Graffiti Tunnel? Then, we’ll make our way to the Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord.

The Guardian refers to it as one of the most beautiful metropolitan oases in the world and one of the most unusual parks in the world and wonderful to explore.

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Are you ready for a coffee break yet? Sit down by the window of the Café De Prins at the Isenbergplatz and start heading towards the city’s coolest shopping street, Rüttenscheider Straße, with its many boutique shops and restaurants. We recommend stopping by Elya’s concept store but please don’t be disappointed that their furniture doesn’t fit on your scooter.

can enjoy the optical phenomenon before continuing onward towards neighboring Duisburg.

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Downtown Essen already has plenty of bustling sights.

Just scan the QR code with your smartphone and see for yourself. This area has many architectural and unexpected gems to offer. For example, the wonderful Folkwang Museum, which was redesigned by David Chipperfield back in 2010.

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WHERE TO … EAT

INTERNATIONAL CUISINE & FINE DINING 1876 – DANIEL DAL-BEN (FORMER TAFELSPITZ) Serving creations of newly interpreted classic cuisine and fine-dining Grunerstraße 42a 40239 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal 1876.restaurant AGATAS International gourmet kitchen of undiscovered worlds of taste Kirchfeldstraße 59 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk agatas.de BAR OLIO Absolute favourite crossover cuisine featuring Italian, Asian, French and Mediterranean influences at the old freight depot Schirmerstraße 54 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort

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BRICKS BAR & RESTAURANT Mouth-watering cocktails and international cuisine Belsenplatz 3 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel bricksbar.de DR. KOSCH Formerly known as Bread & Roses, Dr. Kosch offers a cuisine full of finesse – brand new and it already has a Michelin star Roßstraße 39 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf dr-kosch.de

EM BRASS Modern mash-up cuisine Moltkestraße 122 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort instagram.com/em.brass ESSBAR Modern German-French cuisine with Asian influences Kaiserstraße 27 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort hm-essbar.de FINNS WINE & KITCHEN Playing with old, rediscovered vegetables, modern cooking techniques and complex aromas Tannenstraße 23a 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf finnswinebar.de FLEHER HOF Between blood sausage and Bordeaux there is a lot here that makes the heart of the gourmand beat faster.

Rhenish-Westphalian cuisine meets the finesse of French brasseries of the past century.

Fleher Straße 254 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flehe fleherhof.de

HASE UND IGEL The restaurant with raw walls, works of art and industrial lamps serves ambitious international cuisine Erkrather Straße 226 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern haseundigel.eu KARL’S Modern international cuisine Schloßstraße 82 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort karls-restaurant.de KÖ59 Fine dining by tv-cook Björn Freitag in the fancy atmosphere of Intercontinental Hotel Königsallee 59 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt koe59.com LIDO IM MALKASTEN Arty interior and sophisticated cuisine in a historical surrounding Jacobistraße 6 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte lido1960.de/malkasten MASSI Creative mix of national and international cuisine Moltkestraße 110 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort massi-restaurant.de

FRANK’S Enjoy regional fine dining specialties in Frank’s restaurant and bistro Ratinger Straße 9 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt atfranks.de

MÜNSTERMANN KONTOR Iconic bistro, restaurant and wine-bar in the heart of Carlstadt Hohe Straße 11 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt muenstermann-kontor.de

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Everyone was happy when the first lockdown was over. And then came winter – and with it an almost 6-month lockdown that hit restaurateurs particularly hard. Alternative concepts, take-away and drinks to go were the order of the day. The good news: We have had relatively few closures. Many of our favourite restaurants have successfully made it through the crisis. Plus: Numerous new gastro concepts are popping up.

What will always remain is the love for good food. So spread some love and support your fave restaurant, our all-time classics and all the newbies in town!

FRITZ FRAU FRANZI Fine, seasonal, experimental and surprising food in a perfect design interior Adersstraße 8a 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt fritzs-frau-franzi.de

NOA FOODBAR Stylish food-bar with a mix of sophisticated dishes Martinstraße 11 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk New Noa Foodstore coming soon! noafoodbar.de

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THE KITCHEN Cross-over bistro cuisine and a great selection of wines and drinks Tußmannstraße 46 40447 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort thekitchenduesseldorf.de UNS LÜÜ German seasonal cuisine with international influences and German wines Kronprinzenstraße 52 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk fb.com/unslueue

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WILLIAMS BAR & KITCHEN Old fashioned drinks meets new style food Friedrichstraße 115a 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk williams-bar.com

NØRDS Scandinavian, Nordic food with fish and oyster Lindenstraße 73 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern instagram.com/nordsrestaurant OKTOPUSSY European gourmet cuisine and fine wines Gneisenaustraße 69 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort oktopussy.de THE PARADISE NOW Sophisticated fine-dining, bar and clubbing in the heart of the harbour-area Hammerstraße 27 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Hafen instagram.com/theparadise.now PHOENIX Haute cuisine and arty interior at Dreischeibenhaus August-Thyssen-Straße 1 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte phoenix-restaurant.de ROB’S KITCHEN Modern European cuisine in the heart of Unterbilk Lorettostraße 23 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk robs-kitchen.de

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RUBENS Austrian cuisine with an excellent Viennese Schnitzel and Kaiserschmarrn (cut-up and sugared pancake) Kaiserstraße 5 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort rubens-restaurant.de SCHILLINGS Modern European cuisine, super nice wines, truffled fries and mixed cheese-platters in the Schauspielhaus building with a beautiful view at Hofgarten Gustaf-Gründgens-Platz 1 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte schillings-restaurant.de GASTHAUS STAPPEN Culinary institution in Oberkassel serving highlights such as Chateaubriand for 2 or lobster Thermidor, classics such as Wiener Schnitzel and changing 4-course menus Luegallee 50 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel gasthaus-stappen.de STAUDI’S Modern German cuisine in a super-cosy atmosphere Münsterstraße 115 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf staudisrestaurant.de

MODERN CUISINE & EASY GOING 5P STYLE A combination of American street food, street art vibes and hip hop culture Kiefernstraße 2 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern 5p-style.de ALCHEMIST BISTRO & BAR Homemade and newly discovered kitchen classics, inspired by European bar and bistro culture Graf-Adolf-Straße 61 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte alchemist-bistro.de ALTE METZGEREI Delicious lunch in a former butcher’s shop Hoffeldstraße 48 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern altemetzgerei.de BOB & MARY Homemade burgers from all over the world Hammer Straße 26 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Hafen Berger Straße 35 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt bobmary.de

BRONX BAR International fusion cuisine Ruhrtalstraße 5 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/bronxbarduesseldorf DREIRAUM Seasonal bistro menu and early bird specials at weekend Volksgartenstrasse 15 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk dreiraumbistro.de EN DE CANON Regional specialties and wines from Baden in a historic frame house Zollstraße 7 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt endecanon.de FLAMMKUCHEN MANUFAKTUR Home-made Tartes Flambees and exquisite wines Uhlandstraße 38 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal fb.com/flammkuchenmanufaktur FLURKLINIK From breakfast to cocktails, feasting all day long Flurstraße 14 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern flurklinik.de

HITCHCOQ Nashville hot chicken, biodynamic wine and craft beer Nordstraße 30 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort hitchcoq.de HERR KNILLMANN Modern German homestyle cooking in the heart of Gerresheim Alter Markt 1a 40625 Düsseldorf ∙ Gerresheim herr-knillmann.de K RESTAURANT Hip restaurant and bar with an industrial flair Wilhelm-Tell-Straße 1a 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk k-restaurant.de

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LES HALLES – LA PISCINE Restaurant, café, club and event location with 20s century industrial design charme Hansaallee 321 40549 Düsseldorf · Lörick les-halles.de

NOOIJ Dutch deli with delicious breakfast and chicken, bitterballen and more.

Super cool design interior!

Erkrather Straße 30 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern nooij.de SASSAFRAS Bistro food with AsianMediterranean influences and bar Düsseldorfer Straße 90 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel fb.com/sassafrasbarkultur THE BULL STEAK EXPERT Small, elegant and super delicious steakhouse Taubenstraße 14 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort thebullsteakexpert.de WAYA KITCHEN North American soul food influenced by Asian and South American kitchen Platanenstraße 21 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern waya-kitchen.de WHAT’S BEEF Street art, burgers and gigantic milkshakes Immermannstraße 24 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Mitte whatsbeef.de

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BISTRO PUBS & BEER GARDENS 3 LITTLE BIRDS One of the most beautiful and laid-back beer gardens in town with an incredible view on the Rhine and sunset. The small self-service-hut serves nice wines, hot and cold drinks and small snacks Joseph-Beuys-Ufer 33 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort instagram.com/ threelittlebirds.bar BEETHOVEN Bistro pub with nice sunny terrace Ackerstraße 106 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern beethoven-flingern.de

BISTRO ZICKE French bistro meets Berlin pub: Decorated entirely with movie posters. Perfect for a delicious breakfast, coffee and cake or a glass of wine Bäckerstraße 5a 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt bistro-zicke.de CAFÉ FLORIAN A classic! Café and bistro with a cosy French atmosphere Nordstraße 56 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort gastronomie-mansour.de

DAUSER Rhenish soups and stews Ulmenstraße 118 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf dauser-online.de DESTILLE Old school jazzy pub with bistro cuisine Bilker Straße 46 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt destille-duesseldorf.de GALERIE BURGHOF A classic: The Burghof has one of the most beautiful beer gardens in the city with a view of the Rhine right next to the old Kaiserpfalz and the historic city center of Kaiserswerth Burgallee 1 40489 Düsseldorf ∙ Kaiserswerth galerie-burghof.de GEISSEL The cosy café-restaurant with wood paneling and cosy interior serves cakes and home-style cooking.

Aachener Straße 58 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk geissel-in-bilk.de

HAMMER BLICK A beer garden with a great view over the Rhine Fährstraße 253a 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Hamm hammerblick.de IM ALTEN BIERHAUSE – MEUSER German home-style cooking in a rustic atmosphere. Cult!

Alt-Niederkassel 75 40547 Düsseldorf ∙ Niederkassel meuser1853.de

STEINI’S T-BAR Charming restaurant-pub with an exclusive selection of drinks, sophisticated vegan and vegetarian cuisine, 60 years of rock’n’roll and punk music plus an inviting outdoor terrace Kölner Tor 3 40625 Düsseldorf ∙ Gerresheim steinis-t-bar.de TANNENBAUM The newspaper-decorated restaurant with a rustic bar serves bistro dishes from all over the world.

Tannenstraße 3 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf tannenbaum-duesseldorf.de TIGGES Student bar in the heart of Bilk directly at the Bilker train station.

Delicious breakfast every Saturday and Sunday morning!

Brunnenstraße 1 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk tigges-duesseldorf.eatbu.com

CAFÉ KNÜLLE Evergreen: bistro-pub serving delicious coffee during the day and drinks in the evening Oberbilker Allee 24 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt CAFÉ MODIGLIANI Cosy, arty bistro decorated with old posters and a nice sun terrace Wissmannstraße 6 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk

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MAYERS DAILY In the former rooms of an old steamroller factory, they serve daily changing dishes with market-fresh seasonal products Rethelstraße 47 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal mayersdaily.chayns.net

CAFÉ WEISE The coffeehouse-style restaurant with large windows offers breakfast as well as Rhenish dishes à la carte Himmelgeister Straße 117 40225 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk Kölner Straße 1 – 3 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte cafeweise.de

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AFRICAN CUISINE YATANA Eritrean-Ethiopian restaurant Worringer Straße 67 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte yatana.de

BANG ME Bangin’ good food: Fancy and super fresh Vietnamese “Banh mis” and bowls in a hyper-cool interior Graf-Adolf Straße 43 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/bangme.love

CHINA RESTAURANT DSCHUNKE Canton specialties such as dim sum have been lovingly prepared here for over 20 years Charlottenstraße 59 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte restaurant-dschunke.de

EAT TOKYO Japanese food straight from London to THE DORF Nordstraße 28 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort Immermannstraße 40 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte eat-tokyo-duesseldorf.de

OKRA Vegetables, meat dishes and beer based on Ethiopian recipes in the restaurant with raffia mats and national colours.

Ackerstraße 119 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern okra-restaurant.de

BANH BOYO Pho soup and other Vietnamese street food, snacks and dishes Grafenberger Allee 51 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte banhboyo.com

CHO Fresh Vietnamese cuisine with a special view Roßstraße 1a 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort cho-duesseldorf.de

FAVŌ Contemporary Asian food Talstraße 2a 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt instagram.com/favo_duesseldorf

ASIAN CUISINE AH-UN Yakiniku – the technique of preparing meat on a grill in Japanese style Hansaallee 246 40547 Düsseldorf ∙ Lörick ah-un.de ALOHA POKE Fresh and healthy Hawaiian street food restaurant Friedensstraße 65 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk aloha-poke.com ĂN BÁNH MÌ Delicious Vietnamese street food and sandwiches Ackerstraße 161 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern Check all restaurants at anbanhmi.de

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BIBIMCUP Korean rice dishes served in bowls and mandus Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 3 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte bibimcup.de BROS Asian cross-over restaurant and take-away Lorettostraße 6 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk instagram.com/bros_unterbilk CHI BAY Authentic Vietnamese with the highly recommended Pho soup Oberbilker Allee 176 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk chi-bay.de CHIMAC PLUS Yummy Korean chicken restaurant Oststraße 63 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte chimacplus.com

COMBO Creative Asian delicacies and sushi Weseler Straße 35 40239 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal restaurant-combo.de

FINANZÄMTCHE – POZANGMATCHA Korean kimchi, bibimbap and chicken wings in a former pub Oststraße 139 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte fb.com/pozangmatcha

COOKING DAD Modern Chinese restaurant with a fantastic Peking Duck Birkenstraße 69 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/cookingdad

FU BY MEISTER WANG Modern and healthy Chinese cuisine Pionierstraße 24 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt instagram.com/fu_restaurant

DEN Fancy sushi, grill, wine and more.

Also check out DEN HOME in Pempelfort and Unterbilk!

Hohenzollernallee 8d 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern denhome.de DODO & JOJO Seoul Deli with Korean hot dogs and desserts Gerresheimer Straße 12 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/ dodoandjojo_seouldeli DONG WU Modern Chinese cuisine Kaiserstraße 29 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/dongwuchinarestaurant DONTAK Dontak’s “Yatai” (food truck) has settled down and serves delicious Japanese food Behrenstraße 3 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern dontak.jimdo.com

GUSAN REIS’N’ROLL Traditional Korean meat dishes, vegetarian dishes and sushi Stresemannstraße 31 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/gusan_restaurant GREEN LIGHT DISTRICT Surprising modern Chinese cuisine in an extraordinary atmosphere Klosterstraße 38 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte green-light-district.de HASHI Traditional Chinese cuisine with a modern twist Ackerstraße 182 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern hashi-mahlzeit.de HOKKAIDO KITCHEN ZERO-BANCHI Brand-new Japanese Izakaya style restaurant by Kushi-Tei of Tokyo Immermannstraße 34 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/zero.banchi

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ILHA FORMOSA Taiwanese “xiaochi” – special street food snacks straight from Taiwan Charlottenstraße 50 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte ilhaformosa.de

NA NI WA Longest queue for one of the best ramen soups in town. Vis-a-vis: Na Ni Wa’s cool sushi restaurant Oststraße 55 ∙ Klosterstraße 68a 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte naniwa.de

KUSHI TEI OF TOKYO A classic: traditional Japanese grill restaurant Immermannstraße 38 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte kushitei-of-tokyo.de

ONKEL BO New Indochine soup bistro with daily fresh homemade noodles Derendorfer Straße 9 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort instagram.com/onkelbobistro

SILA THAI Fancy traditional Thairestaurant – a real classic!

Bahnstraße 76 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte silathai.com RIKA Ramen, teriyaki, gyoza and Co. Gehrtsstraße 16 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Grafenberg ROKU Japanese dining and wining

by Mr. Nagaya himself Schwerinstraße 34 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort ROTE LATERNE Meat, fish and soups from the Chinese Lanzhou region – Kitchen until midnight Kurfürstenstraße 29 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte rotelaterne-duesseldorf.de

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ROWAN Japanese tapas Neusser Straße 84 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk fb.com/rowan.84

KYODAINA Sushi and poke bowls Lorettostraße 60 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk kyodaina.de LITTLE LAMB DÜSSELDORF Very authentic Chinese hot pot restaurant Kölner Straße 14 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte littlelamb.de NAGAYA Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant Klosterstraße 42 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte nagaya.de NAGOMI Nagomi stands for inner peace and balance – that’s how you feel after the delicious authentic Japanese cuisine Bismarckstraße 53 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte nagomi.de

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PHOX PHO Super-fancy Vietnamese restaurant specialised in Pho soup – one of the best in town!

Stresemannstraße 32 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/phox_pho QUÊ Family-run restaurant with popular but also regional delicacies from Central Vietnam Grafenberger Allee 149 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern querestaurant.de RENYA A small but cosy place with authentic Japanese food Collenbachstraße 1 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort renya2015.com

SABI & GARI Truly special variations of Japanese sushi including delicious maki, inside-out-rolls, sashimi and more Luegallee 13 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel sabigari.de SCARAMANGA’S Diverse Vietnamese “tapas” and dishes Oberbilker Allee 31 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt scaramangas.de SCHIFF AHOI & SCHIFF NIHAO During the day, Schiff Ahoi offers modern breakfast and lunch – starting at 5pm, Schiff NiHao serves Asian cuisine by Master Wu Sonderburgstraße 27 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel instagram.com/ schiffahoi_schiffnihao

SOBA AN Unique Japanese homemade buckwheat “soba” noodle dishes Klosterstraße 68 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte soba-an.de SUMI Sophisticated Japanese cuisine and BBQ in a cool interior Schinkelstraße 28 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte sumi.chimzgmbh.com TAKUMI Homemade Japanese ramen soups and gyozas Immermannstraße 28 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte takumi-duesseldorf.de Oststraße 51 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte takumi-tonkotsu.de Heerdter Lohweg 230 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Heerdt fb.com/takumiheerdt New: Takumi Tantan Immermannstraße 32 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte TAKUMI CHICKEN & VEGGIE Delicious veggie and chicken ramen and other dishes Klosterstraße 72 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte takumi-chicken-veggie.de TAM TAM Vietnamese culinary cuisine offers healthy and exotic Southeast Asian specialties Ackerstraße 88 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern tamtam-restaurant.de

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Experience art and culture in the Ruhr area.

You will love it!

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an initiative of Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

James Turrell „Floater 99“, © Frank Vinken

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TONKATSU GONTA Specialised in the fine art of preparing Japanese pork schnitzel – the Tonkatsu Immermannstraße 28 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte tonkatsu-gonta.de

VIVU Asian cuisine without flavour enhancers Kanonierstraße 14 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf instagram.com/vivu.derasiate YABASE Superior, chic and authentic Japanese cuisine – one of the very best Klosterstraße 70 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte yabase-ddf.com YAKI THE EMON Japanese Teppan grill restaurant with a huge selection of sake and cocktails Klosterstraße 72 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte yaki-the-emon.de YOSHI BY NAGAYA Japanese cuisine on the very highest level – Michelin-starred Kreuzstraße 17 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/ yoshi_by_nagaya

FRENCH CUISINE & BISTRO FOOD BISTRO ERMINIG Authentic Breton crêpes, galettes, cidre, croissants and lots more Mutter-Ey-Straße 5 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt erminig.de

THE PARIS CLUB With a spectacular view over Düsseldorf on the 16th and 17th floor of the 25Hours Hotel Louis-Pasteur-Platz 1 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort theparisclub.de

BISTRO FATAL French cuisine de saison and natural organic wines Hermannstraße 29 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern bistro-fatal.com BRASSERIE HÜLSMANN Traditional French brasserie in the heart of Oberkassel Belsenstraße 1 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel brasserie-huelsmann.de CAFÉ DE BRETAGNE Bistro serving authentic French seafood and Breton specialties Benrather Straße 7 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt cafe-de-bretagne.de CHEZ CLAUDE French bistro cuisine in super-cosy and enchanted backyard atmosphere Wiesenstraße 32 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Heerdt instagram.com/chezclaude32 HAFENMEISTEREI Bistro cuisine on the premises of the former Robert’s Bistro in the harbour area Wupperstraße 2 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk hafen-meisterei.com

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LES HALLES ST. HONORÉ Fine French delicacies, bread and charcuterie to go during the day, French bistro cuisine at night Nordstraße 31 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort les-halles-st-honore.de

THE DUCHY Sophisticated French brasserie with regional influences located at Breidenbacher Hof hotel Königsallee 11 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte theduchy-restaurant.com

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UMAIMON It’s Japanese and means “tasty” – and that’s what the chicken ramen and other dishes are Hansaallee 244 40547 Düsseldorf ∙ Lörick daidokoro-umaimon.de

LE FLAIR Sophisticated Michelin starred cuisine – good value for money Marc-Chagall-Straße 108 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort restaurant-leflair.de

PARLIN The best from Paris and Berlin Altestadt 12 – 14 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt parlin-weinbar.de RATATOUILLE Ratatouille is back! In the new premises, Chef Sam offers his well-known interpretations of French cuisine with high quality and freshness.

Auf der Lausward 51 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Hafen ratatouille-in-duesseldorf.de ROCAILLE Charming bistro in the heart of Derendorf serving great wines, cheese and patisserie Weißenburgstraße 19 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf rocaille.de

GEORGIAN CUISINE PEPELLA Cool Georgian cuisine Augustastraße 30 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/augustapepella

GREEK CUISINE ASKITIS GREEK CUISINE Sophisticated Greek restaurant with classy fish and meat dishes Herderstraße 73 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal askitis.com POLIS Small upscale Greek restaurant Dominikanerstraße 8 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel polis-oberkassel.de

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TAVERNAKI Classic Greek cuisine Tannenstraße 19 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf tavernaki.de TAVERNA ELEON “Mezedopolio” – Meze only!

Eleon serves reinterpreted classics of the Greek-Mediterranean cuisine in Meze-size for sharing Kaiserswerther Straße 17 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort taverna-eleon.de TAVERNE PEGASOS Since 1979 an absolute classic serving traditional Greek dishes Kirchfeldstraße 50 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk fb.com/tavernepegasos TAVERNE RHODOS Loud and bright, but with simple authentic Greek cuisine Bismarckstraße 67 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte rhodos-taverne.de

ITALIAN CUISINE

LINGUINI Fancy Italian cuisine and a top wine-selection Rochusstraße 44 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort linguini.restaurant

A TAVOLA Cosy Italian restaurant with a sophisticated cuisine made from seasonal produce Wallstraße 11 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt

CASA LUIGI TRATTORIA Fine Italian cuisine since 1997 with a fantastic view on the Mediterranean terrace in the inner courtyard Hohe Straße 33 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt casaluigi.de

ALDO GENOVESE Traditional Italian restaurant offering fine pasta and wine Schirmerstraße 17 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte aldo-genovese.de AURORA & VITO’S SÜSSHOLZ PIZZERIA Authentic Neapolitan pizza, antipasti, salads and sweets in a colourful ambience Sommerstraße 19 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf auroraundvitos.de

ANTICHI SAPORI Very traditional Italian trattoria, next to Su Nuraghe Am Wehrhahn 71 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte

DA NOI Wood-fired pizza with lots of amore and creamy Fior-di-LatteMozzarella. In addition to the classic pizzas, gluten-free pizza and pasta is an integral part of the menu Graf-Adolf-Straße 25 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte danoi-duesseldorf.de Urdenbacher Dorfstraße 2 40593 Düsseldorf ∙ Urdenbach danoi-urdenbach.de DEVONA Beautifully decorated, tiny restaurant with a sophisticated Italian cuisine Schwerinstraße 13 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort devona.de

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TAVERNE SAVAS Trashy Greek atmosphere with authentic food until 3am every day Heresbachstraße 21 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk taverne-savas.de

DI NAPOLI Authentic Italian cuisine with a French flair. Highlight: original Neapolitan pizza from the traditional wood oven Moltkestraße 117 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort restaurant-dinapoli.de GALLO NERO Classic trattoria and wine-trade since 1998 Binterimstraße 27 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk gallo-nero.de

MENTA Plain and simple pizza, pasta and wines by Gino Lorettostraße 25 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk menta-cucina.de NINEOFIVE Fancy Neapolitan pizzas, excellent wines and craft beers Ackerstraße 181 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern instagram.com/ nineofive_duesseldorf NU POC’ E NAPULE Delicious pizzas and sweet baked goods with Neapolitan flair Heyestraße 150 40625 Düsseldorf ∙ Gerresheim fb.com/unpocodinapoli OSTERIA MOSSIMO MILANO Very special and ultra-thin pizzas. Delicious!

Düsselthaler Straße 22 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort osteria-mossimo.com PIZZERIA CENERENTOLA “il piccolo italiano” – says it all!

Kaiserswerther Straße 8 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort pizzeria-cenerentola.de PIZZERIA PESTO – DA FABIO Only Italy is more Italian Pionierstraße 54 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt pizzeria-pesto.de

L’ANIMA Italian street food restaurant with authentic Sicilian cuisine Moltkestraße 108 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort lanima-deli.de

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ALDO GENOVESE

ZERO GRADI From Unterbilk to Pempelfort: The new Zero Gradi offers coffee specialities and ciabattas during the day plus pizza, bruschetta and vino at nights.

Wielandstraße 54 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/fratellizerogradi

ORIENTAL & INDIAN CUISINE

PIZZERIA ROMANTICA Rattoballi’s traditional family pizza from Palermo since 1921 Düsselthaler Straße 48 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort romanticaduesseldorf.de PRIMITIVO Seasonal cuisine with influences from all over the world Mauerstraße 7 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/restaurantprimitivo PRINCIPALE PIZZABAR Bere – mangiare – parlare Lindenstraße 66 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/principale.pizzabar SAN LEO A classic! No pizza, but excellent pasta, fish and meat dishes, one of the best Italian restaurants in town Wallstraße 31 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt SI MANZELLA TRATTORIA Authentic Sicilian food and wine Sophienstraße 16 40597 Düsseldorf ∙ Benrath si-manzella-trattoria.de

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SU NURAGHE An institution and one of the best Italian takeaways in town Am Wehrhahn 69 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Schloßstraße 2 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort su-nuraghe-due.de TRATTORIA EMILIANA Pizza, pasta and vino on traditional red and white checkered tablecloths. Like!

Adlerstraße 42 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte trattoriaemiliana.de TRATTORIA POSITANO Pure Italy! Authentic Mediterranean cuisine from the Costiera Amalfitana since 1990 Freiligrathstraße 36 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort trattoria-positano.de

BONA’ME Kurdish-Turkish cuisine with oriental influences – fancy dishes freshly prepared in the open kitchen Kasernenstraße 39 – 49 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt bona-me.de BYBLOS Big traditional Lebanese restaurant – super delicious Markenstraße 9 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk byblosrestaurant.de DIE KURVE Israeli-Mediterranean specialties Goebenstraße 18 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort die-kurve.com

JAIPUR PRIME Authentic Indian restaurant Alexanderstraße 35 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte jaipurprime.de LA GRILLADINE Insider tip: Moroccan BBQ kitchen and tajine – so good Dreieckstraße 26 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk grilladine.business.site LEZZET High quality Turkish cuisine Seydlitzstraße 55 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Golzheim restaurant-lezzet.de MAMA LISHE Moroccan-western cross-over cuisine Helmholtzstraße 39 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt instagram.com/mamalishe_dus

TRATTORIA VIA APPIA Uncomplicated and light Italian cuisine in a pleasant atmosphere Flügelstraße 56 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk trattoria-via-appia.de VITALE LA CUCINA Micro restaurant beautifully decorated with mirrors, crystal chandeliers and simple wooden furniture. Delicious Italian cuisine Ackerstraße 168b 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern vitaleonline.de

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PIZZERIA PINOCCHIO One of our favourite authentic Italian restaurants on Ratinger Straße Altestadt 14 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt

ARABESQ Oriental delicacies from 1001 Nights Ludenberger Straße 1 – 1a 40629 Düsseldorf ∙ Grafenberg arabesq.de

EAT DOORI Authentic and modern Indian cuisine and streetfood in a cool industrial ambience Immermannstraße 20 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte eatdoori.com

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POLISH CUISINE MALINAS Polish cuisine with delicious pierogies Tannenstraße 31 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf malinas-restaurant.de

CLUBE PORTUGUÊS A classic! One of the oldest traditional Portuguese restaurants in town with a cosy atmosphere Erkrather Straße 197 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern clube-portugues.de

LOS CHICOS Short vacation in Spain including tapas and authentic cooking, live music on Fridays Andreasstraße 7 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt loschicos.de

EL LAZO Located at “party mile” Bolker Straße, El Lazo offers one of the best steaks in town plus great Spanish wines and dishes!

Bolkerstraße 11 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt fb.com/ellazoduesseldorf

LUNITAS Latin American ambience and cuisine with a huge choice of delicious empanadas!

Ulmenstraße 18 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf lunitas.de

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SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, SOUTH & L ATINAMERICAN CUISINE 20GRAD RESTOBAR Original Majorcan tapas and specialties by the Spanish, Michelin-starred chef Macarena de Castro Mutter-Ey-Platz 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt 20grad.com BARRIL FADO & TANGO Portugal meets Argentina – codfish meets steak on Ratinger Straße Friedenstraße 2a 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk fb.com/barrilfadoundtango CAFÉ LUSO Fish and meat straight from Portugal An der Icklack 2 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern CASITA MEXICANA Young Mexican cuisine based on mama’s recipes 4 restaurants, all addresses at casitamexicana.de CAVE TAPAS Typical Portuguese tapas bar Erkrather Straße 218b 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/cave.tapas

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FRUCHT & GENUSS Delicacies, fruits and lunch Stresemannstraße 29 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte fruchtundgenuss.de GREENKARMA Fresh salad and veggie bowl bar Immermannstraße 18 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Hammer Straße 17 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Hafen coming soon: Breite Straße 28 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte coming soon: Friedrichstraße 34 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt greenkarma.de GREENTREES THE JUICERY Australian way of life with delicious super food and smoothie bowls Münsterstraße 149 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf Lorettostraße 54 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk greentreesthejuicery.de

LAURA’S DELI Healthy and clean food in one of the coolest interiors Carlsplatz 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt laurasdeli.com FRIDA TAPASBAR Vibrant, colourful Mexican-style restaurant offering breakfast, Mediterranean food and tapas Bilker Allee 4 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk tapasbar-frida.de RESTAURANT FRANGO PORTUGUÊS Huge Portuguese restaurant with beautifully decorated interior and a big sun terrace Erkrather Straße 224 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern frango-portugues.de LA TABERNA ESPANOLA Spanish tapas restaurant and bar in the heart of Pempelfort Wielandstraße 37 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort

HEALTHY FOOD BEETS&ROOTS Wraps, salads, bowls and more – seasonal and healthy food Immermannstraße 20 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte beetsandroots.de BIRDIE & CO. Deli café and healthy food Marc-Chagall-Straße 108 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort Bagelstraße 130 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort Mittelstraße 6 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt birdieco.de CALI EATS The fresh taste of California with salads and grain bowls Kaiserswerther Straße 228 40474 Düsseldorf ∙ Golzheim calieats.de

MAKE. Healthy bowls and salads plus soups and sweets for pick-up and delivery Hunsrückenstraße 40 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt order.make-food.de OAKBERRY Purely natural, vegan açaí bowls with delicious toppings Kapuzinergasse 8 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt instagram.com/ oakberrygermany PURE NOTE Regional organic fruits and vegetables, vegan and vegetarian food and homemade cakes Brunnenstraße 30 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk purenote.de

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SHARI’S KITCHEN Fresh vegetarian and vegan menu Collenbachstraße 41 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf instagram.com/ shariskitchenduesseldorf

FANCY FOOD, DELICACIES & WINE BÄCKEREI BULLE Young artisan bakery – and already one of the very best in town Birkenstraße 55 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern Oststraße 113 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte baeckerei-bulle.de BÄCKEREI HINKEL One of Düsseldorf ’s most traditional and delicious bakeries Mittelstraße 25 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt Hohe Straße 31 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt baeckerei-hinkel.de

CARLSPLATZ Traditional market with more than 60 stalls and a huge selection of exotic fruits and regional vegetables, fresh fish, meat and poultry, oven-fresh bread and pastries, cheese and a diverse range of delicacies, sweets and coffee specialties as well as a grand selection of flowers and plants.

Carlsplatz 26 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt carlsplatz-markt.de

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LETTINIS Italian wine and delicacies Jahnstraße 36 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt lettinis.de

FEINISA Cheese, oil, pasta, wines, sweets, coffee and more – this cute little bistro and takeaway is all organic!

Moltkestraße 95 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort feinisa.de

GEWÜRZHAUS It’s all about Düsseldorf mustard and spices!

Kapuzinergasse 16 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt gewuerzhaus-altstadt.de

FRESH ASIA Asian food and grocery with own café Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 20 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte freshasia.de

GHORBAN “Fine food manufactory” Heinrich Heine Allee 17/ Neustraße 10 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt ghorban.de

FROMAGERIE Cheese from all over the world and French delicacies Lorettostraße 43 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk instagram.com/ fromagerieduesseldorf

KIEZMETZGER Meat, wines and many other delicacies in the heart of Flingern Hermannstraße 24 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern instagram.com/kiezmetzger

BARRIQUE DÜSSELDORF Selected wines, exquisite oils, fine vinegars, high-quality brandies, fine liqueurs: Experience a gourmet journey around the globe Blücherstraße 1a 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort duesseldorf.barrique.de

MANDELBRENNEREI GAGLIARDI Long-established Düsseldorf company offering roasted almonds Kapuzinergasse 2 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt MERCADO TROPICAL Large selection of food, drinks, beer, rum, cachaca, tequila and other spirits from Latin America!

Münsterstraße 7 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort instagram.com/mercadotropical NATURBURSCHEN FLINGERN Eco groceries plus regularly wine, gin and champagne tastings Birkenstraße 129 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern naturburschen-flingern.de NIK THE GREEK Greek food paradise!

Fresh fish and many Greek specialties inclucing a large selection of wine and ouzo Heesenstraße 90 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Heerdt nikthegreek.de PASTA FRESCA Fresh pasta, homemade with great passion and according to original recipes Glockenstraße 14 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf pasta-fresca-gmbh.de

LIDO IM MALKASTEN

BERNSTEIN & INBAR Lunch and breakfast bistro and international fine foods in beautiful surroundings Lorettostraße 16 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk bernsteinundinbar.de

KIM PHI ASIAFOOD Asian wholesale hall Höherweg 313 40231 Düsseldorf ∙ Lierenfeld kimphiasiafood.de

GHORBAN

SATTGRÜN Vegan restaurant and café 3x in Düsseldorf, all addresses at sattgruen.com

PIPCO’S WEIN COMPILATION A playlist from a huge selection of various wines Helmholtzstraße 28 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt

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WEINFORCE May the force be with you: Super-cool wine dealer in a former gasoline station Elisabethstraße 89 – 93 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk weinforce.de

SPANISCHER GARTEN A huge selection of Spanish groceries, wines and delicacies Fichtenstraße 74 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern spanischer-garten.de

WEINGARAGE Tiny wine shop in a garage Stockumer Kirchstraße 17 40474 Düsseldorf ∙ Stockum weingarage.com

TASTE GREECE Greek delicacies such as wine, olives and oil Volmerswerther Straße 21 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk tastegreece.com TISCHDAME Fine delicacies and “petite fromagerie” Blücherstraße 1 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort tischdame.com TERRA MIA Delicatessen and delicious Italian specialities Lindenstraße 90 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern instagram.com/ terra_mia_feinkost TURAN FEINKOST & FRÜCHTE A wide selection of fruit, vegetables and delicatessen products Stockkampstraße 56 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort VINO TINTO & FRIENDS A super-nice selection of modern wines from all over the world of plus spirits, IPAs and craft beer Bagelstraße 124 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort vtandf.de

WEINOT Great wines from Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Portugal, plus selected olive oils and gins Talstraße 122 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt instagram.com/ weinot_conceptstore WEIRD SPACE STORE Your specialty coffee place in Düsseldorf. Here you will find a fine selection of roasters from all over Europe Hüttenstraße 82 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt weirdspace.eu

TAKEAWAY & SNACK BAR AKROPOLIS Legendary Greek takeaway in Oberkassel – always crowded Dominikanerstraße 8 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel ATHOS GRILL Traditional Greek takeaway for over 30 years Grafenberger Allee 43 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte athosgrill.de ESSBAR ZWO Small hut in an industrial area with Mediterranean cuisine Höher Weg 252 40231 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern essbar-zwo.de

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SOMMELERIE Handcrafted wines from traditional producers or emerging young talents Bürgerstraße 28 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk sommelerie.de

FRITTENWERK Snack classics meet varied street food creations from all over the world.

Try the legendary “Poutine” Bolkerstraße 57 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt Friedrichstraße 145 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 14 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Schadowstraße 86 – 88 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte frittenwerk.com GRILLHOUSE 56 Tasty Greek grill specialties, delicious salads and other Greek dishes for pick-up or delivery Bismarckstraße 56 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte grillhouse56.de HAM HAM BEI JOSEF Since 1961: Original “Schweinshaxe” (pork of knuckle) and grilled dishes in the heart of the Düsseldorf old town Kurze Straße 5 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt mein-hamham.de IZMIR KEBAP HAUS Food around the clock and always crowded: Turkish diner serving yummy food all night long Worringer Platz 3 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte

LUPO Old town classic, perfect for a late-night pizza Bolkerstraße 52 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt SMOKE BBQ Original American smoke-house with first-class low and slow BBQ Mündelheimer Weg 31 40472 Düsseldorf ∙ Lichtenbroich smokebbq.de SANNIN Small but mighty: excellent Lebanese cuisine – one of our top favourites Kölner Straße 61 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte SCHWEINE JANES Famous rotisserie grill on Bolkerstraße since 1970.

Try the legendary “Schweinebrötchen” (bun with pork) Nordstraße 89 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort Bolkerstraße 13 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt schweinejanes.de

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The Tasting Yard “A passion has now become an obsession”. The message from Kim and Jake of the temporary project “The Tasting Yard” is clear: respect for the food you eat and a knowledge of where it comes from. Their promise is equally clear: you will taste the difference and sharing the delicacies of a successful harvest at the same table is double the happiness. The food community as a linchpin and perpetual source of inspiration for the two is just as much a focus as the desire to expand and enrich the food scene in Düsseldorf with their project.

You both have a background in advertising and work in the Düsseldorf agency world. Please explain briefly what your project The Tasting Yard is all about.

Kim: The Tasting Yard is a journey through growing, processing and preserving home-grown and local resources. The idea is to share our farm-to-table story with our followers to educate people about rare seed varieties, sustainable growing methods, delicious recipes from the garden and the power of fermentation.

Jake: As freelancers in advertising, we spend a lot of time in front of the computer – three years ago we started the Tasting Yard in search of a slightly better work-life balance. In the meantime, a passion has become an obsession.

Will temporary perhaps become permanent after all?

Kim: Unfortunately, we don’t own the piece of land we currently use, but we hope to find a permanent location and continue and expand the project in the coming year.

We have some collaborations planned for the future and are trying to find new ways to show Düsseldorf a different way of eating.

What happens to the produce you grow?

Jake: We give it all away and are happy to receive a small voluntary donation in return. We have a list of our followers who we notify every time there is something to pick up. This can be fresh vegetables, homemade bread, pickles, miso, koji, homemade vinegar or any of the other things from our kitchen.

During Covid, the demand for home gardens has exploded. How do you assess the situation in Düsseldorf as far as dealing with “urban farming” is concerned?

Kim: We were lucky to have this location during the

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pandemic and even luckier to have friends who wanted to help. It took almost a year to get the garden up to a level that we could use for vegetables.

Do you have a favourite product that you grow?

Kim: Rare seed varieties like cucamelons, purple tomatillos, dragon egg yokes... things that people haven’t heard of and have to ask what they are eating. For me, it’s amazing when a vegetable offers an unexpected taste compared to its appearance.

What food do you think is absolutely underrated?

Jake: The tomato. Unfortunately we didn’t have any this year as most were lost to disease. The tomato is the closest thing we have to natural umami. A simple product that is perfect – whether fresh, canned, in a sauce, sun-dried or fermented.

What do you think is often unconsciously done wrong when shopping and eating?

Kim: I would say that today we rely on the best-before date as a kind of expiry date. Yet it was only in 1981 that we first saw it in German supermarkets. Before that, people just smelled and tasted if the products were still good and if they were, they ate them.

With whom, dead or alive, would you like to shop and cook together sometime?

Jake: For me it’s David Zilber, the head of fermentation at Noma restaurant in Copenhagen.

Kim: I would love to cook with Erin Wasson as I have a soft spot for fashion – plus she has the cutest dog!

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Organic farms, farmyards & Co. in and around Düsseldorf APFELPARADIES WITTLAER Here you can find everything about apples and if you like, you can even pick your own apples on the farm in Tönisvorst.

Duisburger Landstraße 333a 40489 Düsseldorf ∙ Wittlaer apfelparadies.com

GÄRTNEREI & HOFLADEN VAN DER WINGEN In addition to seasonal fruit and vegetables, there are also bedding plants and balcony plants from own cultivation.

Grüneweg 8 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Hamm hofladen-duesseldorf.de GUT AUE – DAS FRÜHSTÜCKSEI Breakfast eggs for the most important meal of the day and other seasonal products.

Geistenstraße 4 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf gutaue.de

BAUER GÜNTHER Seasonal fruit, vegetables and potatoes Knittkuhler Straße 61 40629 Düsseldorf ∙ Knittkuhl bauer-guenther.de

HOF AM DEICH A farm that has been growing organic produce for over 30 years with a beautiful farm shop.

Hobby gardeners can rent a plot here for one season at a time.

Niederlörickerstraße 50a 40667 Meerbusch-Büderich demeter-nrw.de/hoefe/ hof-am-deich

BAUERNGARTEN BENNINGHOVEN Farm shop with regional products. Food that is no longer suitable for sale is given away.

Ratinger Weg 16 40629 Düsseldorf ∙ Gerresheim bauerngarten-benninghoven.de

HOFLADEN SÜDPARK Farm shop with a café that also welcomes self-caterers.

In den Großen Banden 58 40225 Düsseldorf ∙ Wersten wfaa.de/entspannen-undeinkaufen/der-suedpark/ hofladen-suedpark

BENHKA HONIG Designer and hobby beekeeper who sells a small batch of honey each season. instagram.com/benhka

KIEZMETZGER Meat and other specialities from the region with a brand new food truck.

Hermannstraße 24 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern kiezmetzger.de

BIOHOF WOLFGARTEN Family-run organic farm with Bioland eggs, sheep, chickens and in-conversion vegetables.

Niederrheinstraße 71 41472 Neuss biohof-wolfgarten.de BIOLAND LAMMERTZHOF Has a wonderful “organic box” that is delivered right to your doorstep.

Lammertzhof 41564 Kaarst lammertzhof.net

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LANDSCHÄFEREI BERKHÖVEL Family business with a cultivation of 150 different apple varieties per year.

Uedemer Straße 196 47551 Bedburg-Hau berkhoefel-naturkultur.de

STADT GREENS Growing microgreens with delivery option. With every order, a portion of the proceeds is donated.

Bankstraße 7 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Golzheim stadt-greens.de

MARKTSCHWÄRMER High-quality food from the region that you won’t find in the supermarket. The products are sold online and can be collected once a week.

Ronsdorfer Straße 77a 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern coming soon: Edmund-Bertrams-Straße 56 40489 Düsseldorf ∙ Kaiserswerth marktschwaermer.de

VOLLGEPACKT Start up with a large selection of freshly grown microgreens vollgepackt.com

OBSTHOF MERTENS Family-run farm shop with locations in Düsseldorf, Willich and Meerbusch with a large selection of regional products and home-grown fruit and vegetables.

Rethelstraße 123 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal obsthof-mertens.de P.J. ESSER & SÖHNE GEMÜSEBAU Specialised in growing vegetables, lettuce and herbs Blausteinstraße 1b 41352 Korschenbroich TROTZHOF Here you can find the “Trotzhof egg”, which has already made its way into some renowned Düsseldorf gastronomies.

Rotthäuser Weg 104 40629 Düsseldorf ∙ Ludenberg trotzhof.de

BLATTSACHE Indoor farm with a vertical hydroponic system for growing microgreens Mercedesstraße 11 40470 Düsseldorf ∙ Mörsenbroich blattsache.de

URBAN GARDENING ACKERHELDEN Small personal gardens with a community of experienced gardeners. Ideal for all beginners.

Niederlöricker Straße 50a 40667 Meerbusch-Büderich ackerhelden.de ANSTIFTUNG Community gardens with the aim of creating a network of do-it-yourself Ellerstraße 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk urbane-gaerten.de DÜSSELGRÜN Open community garden as a place to gather and learn from each other WGZ-Bürgerpark, Stahlwerkstraße 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk duesselgruen.de HAMMER ERNTE Rental of seasonal plots for hobby gardeners Fährstraße 179 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Hamm hammer-ernte.de MEINE ERNTE Seasonal rental of a vegetable rental garden with professional support. Absolutely suitable for novices and advanced gardeners.

All addresses: meine-ernte.de

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The Buschmann bakery and confectionery was founded in 1846 and is a true Düsseldorf success story. Located in the middle of the old town, just around the corner from the popular Uerige brewery, the very first bakery is hidden away, where the aroma of the finest baked goods was already present 175 years ago. Over six generations, the family business was carried on and maintained with passion until the business became smaller and smaller and the last passionate baker in the family closed the doors just under five years ago. Since January 2021, the aroma has been back in the venerable walls of the bakery: Gregor Buschmann, the great-great-greatgrandson of founder August Buschmann, is breathing new life into the confectionary.

It all began with a small bakery and bakehouse on Akademiestraße. The family business survived two world wars and always rose from the ruins with renewed vigour. Even before there was a sewerage system in the old town, the family and their cakes were well known.

Today, due to the construction of the sewerage system, Akademiestraße is a whole metre higher than in the photos in the family album.

No matter what challenges the bakers faced, they overcame them with great strength and many hands, so that after the end of the Second World War they managed to reopen the café on Flinger Straße as early as 1950. At its peak in the 1970s, Buschmann employed 120 people and by the mid-1980s the bakery business had grown to five confectionery-bakery-shop outlets in Düsseldorf, two of them in the old town on Flinger Straße and Berger Straße and three branches in Oberkassel, Eller and at the Wehrhahn.

With the death of Gregor’s father and grandfather in the eighties, it became increasingly difficult to manage the business and only one shop remained. Later, when the construction of the Wehrhahn line began, the hustle and bustle of the old town also dwindled and fewer and fewer people strolled through the alleyways for shopping and coffee.

“People have to be taught to appreciate the history of handicrafts and to try traditional recipes again.”

“People have to be taught to appreciate the history of handicrafts and to try traditional recipes again. It simply tastes different from buying a cake from a tin or to defrost at the discounter.” At Buschmann Bakery, everything is fresh and handmade. Gregor is convinced of the value of traditional craft and always stays creative.

“So that it doesn’t become stale and boring and you’re always baking the same cake, every now and then I choose an old recipe to get customers thinking about a nice Black Forest gateau again. Many say cream is too powerful – that’s nonsense! Eat more cream cake!”

Gregor Buschmann has worked in gastronomy for many years and has travelled quite a bit as head chef at Richie’n’Rose and sous chef at Brasserie Hülsmann, both in Düsseldorf and beyond the city limits at the Heinemann and Münstermann pastry shops and as demi-chef patissier in Switzerland. Between ovens, old tiles and the spirit of the family business, he now stands alone in the bakery and enjoys the peace and quiet.

“Working in the catering industry is fun, but also exhausting. I have always been interested in the patis-

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“Every now and then I go down to the cellar and think to myself the spirit of my great-grandfather is coming towards me.”

Similar to butcheries, pastry shops are almost exclusively run by family businesses. But for some time now, the craft has been dying out more and more, as virtually no one is interested in entering this tough business with brutal working hours and extreme investment costs these days. Interest in the industry is currently on the rise again, but unfortunately ten years too late. “We are missing a generation, mine that is, that will take over the old confectioneries and give them a new shine. The old-fashioned image has to go, so that the industry becomes cool and attractive for young people again,” Gregor explains.

The new concept is based on catering for gastronomies and large and small occasions. The Düsseldorf native supplies small cafés that don’t manage to bake themselves. So far, his cakes and tartes can be found at the Mangold, the NRW Forum, the Kurhaus im Volksgarten, the Löffelbar, Oma Erika, Café Annegrete and Les Halles. At this year’s New Fall Festival Summer Edition, Gregor took care of the physical well-being of acts such as Faber, Drangsal, Alli Neumann and Sophie Hunger. Gregor tries out a lot of things and also sometimes comes up with gluten-free or vegan versions of the recipes, just like for the musicians at the festival.

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traditionally. At the moment, chocolate American cheesecake is especially popular.

The master confectioner himself loves to eat Sachertorte and is a big fan of Christstollen. The latter was already popular in the early years of the confectionery as a speciality from the Buschmann house. “My Christmas preparations begin in November. I take more time with it than the supermarkets. After all, it should be Christmassy throughout the whole Advent season! If you start eating Printen in September, you suddenly don’t feel like it at Advent. But the best thing is to sit at home on Sunday and eat stollen for breakfast – that’s something special,” he says, full of anticipation for the Christmas season.

So we can look forward to what the young master confectioner will conjure up for Düsseldorfers at Christmas time. For 2022, he is planning a window sale on Akademiestraße so that bakery lovers can once again come together sociably for a slice of cake. Nonchalant and open to change, Gregor Buschmann continues his family’s legacy and ensures that the popular cakes remain at home in Düsseldorf ’s old town.

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serie business, but put it on the back burner over the years. Now the timing was right! Almost five years ago, my uncle stopped working here because of his age and I didn’t feel like working in the restaurant business anymore. After three months of consideration, we both thought it would be a nice idea for me to continue running the bakery,“ says the trained master confectioner. The premises are anything but foreign to Gregor, as he grew up in the Altstadt, attended Maxschule in Carlstadt and as a boy would often pick up a pastry in the bakery after class before having lunch at home.

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CAFÉ NIKAN High quality coffee plus cakes, bagels, paninis and focaccias Rethelstraße 98 – 100 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal cafe-nikan.de COPENHAGEN COFFEE LAB Scandinavian café with amazing coffee, bread and sweets straight from Copenhagen Carlsplatz 20 – 21 Benrather Straße 18 – 20 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt Berliner Allee 29 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte copenhagencoffeelab.com

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ROASTED KAFFEEBAR Modern coffee creations as well as popular classics Moltkestraße 75 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/roastedduesseldorf RÖSTEREI VIER Great crew, great music, great coffee!

Marktplatz 12 Wallstraße 10 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt Immermannstraße 23 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte roesterei-vier.de

COFFEE ROASTERIES BAZZAR CAFFÉ Renowned café and coffee roastery in the heart of the old town, to see and to be seen Heinrich-Heine-Allee 53 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt bazzar.de

KYTO CAFÉ Specialty coffee, unique sandwiches and delicious sweets Am Wehrhahn 42 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Immermannstraße 65d 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte fb.com/kytocoffee

DIE KAFFEE Small coffee roasting house, also offering coffee workshops

by Olga Sabristova Schwerinstraße 23 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort die-kaffee.de KAFFEEHANDWERK Cool café in the heart of Flingern offering self-roasted coffee, delicious sandwiches and cakes Birkenstraße 127 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern Kaiserswerther Straße 5 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort kaffeehandwerk.com PURE COFFEE BY KAFFEEREICH Specialty coffee hut in the middle of Düsseldorf ’s market Carlsplatz Carlsplatz 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt pure-pastry.de

RÖSTMEISTER Small cosy café decorated in an industrial style Quirinstraße 1a 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel roestmeister.com

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Coffee is an elixir of life, indispensable to start in the morning or to recharge your batteries during the day. Not only does it give a real kick, but it is also mainly adored because of its taste. Fortunately, there is a decent selection of small, individual cafés and coffee roasters in town.

The number of specialty coffee cafés is constantly increasing and the patisseries, confectioneries and cafés with delicious cakes are also impressive. Perfect for a sweet little break, not just on the weekends.

KAFFEESCHMIEDE Coffee from the own roasting house – optionally with a fruity, chocolatey, nutty or floral taste Belsenstraße 11 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel kaffeeschmiede.de

KAFFEERÖSTEREI RÖSTZEIT Enjoy home-roasted coffees and homemade cakes in the café with dark wooden furniture and a relaxed atmosphere Oststraße 115 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Moorenstraße 68 40225 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk roestzeit.de SCHVARZ Micro roastery with factory sale and homemade cakes on Saturdays and Sundays Ronsdorfer Straße 74, Halle 31 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern schvarz.com WOYTON Small coffee chain and roastery with locations all over town serving delicious sandwiches and salads, also for take-away Please find all outlets online at woyton.de

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CAFÉ BARNETS Family breakfast café.

The special thing about it: You sit on the floor, because there are no classic tables Hoffeldstraße 45 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/cafebarnets

CAFÉS & DELIS AKITA CAFÉ & SOUFFLÉ Café with Japanese soufflé pancake and Asian tea Oststraße 147 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/akitacafesouffle ANNEGRETE Delicious cakes and sandwiches, coffee by Rösterei Vier Benderstraße 84 40625 Düsseldorf ∙ Gerresheim instagram.com/annegretedeli BARISTAREI Coffee house serving delicious homemade cakes Aachener Straße 202 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk instagram.com/die_baristarei BAKERS Cute café in the heart of Heerdt named after Josephine Baker Nikolaus-Knopp-Platz 26 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Heerdt instagram.com/bakers_heerdt BING GO Asian treats such as snow ice cream with various toppings, snacks, coffee and iced drinks Immermannstraße 27 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/ bing_go_dusseldorf

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BIRDIE & CO. Specialty coffee bar and deli with great cakes and healthy food Marc-Chagall-Straße 108 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort Bagelstraße 130 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort Mittelstraße 6 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt birdieco.de BULLE BISTRO Young artisan bakery Bulle recently opened its first bistro – located in the beautiful café at Philara art collection Birkenstraße 47 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern baeckerei-bulle.de BRUNO DIE BULLDOGGE The bulldog who loves coffee: Small but super nice take away coffee shop with a great selection of different coffees Jacobistraße 22 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/ brunodiebulldogge BÖHLER CAFÉ New café at Areal Böhler with a super nice outside area, run by barista Dritan Alsela Hansaallee 321 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Heerdt boehler-cafe.de

CAFE CAKES BY INAS Brand-new café in Flingern, Ina is serving breakfast, salads, snacks and sweets Birkenstraße 102 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/cafecakesbyinas

CAFÉ CERISIER Combination of barber and café with Japanese treats Immermannstraße 51 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte cafe-cerisier.com COCO CAFÉ Korean coffee, colourful cakes and drinks Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 10 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/ cococafe_duesseldorf CØFFE Scandinavian inspired coffee specialties and a small selection of sweets in a former drugstore Benrather Straße 6b 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt fb.com/dascoffe COVENT GARDEN Great coffee, fresh homemade cakes, cookies and a selection of fresh paninis Bilker Allee 126 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk fb.com/ coventgarden-coffeehouse

DAS KARL Next to the main station – brandnew café and concept store Karlstraße 94 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte daskarl.de DOLCINELLA Sweets, homemade cakes and fine food Tannenstraße 35 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf dolcinella.de DRITAN ALSELA COFFEE With more than 700k followers on Instagram, Dritan Alsela is the pop star amongst baristas. Meet him at his café with a huge breakfast and lunch menu and – of course – fantastic coffee Schlüterstraße 3a 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern dritan-alsela.de FEI CHIC Pretty in pink: instagrammable Asian café serving milk teas, matchas, smoothies and coffee specialties such as “Latte Rose” Oststraße 147 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte fei-chic.de

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CAFÉ BARRÉ Small, cosy and nice – French or rather Parisian style café with good coffee and great pastries Birkenstraße 149 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern patisseriebarre.com

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GOLDSHEIM COFFEE From coffee specialties to fresh juices, brunch and desserts Kaiserswerther Straße 239 40474 Düsseldorf ∙ Golzheim goldsheim.coffee GREGER AM HAFEN Former Woyton in the harbour district, serving sandwiches, snacks, sweets, salads and delicious coffee Erftstraße 1 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk greger.cafe KONDITOREI HEINEMANN Not only the cakes and chocolate are legendary, but also the restaurant on the first floor is an institution Martin-Luther-Platz 32 (entry via Königsallee or Blumenstraße) 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte konditorei-heinemann.de

KASBAH A classic next to the old harbor basin: a lovingly decorated café with snacks, pastries, delicious teas and coffee, mosaic tables and oriental lamps.

Rheinort 2 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt instagram.com/cafe_bar_kasbah

KAUSAL Delicate coffee, fresh food and homemade coffee and cakes in an urban interior Flurstraße 1 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/kausal.cafe CAFÉ KLEINOD Cosy cafe with a small selection of Italian delicacies and one of the best paninis in town Ackerstraße 75 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern KWADRAT KQ CAFÉ Laid-back neighborhood café with coffee and delicious cakes, breakfast and lunch Blücherstr. 51 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort instagram.com/kwadratkq CAFÉ LEMONADE Cute coffee bar and lemonade Bilker Allee 180 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt lemonade-cafe.com

HOMEMADE WE EAT FINE Beyoncé loves owner Sonja’s fancy cupcakes and sweets. Discover the newly renovated all-over pink interior.

Second outlet will open soon on Klosterstraße!

Bilker Allee 209 40215 Düsseldorf · Bilk homemade-we-eat-fine.com

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LINAS COFFEE BREW BAR & DELI Brew bar and deli offering healthy and fresh breakfast and lunch Fürstenplatz 1 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt fb.com/ linas.coffee.brewbar.deli

CAFFÈ MA Sicilian street food café with fantastic espresso and coffee, ciabattas and the legendary sweet Sicilian “cannolis”.

Find’em in Eller and Unterbilk!

Gumbertstraße 118 40229 Düsseldorf ∙ Eller Bilker Allee 38 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk instagram.com/ caffema_duesseldorf MANKO CAFÉ & WORKSPACE Space for great coffee and good ideas, united in one place.

Daily breakfast, cakes and small dishes Hüttenstraße 76 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt mankocafeworkspace.de MARNY’S Vegetarian-vegan lunch cuisine and coffee Kruppstraße 28 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk marnysgruenzeug.de

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CAFÉ HÜFTGOLD Yummy breakfast, sandwiches and a great selection of delicious cakes Ackerstraße 113 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern cafehueftgold.de

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GARDEN BY KYTO Café Kyto’s new concept including premium ice cream, salad and fruit bowls, fresh sandwiches, specialty coffee, sweets, handmade Macarons and vegan banana bread Immermannstraße 65b 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte kytocoffee.de

MERCY COFFEE COMPANY Coffee, cakes and waffles in the heart of Flingern Birkenstraße 73 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern mercycoffeecompany.de

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NAMU CAFE Cute Korean café with delicious Korean shaved ice, coffee and desserts Oststraße 124 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte namucafe.de CAFE NUMBER18 Cutest cakes in town!

Super nicely decorated Asian mousse cakes Bendemannstraße 18 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte fb.com/number18.duesseldorf

ORANGE – FINEST COFFEE Best coffee, homemade sodas, all-day brunch, craft sandwiches and Australian pastries in the heart of Gerresheim Neusser Tor 17a 40625 Düsseldorf ∙ Gerresheim orange.coffee PYC CHEESECAKE & GALLERY Art, coffee and delicious homemade cheesecakes!

Weseler Straße 65 40239 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal Belsenstraße 18 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel pyc-cheesecake.de CAFÉ REKORD Cool mix of vintage furniture and modern design Ackerstraße 204 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/caferekord

STOAK Brand-new specialty coffee café with a super-nice terrace Adersstraße 48 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt instagram.com/cafe.stoak

REMÉ Café and bistro with homemade cakes, coffee, vegan treats, hot dishes, and bowls in a beautiful backyard Kronprinzenstraße 97 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk instagram.com/cafe.reme

SULI’S Café, deli and bar Tußmannstraße 5 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort suliscafe.de

SEVEN SUNDAYS Breakfast all day long, seven days a week!

Lorettostraße 7 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk thesevensundays.de

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NOOIJ AUF DER LINDENSTRASSE Second café serving the famous NOOIJ breakfast, incredible cake creations and tartes plus sweet and savoury pancakes.

Lindenstraße 69 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern www.nooij.de

OMA ERIKA Authentic café with delicate homemade cakes and sandwiches Hermannstraße 34b 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern oma-erika.com

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MUSAME Coffee and cakes, bubble waffles and snacks during the day, wines, beer and tapas at night Fürstenplatz 5 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt musame-bar.de

SÜSSE ERINNERUNG “Sweet memories” are offered by this very tiny café right next door to Metropol art cinema Brunnenstraße 20 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk suesse-erinnerung.de THE FUNKY DELI Charming deli, delicious hummus pita and live DJ entertainment on weekends Brunnenstraße 22 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk thefunkydeli.com TOMO CAFÉ Tiny coffee bar offering coffee specialties and vegetarian, vegan and halal food Klosterstraße 67 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte mytomocafe.eatbu.com

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VELVET Daytime canteen, café and bar.

Serving natural new school classics. Aperitivo and Neapolitan pizza on Fridays until midnight!

Stresemannstraße 8 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte velvetcollective.com WEIRD SPACE Weird? One of our most favourite places for coffee, cakes and snacks by regional partners Volmerswerther Straße 53 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk weirdspace.eu WONDROMEDA Modern Korean family café serving coffee, waffles and Korean pancakes Blücherstraße 3 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/wondromeda WUNDERHAUS DELI & FRIENDS Whether in the morning with a delicious breakfast, in the afternoon with a piece of cake or in the evening with a glass of wine, the deli welcomes you around the clock in the heart of Kaiserswerth Kaiserswerther Markt 38 40489 Düsseldorf ∙ Kaiserswerth mein-wunderhaus.de

PÂTISSERIE AUX MERVEILLEUX After Paris, Brussels, London, Geneva, NYC and Berlin, the French pâtisserie now also brings its original French meringue and brioche to town.

Kasernenstraße 15 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt auxmerveilleux.com ISABELLA PÂTISSERIE Gluten-free pâtisserie with Parisian bistro flair Arnulfstraße 4 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel Königsallee 60 (Kö-Galerie) 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte isabella-patisserie.de

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PÂTISSERIE TANGER The most delicious Arabian petit-four in Düsseldorf Ellerstraße 89 40227 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberbilk patisserie-tanger.de PURE FREUDE Arty and colourful tarts and pastry plus a tiny and lovely terrace Hohe Straße 19 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt purefreude.de PURE PASTRY

BY TIM TEGTMEIER Handcrafted and super sophisticated fine pastry in the heart of Düsseldorf ’s Carlsplatz and brand-new on Nordstraße Carlsplatz 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt Nordstraße 80 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/purepastry ROCAILLE Charming bistro in the heart of Derendorf serving great wines, cheese and a huge pâtisserie selection Weißenburgstraße 19 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf rocaille.de

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Heidi Heller is a wife, mother, devoted to her family and a passionate cook. She incorporates all of this in her cookbook “Heidi kocht”. She lovingly conveys her culinary philosophy to like-minded people and those interested in cooking, surprises with unusual yet downto-earth recipes and passes on tried-and-tested family recipes that recall memories of her own childhood.

Just the thought of one’s favourite dish, a fragrant kitchen and a place at the family table is usually enough to conjure a warm and cosy feeling of safety.

During our interview Heidi, who hails from Düsseldorf herself, tells us in her open and lively manner how her own cookbook came about and what role her family played in it. Her enthusiasm for cooking developed when she was still a little girl. “I often spent my holidays in the Harz mountains on my aunt’s farm in Hammenstedt. She played a huge role in sparking my interest in cooking as there were always incredible amounts of food to be cooked and she was happy when I could help her. My aunt also baked the most awesome cakes.

That appealed to me and I started baking when I was still a child.”

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Even beyond her youth, the enthusiasm for delicious, fresh food is still alive and well. Heidi focused on vegetarian food long before it became fashionable.

After 30 years in Düsseldorf and a teaching degree she soon became a mum, moved away from the city to the Bergisches Land and dedicated herself wholeheartedly to her new role. During the pregnancy with her first child the role of nutrition became more important to her and out of responsibility for the well-being of her unborn child she became more concerned about healthy living.

“We soon realised that vegetarian and, above all, wholefood nutrition suited us better and was healthier.

The wholefood diet uses plant-based, organic and minimally processed foods and avoids industrially

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“Don’t use what you don’t like and add, what you do like.

Cooking is supposed to be fun and enrich your life.” processed foods because they lose so many nutrients.

Since I am a creative person, I realised that it also allows me to cook more creatively – that’s what attracted me to it the most,” she says about her dietary change. The idea to publish a cookbook came about when she and her daughter both worked in the same company, the fashion agency Igel in Erkrath. Colleagues were always impressed by what Heidi managed to create in the company kitchen at lunchtime. It took more than a year from

the initial idea to the finished book, and the realisation was facilitated considerably by the help of Heidi’s son Rian, who, as a photographer, contributed the pictures to the recipes.

“To be able to hold my very own cookbook in my hand – that was incredible at first! We all were very excited and proud.” Whether trying out new meals, helping with the layout, editing or holding reflectors for the right exposure – family and friends helped with the production wherever they could. She had to cook some of the dishes in the book several times to get the perfect photo. Fortunately, family and friends always took pity on her and polished it all off afterwards, Heidi laughs in retrospect.

In “Heidi kocht” she draws on a long collection of recipes accumulated over her many years as a niece, mother and grandmother. Inspired by the concept of conscious nutrition, her experience as a mother and her life in the countryside, she created over 100 vegetarian recipes to be enjoyed at any time of the day that made it into this high quality book. For over 30 years Heidi has lived with her family just outside Düsseldorf in the historic timber framework village of Gruiten in the Bergisches Land, where she has a small garden and greenhouse. Cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, pumpkins, herbs, fruit and berries come from her garden at home – and all other ingredients for her delicious dishes are deliberately bought at the organic food shop or directly from the market.

The environmentally conscious cook enjoys her rural life amongst nature, but she also likes to remember her time in the city, when she enjoyed visiting Düsseldorf ’s museums such as the K20. In addition to the great art scene, Heidi also regards the river Rhine and its many different facets, which can be discovered from the Rhine promenade all the way to the Rhine meadows in

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Kaiserswerth, a characteristic feature of Düsseldorf.

Nowadays, when she finds herself back in “the Dorf ”, Heidi prefers to eat at the trendy restaurant Velvet on Stresemannstraße, because she particularly likes the variety of fresh food on offer there.

While nowadays more and more people are developing an awareness of healthy eating or even abstain from using animal products for life, not so long ago this was still the exception. Heidi, however, was a pioneer

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of dietary change 40 years ago with home-baked wholemeal bread, vegetarian spreads and raw foods, and so her children also grew up enthusiastic about salad, carrot and potato stew and buckwheat fritters.

“For us eating meals together was always very important and we always made time available for that.”

“When I think back to my childhood, I can immediately see the large cake trays of my aunt. In the village there was a bakery, where you could book a slot for baking. My aunt and I would drive there with baking trays that were three times the size of normal trays, I was always fascinated by that and I am still a passionate baker, which is the reason for dedicating a whole chapter to cake recipes.”

Nowadays quiche is her favourite dish. “I could eat quiche every day, in any variation available. Unfortunately not all recipes made it into the book, anyway, there would have had to be a separate book just for quiche.” “Don’t use what you don’t like and add, what you do like. Cooking is supposed to be fun and enrich your life. We can only maintain a healthy lifestyle when we like what it tastes like.”

Heidi’s kitchen philosophy is not only based on conscious eating, but also on enjoyment. This is why she also has advice for novices at the ready: “In order for cooking to be fun and successful I recommend to

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get all the ingredients out of the cupboards before you start. It can get chaotic very quickly when cooking.

When you try and follow a recipe it makes sense to read it from beginning to end – although I have to admit that I don’t always do it myself – but experience shows, that the outcome is usually better when you take the time before you start. When you then line up everything like in a cookery show, everything is just easier.”

“HEIDI KOCHT” More than 100 vegetarian recipes with vegan alternatives to enjoy any time of the day.

29,00 € Available at heidikocht.de and soon in THE DORF THE SHOP !

SALAD WITH MARINATED PUMPKIN Before I discovered this recipe I only ever boiled pumpkins. However, in this salad recipe the pumpkin remains raw. The fruit pulp with its note of nutmeg has a tendency to taste a tiny bit sour. It is a light, surprisingly delicious meal. Give it a try!

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800 g Fairytale pumpkin (Musque de Provence)

Peel the pumpkin, remove the inner straw with seeds and cut the fruit pulp into very thin slices. I usually use the cucumber slice side of the grater, but you can also use an asparagus peeler.

Sea salt Sugar

Lay out the pumpkin slices on a large plate, sprinkle with a little salt and sugar and leave to marinate for 15 minutes. Then rinse and pat dry.

50 ml apple juice 40 g sultanas

Bring the apple juice to the boil and soak the sultanas in it for 5 minutes.

1 lemon 300 g sour apples, such as Boskop 2 tbsp grape seed oil

In the meantime squeeze the lemon, peel and core the apples, slice them thinly and marinate them together with the pumpkin slices with grape seed oil and lemon juice.

40 g pumpkin seeds

Roast the pumpkin seeds in a dry pan and leave to cool.

2 bunches of rocket

Wash the rocket and spin dry.

2 tbsp pumpkin seed oil

Mix all ingredients and drizzle with pumpkin seed oil before serving.

Recipe from the cook- and baking book “HEIDI KOCHT vegetarisch”, p.230 — chapter “Gastfreundschaft”

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Together with property owners and partners, the Competence Centre for the Cultural and Creative Industries (Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft, KomKuK) of the Wirtschaftsförderung Düsseldorf has been providing new insights into the locally based creative industries since summer 2020.

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WINDOW SEATS FOR DÜSSELDORF’S CREATIVE INDUSTRIES:

In the three editions of the “KomKuK windows” so far – Loretto9, Arkadia and Friedrich2468 – Düsseldorf creatives from a wide range of disciplines have been able to stage themselves in a well-frequented shop window for four to eight weeks each. The shop windows are located at three different locations in the city and invite passers-by to briefly interrupt their everyday lives and immerse themselves in the current works and concepts of Düsseldorf creatives.

Since September 2015, KomKuK has been networking the players in the cultural and creative industries and giving them space for creative development. This enables a multifaceted exchange and creates added economic value. As part of the city’s economic development programme, KomKuK sees itself as a guide, space provider and ambassador for Düsseldorf’s creative minds.

At Loretto9, two shop windows of a coworking and co-creation space on Lorettostraße in Unterbilk were

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used. A total of 20 window designers showed products, services and concepts from graphic, object, fashion and jewellery design, photography, the games industry, visual and performing arts. Among the exhibitors were the game developer “Hard Boiled Games”, whose game “MicroMacro” has just been named “Game of the Year 2021”, and the non-profit organization “Blockblocks”, which works to clean up and protect water bodies.

With Arkadia, the second edition of the “KomKuK windows”, creative-economy products and concepts moved into the vacant windows of the former Kämmerei in the middle of the old town from December 2020. Since then, a total of 19 designs have been on display in the portico, including the bag designer “Sharokina”, who has already snatched up a “Red Dot Design Award” and the “manufactum Staatspreis NRW” in 2021. The range already demonstrated at Loretto9 was expanded at Arkadia to include music, exhibition design, accessories, influencer marketing and literature.

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Since the summer of 2021, the “KomKuK windows” have conquered another location with their third edition: the window front of the former Stern publishing house on Friedrichstraße 24 – 28 shows on about 40 meters how many facets the cultural and creative industries in Düsseldorf have to offer. At Friedrich2468, the spectrum has once again been expanded to include retail design, illustration, urban art and galleries, among others. Thanks to a steadily growing number of project participants and partners, the number of window designs was already over 25 after a short time – and the project will run until at least the end of 2021.

The exhibitors here also included “creative pilots of the Federal Government 2020/21”, namely the communication designers “aerosoap”.

Stay Tuned: The “KomKuK windows” are to be continued in 2022 at prominent locations. All information about the previous exhibitors and upcoming competitions can be found at www.komkuk.de.

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Anyone can do Ikea. More individual and sustainable is an interior mix of unique Mid-Century furniture and contemporary design objects. From the Danish sideboard of the 60s to the upcycled unique piece. Show me how you live, and I’ll tell you who you are. In no other place do we express our taste as much as in our own home. Interior design is not only trendy, but also an ideal investment in individuality and style. Furniture beyond mass-produced goods is more in demand than ever. Unique pieces with patina and character, made of timeless materials such as fine woods, marble and leather.

Favourite pieces that no one else has. For example, lounge chairs as a comfortably upholstered retro statement. Sideboards that have been meticulously handcrafted. Chairs that tell a story. A few people from Düsseldorf have dedicated themselves to unique interiors – sometimes vintage, sometimes arty.

Their passion: tracking down rarities, lovingly restoring and reselling them.

In showrooms, backyards or online. Others produce experimental design objects and furniture series made of concrete and brass at the interface of art and interior. Here we introduce four creative minds for beautiful four walls.

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NAME DAVID KOSOCK

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VAUST STUDIO In 2017, the two creative friends David Kosock and Joern Scheipers decided to turn their passion for art and design towards furniture making and founded VAUST. Since then, the experimental interdisciplinary studio has stood for interior concepts and design pieces made of materials such as marble, brass and aggregate concrete and sees itself as an interface between art and furniture, between Düsseldorf and Berlin.

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What exactly do you do as VAUST Studio? We see ourselves as a design studio that deals with the interfaces between space, object, people and brand.

Our projects range from classic interior design to the studio’s own series of objects to the creative and strategic development of brand architecture.

Influences from contemporary art or fashion play just as important a role for us as classical architecture and socio-cultural current events.

What is typical for your objects? I think the consistency of our objects lies above all in the concept.

That’s why we find it so difficult to describe our objects as furniture, even if there is an occasional side table or mirror. We design objects as projection surfaces for themes that we want to play with. What they all have in common is the perfect craftsmanship that we develop with manufacturers all over Europe.

What inspires you? Literally everything! There is somehow nothing from which you can’t theoretically draw inspiration, isn’t there? My grandmother’s house, the latest Nam June Paik exhibition at the Tate Modern, an Airbnb in Los Angeles, a short film on nowness.com, our VAUST Spotify playlists “Acoustic Rooms”, art books... and simply everything that travel brings. Instagram, Pinterest, blogs, all useful, beautiful and certainly important, but nothing anchors itself in that sponge up there as well as what you’ve experienced and lived yourself.

Who would you like to design an object or space for? It’s a dream I’ve had for a long time to be able to design the holistic concept for a small, perhaps privately run boutique hotel. From the creative direction on the brand and the whole place, to every single room and object in the house. I really love everything about this idea. And if this hotel will accidentally be located in Provence, I might just stay there forever.

Which Düsseldorf place particularly captivates you? I love the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, inside and out. I spent a lot of time there as an actor when I was a little boy and was already thrilled by the house and its large foyer. The same goes for the Langen Foundation with all the buildings surrounding it. It’s a place that does something to you every time.

What materials do you work with? This question is probably best answered with a snapshot. For our studio’s own series of objects, we are currently working on developing our own recipe for the material exposed aggregate concrete. We have developed a series from this pretty brute and almost dusty material by producing it out of hand sieved Botticino marble gravel, which could be casted with extraordinary filigree and results in highly organic objects for interiors. In November we will show the series for the first time in Berlin.

What are your plans for the future? Never thinking about tomorrow too much. @VAUST_STUDIO

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As an art director, Sven Hilbich worked in advertising for many years and was in charge of photo productions in the people sector. Until furniture in front of the lens finally appealed to him more than people. While bingewatching the stylish retro series Mad Men, he discovered his penchant for furniture from the 50s and 60s – and quickly switched from creation to the furniture trade.

Under “Mid-Century-Friends” he sells sideboards and chairs from his Holthausen headquarters all over Europe.

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How was your passion for interiors from the 50s and 60s sparked? When the series Mad Men came out in 2008, I was instantly fascinated by its interior design. The offices, the styling, the clothes, the hairstyles. Just everything! At that time, I privately bought my first pieces of furniture from the 50s and 60s. And it became more and more. Until finally, in 2013, the moment came when I decided: I want to sell this myself ! Since then, I have been passionate about buying old furniture, lovingly restoring it and reselling it.

What is behind Mid-Century-Friends? We are 100% an online store and specialise in selling vintage furniture and upcycling.

As well as refurbishing authentic pieces, we love making something new out of old. Because there are two camps among Mid-Century fans: people who are looking for originals only and people who prefer vintage furniture that has a modern touch.

We see ourselves as pioneers and trendsetters in the field and sell unique pieces throughout Europe. Currently, we are very strong in sideboards and chairs. But thanks to Covid-19, desks and secretaries have also sold almost by themselves.

What is the special value of this furniture? For me, it’s the filigree, simple and timeless design in combination with the quality of the furniture. At that time, the furniture was actually still produced in Germany or Denmark – and you can see that. You can’t compare vintage pieces with the mass of furniture on the market today. It doesn’t always have to be Danish design. There are also great products from Germany that are very straightforward and elaborately handcrafted.

Do you find it difficult to part with some pieces? I very often sell furniture that I would prefer not to give away.

About twice a year we get a series from the Oldenburg furniture workshops. Made of teak with filigree milled stripes, which is beautiful and very rare.

It’s an absolute highlight in terms of design and craftsmanship and is usually sold immediately.

Which classics do you have in your own home?

My absolute favourite piece is my Togo sofa by Ligne Roset from the 70s in pink, it’s super loungy and very comfortable. I have the classic String shelf as a new model because I really wanted it completely in white. I love my chair series by Niels Otto Møller and an absolute rarity: a sideboard in light oak from the 50s. It has such a modern design; you can hardly believe it’s from that era.

Which place in Düsseldorf inspires you with its interior?

I like to go for coffee at Brot und Butter and then stroll through Manufactum. You discover so many beautiful things there that are also consistently of great quality and mostly handmade. I lived near Ratinger Straße for a very long time and always enjoyed having breakfast at Ohme Jupp. There you have your favourite cellar; you can comfortably read the newspaper and really spend a lot of time there. It’s still my favourite place in Düsseldorf. @MID-CENTURY-FRIENDS

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AGE 29

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SAMIR ZAILACHI Every home deserves a design classic. With this motto in mind, Samir Zailachi and his partner Lars Knechtel are always on the lookout for very special furniture treasures from past decades. Because for the vintage fan and fashion expert, buying a piece of furniture today that was en vogue decades ago is not only a good investment in style and taste, but above all in sustainability.

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How did the world of vintage furniture open up to you? It all started with a Wassily Chair. Black leather. Chrome frame. For my 18th birthday, my mother gave me a trip to New York together, which I still think back to fondly. Of course, a visit to the MoMa was also on our to do list. That’s where I saw it for the first time.

A German design, already almost 90 years old at the time, in an American museum of modern art. You have to imagine that!

From then on, it was clear to me: I’m going to call this chair my own one day. It’s also quite casual in white leather. ;) What is the fascination of design classics for you? The stories that our treasures might have already experienced. Maybe this Barcelona Chair was once a 25th wedding anniversary present. To which songs did the previous owners of the George Nelson sofa have their cocktail parties with friends in the sixties? These ideas make us dream. This magic is unique for us. Because of the many years our pieces have been around, they tell us a story that we don’t know but can guess from their patina.

For you, vintage furniture is also an investment in sustainability...

Not only in my circle of friends, but also among my customers, we agree: a genuine piece of contemporary history has more charm than a brand-new piece of furniture, which is nowadays made of partly inferior material. No new production chains are needed for our furniture. We can reduce packaging material to the bare minimum and add to that the fact that we try to deliver personally within Düsseldorf.

How can you design a flat especially well with few resources? As with many things in life, the same applies here: It’s all in the mix!

Take one of our classics and combine it with furniture from the big players. Put your favourite colour on the wall and add a work of art, be it a picture or a decorative piece that puts a smile on your face every day — et voilà! Welcome to your oasis of well-being!

Which design classics should you invest in now? Anything that’s fun is allowed! We want our pieces to be part of their owner’s life. Therefore, it should be something that fits the life concept of the buyer. With a classic from Knoll International, Cassina or De Sede – one of my personal favourites – you are always on the safe side.

Do you have a favourite designer or piece? For seating furniture, Pierre Paulin and Marcel Breuer are very high on the list because of their aesthetics. Isamu Noguchi’s paper lamps are equally appealing to me because his personal story of how he found his form is also inspiring to me.

Which place in Düsseldorf inspires you with its interior?

The recently opened restaurant, bar and club concept The Paradise Now is indeed a paradise for all those who like to be inspired not only culinary but also visually. Capturing the Mediterranean serenity is more than successfully done here thanks to the consistent thread of the concept in terms of design and therefore my recommendation for the next Friday evening with friends. @OBJEKTBEGIERDE

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NAME NORMAN HENRY SCHICHTEL

AGE 25

OCCUPATION DESIGN MERCHANT

NORMAN HENRY Norman Henry Schichtel was born with a love of vintage furniture. The 25-year-old grew up between Mid-Century objects and design classics, because his parents attached great importance to beautiful and high-quality furnishings.

Even today, the Düsseldorf native likes to think back to weekend trips to Antwerp and Brussels, where there are known to be particularly many great vintage and design dealers. These inspired him to go into the design trade – with two showrooms of his own in Düsseldorf.

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Why are you particularly fascinated by chairs? Chairs are a commodity that is part of everyday life and therefore many designers have tried very successfully to try out their creativity on seating furniture.

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What do you like so much about vintage interiors? I’m particularly impressed by the quality of the craftsmanship in the details and the durability of the furniture. The great workmanship gives the pieces not only a beautiful look but also perfect function even after decades – I find that simply incredible.

What style should you invest in now? I would invest in the things that inspire me spontaneously. It’s hard to pin down a particular direction. However, you can’t go wrong with most design classics that you buy second-hand.

How do you personally define good design? For me, good design means creativity. Creating something new that has never existed before.

Who are your customers? Young and old. Design lovers and people who suddenly recognise and appreciate the beauty of the objects through my photos and presentation of the furniture. I am happy about every sympathetic guest, whether customer or not, who comes to my shop and has the same passion for beautiful furniture – or discovers it through me.

Have you ever sold a piece of furniture with a very special story? There is a beautiful and interesting story to tell about almost every object, but only the customer who buys the object learns about it and thus should continue the story at best. However, many sales have resulted in great friendships and contacts, which I am now very grateful for.

Do you have a favourite designer, a favourite piece, a favourite decade? Difficult question! There are too many good designers to settle on one, but I probably love Bauhaus and Scandinavian, American and Italian design the most. I have so many favourites that it would probably go beyond the scope of this article, but at the moment I’m still dreaming of a Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia.

You recently opened your second showroom. What can we expect there? A lot! The first store on Parkstraße in Düsseldorf is just a small showroom to present customers the pieces of furniture that interest them in a beautiful setting. The second showroom on Ludwig-Wolker-Straße is basically the same, only much bigger and our headquarters. This is where the new furniture arrives, where we take photos and where you can almost always find me.

Which design classics are in your flat? Phew! I often hear this question and it’s really hard to answer because my furniture changes all the time. As of today: I have a great Horst Brüning lounge chair in the hallway to relax and wait until my girlfriend is ready to go. In the kitchen we have the classic S64 Thonet cantilever chairs. The living & dining room is my highlight, of which I am particularly proud.

We have a very large Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm dining table with FK lounge chairs, a three-metre long sideboard and a very classic Eames armchair. @NORMANHENRY.DE

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Ariane Ernst After stations in Vienna, New York and Stockholm, Ariane Ernst first reluctantly came to Düsseldorf, where she studied jewellery and product design. In the meantime, the city has become her home, “more than Freiburg, where I originally come from,” she says. In 2013, she founded her jewellery label of the same name, with which she focuses on local production. Her designs are strongly conceptual, manufactured on demand so that there is as little stock as possible. She recently published her first coffee table book and a clothing collection that is made in a knitting factory in Thuringia.

How would you describe the style of your label?

Minimalist and contemporary, yet timeless.

You have built up a huge following with your jewellery, published a book and launched a fashion collection.

Is there anything you can’t do?

As an entrepreneur, you probably shouldn’t admit this so openly, but numbers aren’t really my thing. I prefer to do things by feel.

What gives you the most pleasure?

Creative work, surrounding myself with beautiful things and dealing with aesthetic themes.

What comes next?

Furniture is next, but I don’t want to give away any details yet. But if you want to get a taste of what’s to come, you can drop by the shop. All the furniture there is designed by me.

too small, not as anonymous as other cities, but at the same time close to the pulse of time. Perfect for founding a label.

With which living or dead person would you like to have an Altbier in Düsseldorf?

I don’t drink beer. But I would love to talk to Donald Judd about his art.

Düsseldorf as a piece of clothing, art piece or jewellery: what would that look like?

Perhaps a shiny work by Jeff Koons – visually also echoing the Gehry buildings – something in which one is reflected, and in which a bit of kitsch is played with.

But at the same time, there’s a fascinating meta-level.

Besides fashion and jewellery design, what are your passions?

Art. My family. Travelling.

Which jewellery or fashion designers have influenced your style?

Artists: Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt or James Turrell. In fashion, I find Hussein Chalayan or Iris Van Herpen inspiring.

Ettore Sottsass is also a great role model for me.

Jeff Koons I find super exciting in terms of content, how he plays with people’s reactions. What they all have in common is the conceptual, their approach to design.

What are your favourite places in Düsseldorf?

I love my neighbourhood Unterbilk. I deliberately chose the area as the location for my store because it’s just a pleasant mix. I also like being by the Rhine, I think it gives the city an incredible quality of life. I’m especially happy that Renzo has reopened Zero Gradi, they have the best pizza in town. Bar Olio, of course, Waya in Flingern and the wine bar Primitivo in Derendorf.

Why did you come to Düsseldorf? And why did you stay?

I came to Düsseldorf in 2007 to study jewellery and product design. I stayed because Düsseldorf has become my home. Düsseldorf is great – not too big, not

Your three words to describe Düsseldorf are: Different than you think. (That’s four words, I realise, but it hits the spot).

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Hollywood and Kapuzinergasse, Californian West Coast and Croatian Adriatic, skateboarding and fashion. A mix of all these impressionistic descriptions has been in the old town since the beginning of the year in the form of the new skate shop “CEÑTRAL”.

Together with his Colombian friend and business partner Cristian Granada Cardona, Ante Dekovic is one half of the new addition to Kapuzinergasse. It’s worth taking a closer look, though. Ante Dekovic comes from Croatia, lives in Düsseldorf and works in Los Angeles as a visual effects supervisor, among other things for the entire Star Trek series. He has already been nominated for two Emmys and just a month ago won his first one. Ante tells us how he moved from the Rhineland to Hollywood and how he got his own skateboard shop in the old town.

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ANTE DEKOVIC At the moment I am in Los Angeles. My wife and my son also live there. From December to April we were in Croatia. We have our own apartment there.

I grew up in Germany and spent a lot of time in Düsseldorf. I used to joke that I lived in Düsseldorf, came from Croatia and worked in Los Angeles. People were always confused. In the meantime, I’m more focused on one thing with my family. I think we will come back to Europe soon.

TD Since when do you live in California and what brought you there?

AD I’ve been living in Los Angeles since January 13, 2005.

I can still remember the date exactly. I did an apprenticeship as a media designer in Cologne. That’s when I first came across visual effects and a great love for it developed. At that time there was nothing going on in Germany in this field. I knew that I had to go to Hollywood to work in this field.

TD From the Rhineland to Hollywood – what happened next?

AD Through a good friend of my mother, I got an internship at a production company in Los Angeles. That was my chance. I actively looked for jobs where I could work on visual effects, but it was very difficult. I had already given up hope when suddenly a good friend called me. She told me that Marc Weigert and Volker Engel were looking for people for a production. Volker Engel had won an Oscar for his effects on Independence Day. So they were big names. I had an interview in his office, with the Oscar in the background. I was super nervous. The advantage was that they were looking for people who came from the same background. I grew up in Germany and could speak German. That was good for me. I was then sent back to Germany to get an internship visa and a month later I started in LA. That’s how it all started.

TD What does a classic working day look like at home in LA? AD The pandemic has changed the daily routine. Not long ago I was one of the two overall visual effects supervisors on Star Trek. Now the visual effects are so important that we have to be there from the beginning.

We get the scripts and we’re on set. A working day lasts 15 hours. I sit with the director, the producers and the actors and make sure everything is shot right. It’s hard to explain something to someone that isn’t there.

The actors see a green screen, but they have to treat it like a ten-foot creature, for example.

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AD We worked from home during the lockdowns.

It was no problem for visual effects because we work with companies all over the world and everything was already done online. We were lucky. We were just finishing a shoot when CBS Films told us that from now on it’s home office. A lot of shows were hit hard, a lot of people lost their jobs. We then came up with a structure. There were meetings in the mornings and evenings and in between there was always communication. I have to say, I found that very pleasant.

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TD The list of movies you’ve been in is long.

You’ve had two Emmy nominations and just won one.

If someone had predicted that twenty years ago, would you have believed them?

AD No, I wouldn’t have believed it. I grew up on Star Trek and I watched “The next Generation” when I was 9 years old. I thought it was rad back then. And now I get to sit with Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes and work with them. I know Jonathan Frakes really well now, I can always call him if I need help. I had a guest role on the show myself. To be in a Star Trek suit is something special.

TD Who or what is your biggest film idol?

I have a few directors that I watch over and over again. Martin Scorsese, the more recent Tarantino films, Guy Ritchie and Luc Besson. My all-time favourite film has always been Terminator 2. That’s one of the first movies that used visual effects. At that time, I didn’t even know what visual effects were, i.e. things incorporated with the computer. That was in 1991.

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TD Is there any film you would have liked to have done the visual effects on?

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AD Yes, there are quite a few. The whole Terminator series and the whole Marvel Universe I would have loved to do. If I could work with Luc Besson and Guy Ritchie, that would be great.

TD What do you like most about California?

There’s a skate park on every corner and the weather is always good. We live in Marina Del Rey, which is next to Venice Beach. We’re right on the beach. The people are laid back. Sure, not everything is great in America and there is a lot of bad stuff, like joblessness and homelessness. Europe or Germany is more structured and social. But California is just Cali, really chilled out.

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TD You were born in Croatia and grew up in Düsseldorf. What is the best memory of your youth?

AD I moved to Düsseldorf when I was nine years old.

I spent 15 years here. I feel like a Düsseldorfer. I can’t pin down my best memory to one in particular. I spent my entire adolescence here, including my first party nights. I always find it nice to walk through the streets and go to the corners where I used to go often. It brings back memories.

TD Your tip for a little California Hollywood feeling in Düsseldorf?

AD Skateboarding!

Get to know Cristian’s and Ante’s skateshop Ceñtral on thedorf.de/einkaufen/schoene-dinge/centralduesseldorf or drop by in the heart of the old town!

CEÑTRAL DÜSSELDORF KAPUZINERGASSE 22 40213 DÜSSELDORF CENTRALDUESSELDORF.COM @CENTRALDUESSELDORF

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TD What do you miss about Düsseldorf when you’re not here?

AD A few things. My skate friends, my school friends, my sister and my nephew. My parents recently moved back to Croatia. I think Europe in general is very beautiful. Los Angeles is a man-made city. There are a lot of neighborhoods there. I miss something like an old town in LA. That’s why I think it’s so nice that our store is in the middle of downtown now. Every day when I’m here, I walk through the city towards the downtown area. It’s a nice feeling.

TD Is there something like a life mentality that you take with you from Düsseldorf to America or vice versa?

AD What I bring from Düsseldorf or from my education to America is the German punctuality and work mentality.

That has brought me a long way. Düsseldorf or Germany in general could use some of the relaxed openness of the people in California.

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Touching materials, discovering new treasures, and taking favourite pieces home with us — we really missed it when none of that worked for several months. We can finally stroll through the streets again, explore new shops and talk to the people behind the products. Shopping is becoming an immersive experience again and and is not only done home alone on the laptop anymore.

AEST. STORE Katharina’s motto and hashtag #SUPERNICETHINGS says it all: Concept store for ladies with super nice fashion, accessories and interior decoration Ackerstraße 127 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern aest-store.com AFEW — STORE Limited editions and the most exquisite sneaker selection in town Oststraße 36 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte afew-store.com ALTE GIESSEREI IGEL A true concept store experience in an expressive brick building with fashion, interior, lifestyle and skincare products from brands such as Drykorn, Copenhagen Studios, HAY and many more Alte Gießerei 6 – 14 40699 Erkrath alte-giesserei-igel.de

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CEÑTRAL DUESSELDORF Skate shop with a large selection of different brands providing skateboards and equipment, accessories and clothing Kapuzinergasse 22 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt centralduesseldorf.com

FREITAG STORE DÜSSELDORF

BY SELEKTEUR R.I.P.s (Recycled Individual Products) from Zurich since 1993 Hohe Straße 4 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt freitag.ch

DONSJE Beautiful handmade kidswear with sophisticated details, matching footwear and accessories Benrather Straße 12 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte donsje.com

HAMMERMANN Colourful concept store selling fashion, accessories and gagdets for ladies Lorettostraße 15 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk hammermann-store.de

FORMIDABLE Wonderfully furnished lingerie and accessories store Ackerstraße 203 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern formidable.shop

IAMYOURS Beautiful bridal concept store with dresses, shoes, jewellery and accessories Stresemannstraße 3 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte iam-yours.de

ATELIER_32U The Scandinavian style from brands such as NORR, mbyM, EDITED, GESTUZ or ICHI plus handmade jewellery, selected accessories, bags and lifestyle items Ackerstraße 199 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern atelier32u.de BEYOND STUDIOS Mostly Scandinavian brands, a huge selection of plants, jewellery, books and interior stuff Stresemannstraße 8 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte beyondstudios.de BLUE-TOMATO International board sport and lifestyle specialist for skateboarding, surfing, freeskiing, snowboarding and streetstyle Mittelstraße 2 – 6 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt blue-tomato.com

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APROPOS THE CONCEPT STORE Luxury designer fashion, shoes and handbags plus a very special beauty department Benrather Straße 15 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt apropos-store.com

BUTIK Feminine and progressive fashion, shoes and accessories for her Ackerstraße 184 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern fb.com/butikduesseldorf

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JADES Colourful, fancy, edgy, punky and cool luxury designer fashion and accessories Heinrich-Heine-Allee 53 Breite Straße 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte jades24.com JIMMY & JO “German Kaufhaus” with a very nice selection of curated fashion and interior items, books and accessories Stresemannstraße 27 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Pop-Up-Store: Stresemannstraße 36 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte jimmyandjo.de KAUF DICH GLÜCKLICH Scandinavian and French inspired fashion, accessories and shoes, plus a small book and interior selection Carlsplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt kaufdichgluecklich-shop.de KLEIDSAM Selected pieces from different labels Neusser Straße 123 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk kleidsam.eu

LANGBRETT Clothing, art and energy for surfers, skaters and urban people Ackerstraße 113 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern langbrett.com LIVE LAB STUDIOS A new concept store for a different way of luxury presenting curated products from fashion, design, art, beauty and more Fürstenwall 66 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk livelabstudios.com LULULEMON “Sweat, Grow, Connect” – The athletic Canadian lifestyle and yoga brand finally opened its doors in Düsseldorf in 2019 Grabenstraße 1 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt lululemon.de MA CABANE French concept store for clothing and home accessories Achenbachstraße 132 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal instagram.com/ conceptstoremacabane MILIAN

BY ANNETTE GÖRTZ Avant-garde fashion by German designer Annette Görtz and other brands such as Comme des Garçons, Yamamoto and Maison Margiela Königsallee 33 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte milian-duesseldorf.de

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IDENTITA ITALIANA Premium fashion, shoes and accessories for him and her from brands such as Patrizia Pepe, Marni, Woolrich and many more Carlsplatz 22 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt identita-italiana.de

MOMANIA Café, pâtisserie and concept store with carefully selected items Drakestraße 2 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel momania-conceptstore.de MY FITCH Concept store for women, men and kids with a huge selection of fashion and accessories, interior and beauty brands Department Store: Tannenstraße 37 40476 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf My Fitch “uptown”: Achenbachstraße 131 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal my-fitch.com NOT-A-SHOP It’s a shop! Unisex vintage fashion and stuff Stresemannstraße 39 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/not__a__shop

KOPFSACHE Specialised retailer for US caps and headwear Hüttenstraße 9 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt kopfsache.ninja

PICK UP Iconic store for punk rock fashion, shoes and accessories Kapuzinergasse 15 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt pickup78.com PREGO Italian inspired, very puristic German clothing label for ladies.

Plus: A beautiful selection of shoes, bags and accessories Grünstraße 4 – 6 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte prego.de

REBEL’S GARAGE SKATESHOP It’s all about skateboarding and longboarding – on top of a large selection of streetwear and accessories Gneisenaustraße 10 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort rebelrockers.com

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ROBERTA THE STORE Organic fashion and fair-trade goods Nordstraße 71 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf roberta-thestore.de

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TUXEDO Fashion, accessories and beauty for her from carefully selected brands Lorettostraße 35 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk Cheruskerstraße 67a 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel tuxedo-style.com

SHE DESIGNED SEPTEMBER Lovely shop in Düsseltal with a selection of modern fashion pieces and accessories Rethelstraße 139 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal instagram.com/ shedesignedseptember

URBAN OUTFITTERS Cool fashion for her and him plus interior gadgets, books and vinyls Schadowstraße 60 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte urbanoutfitters.com

STYLEALBUM Online shop with an excellent selection of German and Scandinavian designers plus accessories, interior, beauty products and gadgets Schirmerstraße 23 (backyard) 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort stylealbum.com SEVENS – HOME OF SATURN Premium shopping centre coupled with an excellent gastronomic offer and an international brand selection on seven floors Königsallee 56 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Innenstadt sevens.de

WHAT WOMEN WANT Products selected with love for everything to do with fashion, accessories, beauty, interior, jewellery and small treats Lorettostraße 38 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk whatwomenwant.de WILD DAISY On- and offline concept store with a beautiful selection of dried flowers, interior items and fashion and accessories Kronprinzenstraße 106 40217 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk wilddaisyshop.de

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SAMSØE SAMSØE Cool and Scandinavian simplicity – this is what the Danish brand stands for. The collections for men and women are now also available in Düsseldorf Grabenstraße 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt samsoe.com

WUNDERWERK Organic fashion for women and men, fashionable and sustainable, ecologically and fair Ackerstraße 133 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern wunderwerk.com

EYEWEAR ACE & TATE Modern and stylish glasses from Amsterdam Carlsplatz 3 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt aceandtate.com

BRILLEN KAISER A real classic – since 1933 located on Königsallee!

Bahnstraße 2, Königsallee 92 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte brillen-kaiser.de HESSE & HOLLÄNDER Optician with modern styles from Cologne Ackerstraße 158 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern hesseundhollaender.de OPTIK KITTEL Glasses and sunglasses from Germany and Europe Nikolaus-Knopp-Platz 18 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Heerdt optik-kittel.de

THE MAX. Concept store with a colourful mix of cheap, expensive, bizarre, trashy, high quality, old and new clothes, furniture, interior accessories and treasures from all over Europe Nordstraße 12 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort themax-store.com

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VIU EYEWEAR Cool designer glasses made in Switzerland, handmade in Italy and Japan Benrather Straße 8 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt shopviu.de

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L’ATELIER MONSIEUR High-quality, affordable basics which stand out due to their quality and craftsmanship and not because of their brand name Bilker Allee 14 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk lateliermonsieur.com

MORITZ WENZ STUDIO Traditional manufacturing and timeless design products Ackerstraße 155 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern moritz-wenz.de

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THE BESPOKER Tailoring, interior and lifestyle for him Wildenbruchstraße 41 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel thebespoker.de

MANNS Store for water sports, cordage and accessories.

Family business since 1845 Benrather Straße 7b (entry Hohe Straße) 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt manns-wassersport.de

THE BLOKE Super-nice custom-made suits for him and her Pfalzstraße 2 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort the-bloke.de CARHARTT Classy work- and urban streetwear and accessories Mittelstraße 16 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte carhartt-wip.com THE GENTLEMAN SIDE A nice selection of men’s clothing made in Italy Luegallee 130 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel thegentlemanside.com LFDY Live fast, die young: Düsseldorf-based streetwear brand Ackerstraße 156 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern livefastdieyoung.de

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THE HERITAGE POST GENERAL STORE Menswear store, “atelier for corporate and interior design” and headquarter of internationally renowned magazine “The Heritage Post” Lorettostraße 35 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk instagram.com/ theheritagepostgeneralstore

FLEA MARKETS AACHENER PLATZ Ulenbergstraße 10 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk troedelmarkt-aachenerplatz.de MESSEPARKPLATZ P1 Stockumer Kirchstraße 61 40474 Düsseldorf ∙ Stockum RADSCHLÄGER MARKT Blumengroßmarkt Ulmenstraße 275 40468 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf radschlaegermarktduesseldorf.de

RED WING HERITAGE STORE In September 2019, the traditional heritage brand Red Wing opened its first store in Düsseldorf offering their legendary “Made in USA” boots Hohe Straße 17 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt redwingheritage.eu STUF|F – FINE GOODS “Soul made” fine goods for him and vintage furniture Birkenstraße 40 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern stuf-f.com

ULMENSTRASSEN SATURDAY MARKET Blumengroßmarkt Ulmenstraße 275 40468 Düsseldorf ∙ Derendorf ulmenmarkt.de WEIBERKRAM weiberkram.org

VINTAGE STORES BROKE Second-hand streetwear and curated new products Tussmannstraße 5 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/broke.the.store COUTURE 2ND Strictly designer second-hand Hohe Straße 20 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt instagram.com/couture2nd DESIGNER CHECK OUT Designer collections from the past two seasons Blücherstraße 24 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort designercheckout.de ELEMENTARTEILCHEN Vintage dresses from 50s til 80s, designer fashion and accessories Ackerstraße 125 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern elementarteilchensecondhand.de

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THE PLACE High-end streetwear and sneakers Berger Straße 11 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Altstadt place-clothing.com

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KOKO SELECTED Second hand, fair fashion and lovely details in a former hairdresser’s saloon coming soon: Hermannstraße 47, corner Birkenstraße 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern instagram.com/koko.selected LIEBLINGSSTÜCKE Selected treasures in Flingern Bruchstraße 1 40235 Düsseldorf ∙ Flingern lieblings-stuecke.de LILA MODEN Vintage, art and fashion from brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Prada etc.

Oststraße 150 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/lila_moden MAE’S SECOND HAND DE LUXE Second-hand and “vintage deluxe” for women Arnulfstraße 2a 40545 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel maes-mode.de NOT A SHOP Unisex preloved fashion Stresemannstraße 39 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte instagram.com/not__a__shop

LOVED BEFORE Non-profit charity project lovedbefore.de STEWARDRESS Vintage treasures in the backyard Lorettostraße 8 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk fb.com/stewardress STRIKE Vintage clothes for generation TikTok Brunnenstraße 9 40223 Düsseldorf ∙ Bilk strikewardrobe.org THE MAX.STORE Super-cool concept store with (new) design-items, gadgets and selected vintage fashion pieces Nordstraße 12 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort themax-store.com

THE MINTAGE Vintage heaven for girls and boys Wallstraße 27 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt instagram.com/the_mintage

TRIG & TONY True vintage statement pieces trigandtony.com

VILLA OLIVA VINTAGESHOP The vintage store with nostalgic curiosities Bilker Allee 62 40219 Düsseldorf ∙ Unterbilk instagram.com/olivas_vintage

CARITAS KAUFHAUS WERTVOLL Furniture and clothing caritas-kaufhaus-wertvoll.de

ONLINE ANNIETHING VINTAGE Luxury Vintage from LA, NY, Madrid and Paris instagram.com/ anniethingvintage

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CASH & RAUS Employment and work project for unemployed people with four shops skmd.de/cash-raus FAIRHAUS Charity department store with a total of eight branches in Neuss and Düsseldorf fairhaus-duesseldorf.de OXFAM Second-hand clothes, books, this and that shops.oxfam.de

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Düsseldorf is a treasure trove for some very promising products that are made by people with innovative ideas and passion. The selection is diverse and ranges from classic, modern and sustainable accessories and fashion to beautiful jewellery and interior items to products from the areas of food and drink, beauty and lifestyle.

The Düsseldorf labels convince with sustainable concepts and lots of charm.

ACCESSORIES CANO SHOES Ethically and sustainably handmade Huaraches from Mexico thecanoshoe.com DU CIEL Handmade lingerie made of fine fabrics and with a sense of timeless elegance duciel.studio ESDE BAGS Avantgarde leather bags and accessories from Düsseldorf esde-bags.com ESPADRIJ L’ORIGINALE French inspired products such as the original espadrilles, palm baskets, beachplaids and homewear espadrij.com LAYDAY LAYDAY Fair trade and sustainable products such as clothing, cosmetics, prints and accessories layday-layday.com MARILIS Handmade and fairly produced women’s accessories with sustainable materials in own designs marilis.eu

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OH.PERLII Super cute kidswear label providing limited accessories and clothing for kids such as triangle scarves and blankets made of organic muslin instagram.com/oh.perlii OPAAK Mindful bodywear and lingerie for women opaak.de SHAROKINA Designed in Düsseldorf: high quality handbags and accessories made of European quality leather, in timeless designs with pretty details sharokina.com

41 RPM GIN BY BROILERS Collabo between Uerige brewery and Düsseldorf based band Broilers – the first gin made in the Düsseldorf old town. Watch out – it’s super rare! shop.broilers.de 734 SPIRITUOSENMANUFAKTUR Liqueur from Volmerswerth / Rhine Kilometre 734 siebendreivier.de ABB SENF Original Düsseldorf mustard, perfect souvenir loewensenf.de ÄHRENSACHE Premium Korn based in Düsseldorf, made in Herne brennfreunde.de

DÜSSELDORFER ÖL-MANUFAKTUR Cold-pressed oils from fine organic seeds and carefully filtered by hand duesseldorfer-oelmanufaktur.de FUSEL Brand-new herbal liqueur with “operations in liqueur & tunes” fusel.tv GHIRLONI EISMANUFAKTUR In 1975, Roberto Ghirloni’s father opened his first ice cream parlor in Gerresheim.

Today, in the second generation, he produces according to traditional recipes, with “real” and fresh ingredients. Today over 40 types of ice cream are offered, including innovative creations such as Prosecco, white truffles or tomatoes with basil ghirloni-eismanufaktur.de

BAETTER BAKING Organic baking mixes – vegan and gluten-free baetterbaking.com BAYNE ICE CREAM Wine and cocktail ice sorbets with flavours such as Veneziano Spritz, Gin Tonic or Moscow Mule. Made of natural raw materials from Europe bayneicecream.com BEER KONG Brand new hand-brewed craftbeer straight from Düsseldorf beer-kong.de LIVE L AB STUDIOS

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HIVE THE GOOD LIFE Düsseldorf Granola manufacture with products free of sugar and preservatives hivethegoodlife.com

KEINE LIMO Sugar reduced soft drinks with fancy flavors such as mango and pumpkin, rhubarb and sweet potatoe or cucumber and lemongrass keinelimo.de KILLEPITSCH Herbal liqueur from Düsseldorf killepitsch.de KLIPPENZIEGE Mate dry gin from Düsseldorf klippenziege.com

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KÖLT Kölsch and Alt = Költ!

The first beer that made the impossible possible koeltbier.de

SCHMITTMANN EDELBRENNEREI Original Düsseldorf distillery since 1818 schmittmann-korn.de

LIGHTROAST Brand-new local micro coffee roastery instagram.com/lightroast.de

SCHVARZ KAFFEE Local coffee roastery schvarz.com

LOAF Gluten-free, lactose-free and vegan baking with wheat from Germany, processed regionally loaf-glutenfree.com

SKEISAN TEA Finest high-quality tea skeisan.com SOUL SODA Caffeine lemonade soul-soda.com

FASHION 22/4_HOMMES_FEMMES The Düsseldorf high-end tailoring label by designer Stephanie Hahn has been producing womens and menswear designs in German factories since 2008 224hommesfemmes.com ALEKS KURKOWSKI High-end menswear and womenswear – inspired by simple geometry and the passion for the colour black alekskurkowski.com AMESANKOH Japanese-rooted fashion brand using Japanese words in their designs with the aim to make people become familiar with Japanese culture and language amesankoh.de

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ANTTOO A premium fashion brand specialized in leather and shearling coats anttoo.com

MADAME CHÊRI Chocolate manufactory madame-cheri.com OLBERMANN BREWERY Independent Düsseldorf craftbeer brewery privatbrauerei-olbermann.de RACCOON Fair, vegan and sustainable protein chocolate raccoonchoc.de RAW HONEY Düsseldorf-based beekeeper producing finest raw honey rawhoney.de

SPUMATE Spumate is a wine-mate mixed drink that will sparkle up your tummy spumate.de STRANDHASE CRAFTBEER Düsseldorf craftbeer and brewery courses instagram.com/ strandhase_craftbeer STRONZBÜDEL The “Stronzbüdel” bag presents products that focus on quality and craftsmanship by local manufacturers. Watch out for the new “Büdels” filled with delicious food and delicious “Dröpke” (drinks)! Available at Bulle bakery instagram.com/stronz__buedel TRUE KIMCHI STORY Fresh and vegan homemade kimchi, Korean superfood instagram.com/truekimchistory

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THE BLOKE Custome-made suits for him and her the-bloke.de BONA BUNI “Slow fashion” with unique products from India bonabuni.com BOYFROMMARS1996 The Düsseldorf label Boyfrommars1996 was founded in 2019

by Samir Duratovic. It draws parallels between “extraterrestrial” experiences and human emotions boyfrommars1996.com CARPONI Carponi stands for stylish, ecological crawling shoes that make children and parents equally happy carponi.com

GALVAN LONDON Evening and party dresses worn by Hollywood stars and celebrities, made in Düsseldorf galvanlondon.com G-LAB Supreme weatherwear: sophisticated jackets for ladies and gents g-lab.com IHEART Feminine clothing made from finest materials iheart.de LFDY Live fast, die young: Düsseldorf based streetwear brand livefastdieyoung.de KIOSK SUPPLY Urban street- & skatewear label kiosq-supply.com

LOLA CLOTHING High-quality streetwear label from Düsseldorf – heavy cottons, eco-friendly production lolaclo.com MARION STREHLOW Fashion designer from Düsseldorf – exceptional, without being intrusive, special, without feeling disguised stre-low.com MARYLAND STUDIO It’s not all about the bride, it’s about the girl squad around: Label for bridesmaids dresses instagram.com/marylandstudio

MIAKI KOMURO Japanese design handmade in Düsseldorf miakikomuro.com MEA AMĀRE A young Düsseldorf brand for high-quality products that make everyday life easier for babies (and parents) by using natural materials such as hemp meaamare.com

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ALESSA JOSTEN Young contemporary jewellery designer located in Düsseldorf alessajoosten.com

NOWADAYS Simple, modern and smart clothing for him nowadays.com OONCE Custom made bridal wear, accessories and jewellery oonce.de

BERU INOU Jewellery with a focus on glass and porcelain beruinou.com GOLPIRA — NO DIRTY GOLD Unique jewellery made of naturally formed gold nuggets.

Golpira combines luxury, sustainability and unique hand-made fine gold jewellery, mixing bohemian aesthetics with classic references golpira.de

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SUZUSAN Japanese fashion, home and living design including traditional Japanese textile finishing techniques suzusan.com

ARIANE ERNST JEWELRY Supernice jewellery plus a small clothing line.

Ariane’s store is located in the lovely district Unterbilk arianeernst.com ALTE GIESSEREI IGEL

MOYAKORA Streetwear and yoga gear: Portuguese cork meets German manufacturing moyakora.de

LAURA CHRISTMANN JEWELLERY Geometric jewellery for the elegant minimalist, made in Düsseldorf www.laurachristmann.de MAREN DÜSEL Her works are characterised by a minimalist design language and clear colour accents, using classic goldsmithing techniques, as well as modern 3D printing techniques. She is part of the design collective “Atelier Hinter Indien” marenduesel.com MARYVONNE WELLEN Authentic limited edition jewellery. The designs of the Dutch-born, Düsseldorf-based designer are clean, pure and best defined by the combination of classic feminine shapes with historical references and a contemporary feel maryvonnewellen.com

WUNDERWERK Organic fashion for women and men, fashionable and sustainable, ecologically, and fair wunderwerk.com

JEWELLERY 202 EDITIONS Limited editions, quality and poised designs, and slow and sustainable practices 202editions.com

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JENNA BROMMER Jewellery with a mix of punk, elegance and irony jennabrommer.com KUCK JEWELLERY Playful handling of 24k pure gold in the form of fine, precisely crafted necklaces, pendants and bracelets with an outstanding design kuck-jewellery.de

MARILIS Hand-made and fairly produced jewellery made of sustainable materials marilis.eu NAVCH DESIGNER JEWELRY Mongolian jewellery designer Tegshtuya Navch creates extraordinaire pieces inspired by traditional Mongolian ornaments and jewellery instagram.com/navch_design

NYYUKIN Nyyukin is the special combination of two disciplines: graphic and jewellery design that merges technology, design and emotion. For jewellery that fits every moment nyyukin.com PRIVAT SCHMUCK & ACCESSOIRES Jewellery made in Düsseldorf, including beautiful rings, necklaces, bracelettes and earrings privat215.de RELATED BY OBJECTS Five female designers that work with precious metals and unconventional materials, colours and textiles – a focus on high-quality workmanship relatedbyobjects.de

INTERIOR ATISAN Handcrafted interior accessories – ethically sourced and made of sustainable materials atisan.de CUBIT High-end modular furniture and shelving system cubit-shop.com FRAGILE Handmade porcelain, unique items and limited art editions fragile-design.com

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HCK INTERIOR HCK creates interior design for spaces, shops and homes instagram.com/ hck_interior_concepts_art JACOB UND JIM Hand-made ceramics instagram.com/jacobundjim LAMBERT3 SAMMLUNG SCHÖNER DINGE Three sisters produce extraordinary pieces with a playful nod to kitsch and art. lambert3.de LUSENSA Room essentials – scented candles and room fragrances with natural ingredients lusensa.com MALTE VAN DER MEYDEN Sophisticated design objects maltevandermeyden.de MGD. Colourful and arty candles handmade in Düsseldorf instagram.com/mgd.art.studio

MUTABEL Flexible DIY elements for your wall mutabel.de

THE CLAY COMPANY Handmade ceramics, pottery workshops and events potteryhontas.com

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HAP CERAMICS Ceramic label based in Düsseldorf. The minimalistic objects are handmade, strong and ready for your everyday usage hap-ceramics.com

PAULA ELLERT Designer from Düsseldorf with a focus on furniture, lighting and products paulaellert.de

OSKAR NATURAL SKINCARE Natural skin- and bodycare from Düsseldorf with a supernice smell and packaging oskar.care

THE OLFACTIVE AVENUE Manufacture with environmentally friendly scented candles, room fragrances and accessories theolfactiveavenue.com TRY SOMETHING Hand-made ceramics instagram.com/_try_something

VAUST A Berlin-based, Düsseldorfrooted experimental interior design studio focusing on the manufacture of furnitureinspired objects and the development of contemporary spatial concepts. vaust.studio WUUD INTERIOR Handcrafted furniture, design and interior objects, made of marble, wood and vintage wood wuud.de

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BY R(H)EIN COSMETICS Botanical beauty products from Düsseldorf thebotanical.de

NICOLA WEIDEMANN COSMETICS Düsseldorf-based make-up artist with her own beauty product line nicolaweidemann.de

THE CALMING 100% natural fragrances, soaps, accessories and more that helps you to breathe deeply, to reflect and to gain new energy and strength thecalming.net CHAMMI “Happy Days” by Chammi is a vital substance complex with valuable vitamins, minerals and plant extracts specially developed to combat menstrual cramps. chammi.eu FÜHLICH Natural cosmetic line fuehlich.de GRINLAND Düsseldorf-based hemp specialists providing a CBD beauty line, food and wellness products. grinland.de

VALLOLOKO Handmade soaps made out of natural high-quality oils and ingredients valloloko.de

LIFESTYLE DOLI BOTTLES Non-toxic, high-quality and sustainable glass bottles and coffee mugs doli-bottles.com KAËLL Natural household and textile care products kaell.de LIFEISARIDE High-quality handcrafted bicycle gear lifeisaride.de METRIPOLIST Design travel guide series combining the inspiring features of a coffee-table book with the practical features of a classic travel guide metripolist.com

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J’TANICALS The luxurious, vegan and dermatologically tested skin care products are based on CBD extracted from hemp jtanicals.de

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LEVITY PARLOUR Natural soaps and vegan beauty products levityparlour.com

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WHERE TO … BUY NICE THINGS

After last year, the term “home” has taken on a whole new meaning.

Coming home doesn’t just mean eating, drinking or sleeping there.

Above all, it means feeling secure and comfortable. A place to retreat and feel good. Many have spruced up their own four walls in the last few months — our selection of “nice things” might make them even more beautiful.

FARROW & BALL Specialist for wallpapers and colour since 1946 Hohe Straße 37 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt eu.farrow-ball.com

69 M2 Concept store for selected vintage furniture, gifts and design items, Scandinavian kidswear and records Lindenstraße 186 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern 69m2.de BÄRWALDSON Scandinavian design classics and interior accessories Hermannstraße 31 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern baerwaldson.de BOLIA Scandinavian design and interior brand Breite Straße 7 40213 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte bolia.com CUBIT High-end modular furniture and shelving system Ronsdorfer Straße 74 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern cubit-shop.com

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HERZBEGEHRT DÜSSELDORF Concept store with a large selection of furniture and interior items, lifestyle products, home accessories and stationery Niederkasseler Straße 53 40547 Düsseldorf · Niederkassel herzbegehrt-duesseldorf.com THE HOME STORY Home accessories from Danish brands such as HAY, Menu or OYOY Ackerstraße 209 40235 Düsseldorf · Flingern thehomestory.de

OUT OF ALLTAG The name says it all: the range consists of unseen design ideas and furniture brands that hardly anyone knows in Düsseldorf.

Ackerstraße 150 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern STAURAUM ANTIQUES & VINTAGE Solid furniture from the own production, equipped with beautiful and rare items in old and new Birkenstraße 88 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern stauraum-duesseldorf.de STILWERK Great design centre with many different stores for interior, furniture and design classics Grünstraße 15 40212 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte stilwerk.de/duesseldorf VITRAPOINT Huge selection of Vitra design classics and more Speditionstraße 17 40221 Düsseldorf · Hafen vitrapoint-duesseldorf.de

WANDEL On more than 1,300 sqm, you will find the most impressive collection of vintage furniture from nearly all decades you have ever seen Friedenstraße 62 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk wandel-antik.de WUUD INTERIOR Furniture, lights and interior accessories straight from Düsseldorf Germaniastraße 26 40223 Düsseldorf · Bilk Luegallee 6 40545 Düsseldorf · Oberkassel wuud.de

BEAUTIFUL STUFF & DESIGN ITEMS ANMO Japanese tea and art Bendemannstraße 18 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte anmo-art-cha.com BUTCH Everything a kitchen needs!

Kitchen accessories for cooking, baking and making Tußmannstraße 63 40477 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort butch.de CUCINA Great selection of modern and traditional items for the kitchen Carlsplatz 24 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt cucina-duesseldorf.de

NEUREICH Owner Frank has the best taste in choosing cool vintage furniture and design classics Mendelssohnstraße 3 40233 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte neureich.net

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NORMAN HENRY Second-hand design classics and collector’s items from well-known manufacturers and designers Parkstraße 67a 40477 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort normanhenry.de

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HAB + GUT Nice gifts, interior accessories and design products for both young and old Neusser Straße 115a 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk habundgut.com HOOD COMPANY Everything the graffiti heart desires! Plus: t-shirts, sweaters and hoodies Hüttenstraße 156 40227 Düsseldorf · Oberbilk hood-company.com

KINDER & KONSORTEN Pretty shop for kids with a huge selection of baby and children’s accessories, toys, books, pillows, decorations and stationery Lindemannstraße 1 40237 Düsseldorf · Düsseltal kinderundkonsorten.com KYOTO Japanese interior accessories Immermannstraße 26 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte kyoto-japan.de MANUFACTUM Traditional products made in traditional manufactories plus a fantastic café, bakery and fromagerie Steinstraße 4 40212 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte manufactum.de

RIKIKI. GRAFIK & PRODUKT. Amazing graphic design and design concept store Hermannstraße 36 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern shop-rikiki.de ROTHBILD General store for design, illustration and beautiful things Ackerstraße 215 40235 Düsseldorf · Flingern rothbild.de SABA*S Toys, gadgets, bits and pieces for big and small Lorettostraße 36 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk instagram.com/sabas_laden SCHEE Colourful silkscreen art plus cool design and interior accessories Berger Straße 18 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt schee.net

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SCHICKE MÜTZE Bike shop and repair with own cycle café Oststraße 119, backyard 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte schickemuetze.de

INDEPENDENT BEAUTY STORE Super-nice selection of clean beauty products from niche products to indie brands and newcomers Herderstraße 90 40237 Düsseldorf · Zoo independentbeautystore.de KLARSEIFEN Germany’s oldest soap factory produces handmade soaps that pamper your skin with herbal ingredients Mittelstraße 14 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt klarseifen.de

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MOTEL A MIIO Unique ceramic pieces made in Portugal – finally in Düsseldorf Hohe Straße 27 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt motelamiio.com MR/ST Concept Store for curated design items in Flingern by Mr. and Mrs. T Lindenstraße 103 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern mrststore.com

SELEKTEUR Cool concept store for timeless classic products and papeterie from European manufacturers Hohe Straße 6 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt selekteur.com SUSALON Pretty interior items and gadgets plus vegan and healthy food by Café Resi Lecker Fährstraße 195 40221 Düsseldorf · Hamm instagram.com/_susalon_ fb.com/resilecker

THE GOLDEN RABBIT Unique gardening concept store with beautifully selected items Ackerstraße 159 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern the-golden-rabbit.de THE BIRD WHO TOLD Design and graphic concept store Düsselstraße 52 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk thebirdwhotold.de THE HERBALIST It’s all about hemp – teas, cbd oil, blossoms and more Ackerstraße 185 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern the-herbalist.de TORQUATO Interior and kitchen accessories Benrather Straße 18 – 20 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt torquato.de TU E EU Handmade, individual and limited ceramics straight from Portuga Bürgerstraße 4 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk tu-e-eu.com TUBE Well assorted art supply store right next to the Kunstakademie Mühlengasse 3 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt Himmelgeister Straße 14 – 16 40225 Düsseldorf · Bilk artservice-tube.de

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.DRUCKBAR Printer, graffiti and streetwear items Ackerstraße 191 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern diedruckbar.de

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GRAUERT Best selection of international magazines and books, located in the main station building Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 14 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte

UNTERHALTUNG LIEBLINGSSTÜCKE Beautiful gifts, favourite pieces and fashion for the whole family Ackerstraße 161 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern unterhaltung-lieblingsstuecke.de VASELINE Bizarre and colourful treasures, toys, accessories and interior stuff Wallstraße 37 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/vaseline.duesseldorf YOOYAMA Interior and lifestyle concept store Bastionstraße 33 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt yooyama.de

BOOKS ANTIQUARIAT KAMAS Antiquarian bookseller for old Düsseldorf books Leopoldstraße 35 40211 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte BOOKSTORE NIPPON Japanese bookseller Immermannstraße 53 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte bookstorenippon.jis.de

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C.O.M. COMICS Mangas, comic books and more Oststraße 59 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte comcomics.de DER BÜCHER OBER Great book selection and some second-hand or remaining stock copies Steinstraße 34 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte buecher-ober.de MAYERSCHE Largest bookstore in town with books, magazines and gifts on five floors Königsallee 18 40212 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte mayersche.de GOSSENS The Gossens team has been there for you in Düsseldorf on the left bank of the Rhine for 50 years – with a huge selection of literature, film and music, online and offline Luegallee 109 40545 Düsseldorf · Oberkassel gossens-buecher. buchkatalog.de

HOLLMANN BUCH & PRESSE Mags, books and tickets, several outlets e.g. at Kö-Galerie, Schadow-Arkaden, Heinrich-Heine-Allee and Airport. Find ’em all at hollmann-duesseldorf.de BIBABUZE Bookshop with a wide range of books, readings, exhibition openings and concerts.

Aachener Straße 1 40223 Düsseldorf · Bilk bibabuze.de

VARIA VARDAR Books and assorted goods Schwerinstraße 6 40447 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort varia-vardar.buchkatalog.de WALTHER KÖNIG A great selection of design, art, photography, philosophy, architecture books In der Kunsthalle Grabbeplatz 5 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de

BLOOMBOX Lindenstraße 150 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern bloombox-duesseldorf.de BLUMEN F.U.S.S. Oststraße 61 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte blumen-fuss.de BLUMENHAUS AM HOFGARTEN Kaiserstraße 36 40479 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte blumenhaus-am-hofgarten.de CARLSPLATZ One of the most beautiful and largest selection of flowers and plants – at various stalls carlsplatz-markt.de DIE BLUMENBRÜDER AUS HOLLAND Hohe Straße 22 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt blumen-brueder.de DORNRÖSCHEN Nordstraße 80 40477 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort fb.com/dornroeschen.in.den. schadow.arkaden GREEN NOTE Hermannstraße 64 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern greennote-plants.com

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HEINRICH HEINE ANTIQUARIAT Good sorted antiquarian bookseller in a historic building Citadellstraße 9 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt heineantiquariat.de

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FIORI Schadowstraße 11 (Schadow-Arkaden) 40212 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte fiori-blumenstylisten.de FLORAS TÖCHER Lindenstraße 214 40235 Düsseldorf · Flingern floras-toechter.de LOVE YOUR PLANTS Brunnenstraße 7 40223 Düsseldorf · Bilk love-your-plants.com MICHELS BLUMEN Bilker Allee 52 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk michels-blumen.de PURE DÜSSELDORF Luegallee 104 40545 Düsseldorf · Oberkassel pure-duesseldorf.de TANNENDIELE Tannenstraße 15 40476 Düsseldorf · Derendorf fb.com/tannendiele VARDI FLOWERS Münsterstraße 9 40477 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort vardiflowers.de VICTOR BREUER Prinz-Georg-Straße 114 40479 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort victorbreuer.de

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NAME MALTE VAN DER MEYDEN AGE 25 PROFESSION DESIGNER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EXHIBITION DESIGNER PLACE OF BIRTH HORB AM NECKAR MALTEVANDERMEYDEN.COM

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Malte van der Meyden

Objects and materials – these are two passions of Malte van der Meyden. The Düsseldorf designer is fascinated by the relationship between things and people and, with an unusual eye for spatiality and form, develops visions that give everyday objects unconventional shapes. This is also how his popular, angular candles come about. In the interview, the student of the Peter Behrens School of Arts gives an insight into his work.

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When or what sparked your interest in design?

There was no key moment for me. All I know is that I’ve always had a fascination for furniture, art and architecture, and even as a child I pushed my parents to visit museums on holiday.

What fascinates you about candles?

My path to candles was almost a little accidental. It all started with a small series of objects for the dining table, which I put together from pieces of Styrofoam.

I collected the material for them on walks through the city. After this series was finished, I looked for a way to duplicate it. The result of this search were two angular lumps of wax with a long cotton thread, which found their shape with the help of a silicone mould. From here the fascination for candles began.

The shape I found for my candle is not set in stone. Only when the candle is lit does the actual formfinding process begin. A constant cycle of melting and solidifying.

A fascination with which I am not alone, by the way, but which has caused a kind of candle boom worldwide since the first lockdown.

You don’t only make extraordinary candles, but also other projects, sometimes together with other artists. Give us an insight into everything else you do!

In collaboration with other artists I have also contributed candles, sometimes in new forms. Apart from that, I mostly deal with set and room design, where I am also very interested in shapes and their spacestructuring and function-giving role. Thematically, I do not move too far away from the candles.

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You work with many different materials. Which material currently inspires you and why?

I have a special fascination for materials that we encounter every day, not because they are particularly beautiful, but because of their practicality. Last year this was mainly acrylic glass, which was supposed to suggest a feeling of security: an (in)visible separation at supermarket checkouts, between tables in restaurants or directly as a protective shield in front of the face. I’m fascinated by this mixture of security and insecurity that these mostly provisional structures trigger.

What inspires you?

In the broadest sense, I am inspired by materials and the way people deal with them.

How do you perceive Düsseldorf as a location for young designers?

Love-Hate What do you like about Düsseldorf?

5 years ago I moved from the Black Forest to Düsseldorf for my studies.

What makes this city special for me is that, although Düsseldorf is not a city of millions, the cultural density is very high.

In addition, the Ruhr area and the Rhineland meet here, Düsseldorf is for me something like my safe haven, from which these two regions (and of course others) open up.

Who, dead or alive, would you like to have an Altbier with sometime?

After the last few months, preferably together with all my friends.

What does the future hold?

No more comebacks!

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Our tips for Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Storys – the Visit Düsseldorf blog.

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Lilly & Alex Lilly Friedeberg and Alexandros Michalakopoulos are a Düsseldorf-based designer couple that continues to inspire the design sector with innovative ideas. They draw on different styles to give brands a new face – including this magazine, for which both of them conceived this year’s cover alongside their respective teams. The ideas that make the couple so successful as a duo emerge from bright colours, the constant trying out of various illustration techniques, concise typography, and many creative minds.

Teamwork, openness, environmental awareness, and flexibility are among the guiding principles of their design work. During a visit to the couple’s home office, they provide us with some insight into their creative process.

How would you each describe your style?

Lilly: We at design studio B.O.B. like to work with a lot of colour and combine typography with illustrations. It is important for us not to be stuck on one particular style but rather to find the right solution for each project.

Alex: The style of us Morphorians is not so easy to define. We grew out of a collective in which everybody brought their skills to the table. This combination of different foci and disciplines is what defines the Morphoria style.

Studio B.O.B – stands for Berlin-Oberbilk? Why? Lilly: My co-founder Alessia Sistori and I met back when we were studying in Berlin. After our studies, we kind of lost track of each other but eventually met again by chance in Düsseldorf. We opened our first studio together in Oberbilk right next to the Kassette. That’s where it all started... from Berlin to Oberbilk and back.

We want to retain the name because it represents our common path and sparks a good mood.

What makes good design for you?

Alex: For me, the principle of “form follows function” comes first. Even if aesthetics is always subjective, design should pursue it as the highest of goals, just like technical implementation. First and foremost, design should be rooted in a concept and strive for usage.

You are a couple that works in the same industry, but you have separate studios and clients. How does that influence your everyday life?

Lilly & Alex: We often exchange ideas, like to take on clients together, and also collaborate on projects with

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our studios. We complement each other well thanks to our different focuses as creatives. Overall, working in a network of peers is very important to us because together you achieve more. However, it also matters for both of us to have our own teams. Sometimes we have to be careful not to talk too much about work in the evenings or on the weekends.

Studio B.O.B. and Morphoria are jointly responsible for the cover of the 5th issue of THE MAG. For the first time, the magazine gets a new look with an illustration.

What was the design process like?

Lilly & Alex: When our teams collaborate, many skills come together, and this interdisciplinary way of working allowed us to devise a joint concept. Designer and photographer Ann-Christin Euler took the great photo.

Then, Lilly collaborated with Alessia to create an illustration, which Marco from Morphoria transformed into a three-dimensional sculpture in space. Alex had the idea to turn the whole thing into an interactive experience. With the help of an app, the cover can be scanned, and subsequently, an animation of both studios appears.

Is there a project in Düsseldorf that you would like to redesign?

Lilly: An Altbier! Some of the Füchschen campaigns in particular are really sexist and old-fashioned. It bugs me how one-sidedly beer is being advertised.

Alex: I think the Düsseldorf Airport and its guidance system could use an update.

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Max Fiedler for THE DORF ∙ The original page is from the book “Mein großes Kritzelbuch Düsseldorf”, which was published by Droste Verlag.

The chicest birds have always strolled along the Kö, because Königsallee is Düsseldorf ’s most expensive street. That’s where you show what you’ve got.

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Max Fiedler

In your drawing for THE DORF, a wide variety of figures meet on the famous shopping street Königsallee. How did the motif come about and what is your relationship to the “Kö”?

The book “Mein großes Düsseldorf Kritzelbuch, Droste Verlag” is a participatory book that is supposed to show different facets and interesting places of Düsseldorf.

It presents places that are either very characteristic of the city or have an unexpected, interesting history.

For example, the Zoopark, the Düssel or the Schlossturm. Children can learn a lot about the city in the book.

The “Kö” page, on the other hand, is more of a fun page.

Does the Königsallee still stand for the chic and posh Düsseldorf or has this image changed in your eyes in the last few years?

In my opinion, the image has not changed. If anything, it has steadily consolidated its status as Düsseldorf’s show-off chic mile. I don’t find that particularly disturbing. You know what to expect on the “Kö” and can avoid it accordingly if you want to. What is disturbing is the rapid gentrification of some corners in Düsseldorf.

These overpriced luxury apartment complexes are growing everywhere, and they don’t even look good.

What is typical of Düsseldorf for you?

Short distances and large circles of friends that always have at least one overlap. There is also a lot of art and culture in Düsseldorf (less club culture), many restaurants, cafés and Altbier. Nature is also abundant: The Grafenberg Forest, the Rhine meadows and the Rhine in general. These are things that are close to my heart and not necessarily typical of Düsseldorf. There is just a nice selection of things to do here.

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How can one imagine a normal working day for you?

I currently get up at 6am, take my two oldest children to primary school after breakfast, then ride my bike from Grafenberg to Flingern to my workplace at Studio Rabotti. Here I usually have a second coffee with my colleagues. If I have the luxury, I like to start the day with a little personal work, a sketch, a short animation or something similar. To warm up, so to speak.

Then I get to work on a project that is current and has top priority. At the moment, I’m working with Martin Baltscheit on the children’s comic book “Herr Elefant und Frau Grau” for Kibitz Verlag. Once a quarter I illustrate a children’s science and technology magazine for the VDI. I’m also working on a computer game “Card Crawl Adventure” with my two friends Arnold Rauers and Oliver Salkic.

Do you have a favourite illustration?

There are many illustrations that have influenced me a lot. For example, the rhymed Lurchie books, which I looked at a lot as a child, the picture books by Maurice Sendak and the drawings by Tommi Ungerer, some of which we had hanging as posters in my parents’ flat.

Then I was also fascinated by countless record covers from my father’s collection.

With which person, dead or alive, would you like to go for a drink of Altbier?

With my grandfather, whom I never met. With Tommi Ungerer would be great, but also with Christophe Blain, whose comics I adore, or with William Gibson, that would also be very nice.

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This editorial feature was photographed in analogue with “Kodak Portra” films with the kind support of Foto Koch.

Max Fiedler is an illustrator, communication designer and deeply rooted Düsseldorf resident. His speciality is illustrations in children’s books.

His drawings have recognition value, humour and their own charm.

In his book “Mein großes Kritzelbuch Düsseldorf” (My big doodle book Düsseldorf), published by Droste Verlag in 2014, children are allowed to get creative themselves and sketch personal associations and impressions around Düsseldorf. He has now reissued a motif for THE DORF. In the interview, Max talks about his personal perspective on the city, his work and which local places inspire him in particular.

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Kolja Podkowik aka Koljah is a young man from Düsseldorf and one third of the Antilopen Gang. He has been a fan of the Toten Hosen, punk and hip hop since childhood, and he began recording rap music himself at the age of 15. Since then, as a member of the Antilopen Gang, he has been stirring up the German music scene time and again with a clear political stance, a lot of humour and tireless energy.

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That the Antilopen Gang is caught between two stools and likes to thunder through the metaphorical rows of seats with a lot of noise is nothing new. The three rappers Koljah Kolerikah, Panik Panzer and Danger Dan from Düsseldorf and Aachen are known for standing up for their values between hip hop sound and punk ideas at any cost. In 2020, they released two albums at once, addressing both their own band history and development as well as the sometimes frightening tendencies that began to emerge in society as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

With “Das ist alles von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt” (That’s all covered by artistic freedom), the latest solo album by gang member Danger Dan, they released the unexpected piano album on their own label “Antilopen Geldwäsche”, which even more surprisingly jumped to the top of the album charts and is one of the most successful German albums of 2021. Inspired by this sudden success and together with their years of experience, the doors to their own label distribution opened for the trio.

Kolja Podkowik talks about organic developments of the trio and the new chapter of the “Antilopen Geldwäsche” label.

The Antilopen Gang often stands in between — you are located in hip hop, you are enthusiastic about punk, but you also don’t stop at pop melodies and you are welcome guests at festivals with different orientations. How do you perceive your image?

We are used to being in between. That’s the classic: for the hip hoppers it’s too much punk and for the punkers it’s too much hip hop. We’ve given up on having to belong somewhere or having to please anyone. Instead, we have found our own “Antilopen Gang” pigeonhole.

In the end, we do hip hop, but we also have punk influ-

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ences. Some songs are poppier, Danger Dan now does classical piano music — all that is possible. We have a very broad audience and play both at the Ruhrpott Rodeo, the biggest punk festival in Germany, and at Splash, the biggest hip hop festival in Germany. So at our concerts, rap fans stand next to punkers with mohawks next to some hipsters. Sometimes even the hipsters wear mohawks.

You have been making music solo and with the Antilopen Gang for many years. Political lyrics have always played a big role. Do you have the feeling that political statements have become more important again?

Hip hop was definitely political in Germany in the beginning, but the paradigm shift started at the turn of the millennium with Kool Savas and later Aggro Berlin.

Gangsta rap became very big — a music genre that I actually appreciate very much.

Nevertheless, as a result, unpleasant phenomena like homophobia or sexism were often waved through very lightly. You don’t get away with that so easily today. I observe that the social mood has changed and a certain politicisation has also taken place in the hip hop scene. The current #DeutschrapMetoo debate would have been unthinkable a few years ago.

When I met Panik Panzer and Danger Dan in 2003, we already dealt with these issues in songs and were alone in doing so. Nobody understood the things we denounced back then. People probably thought, “What do these bourgeois want?”

Today, this has become completely normal. Nowadays, some government declarations almost read like an Antifa leaflet from 20 years ago, so many of the issues that were very marginal, like gender etc., arrived in the middle of society. At the beginning of the millennium, some small left-wing radical circles dealt with it and almost nobody else did.

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Danger Dan’s album “Das ist alles von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt” was released on your own label “Antilopen Geldwäsche” and went to number 1 pretty quickly. How did the label come about?

We founded the label “Antilopen Geldwäsche” back in 2015 in order to be able to offer our old free download albums from the time before JKP – the label of the Toten Hosen, with whom we signed a record deal in 2014 – on the ever-growing streaming portals as well.

Apart from that, we didn’t do anything else with the label for the time being. In 2020, we released something new on the label for the first time with our album “Adrenochrom”. In January 2020, we had just released the “Abbruch Abbruch” album and went on tour, which was cancelled in March due to Covid-19. All of a sudden we were sitting at home and then, out of necessity, we started making music again, picking beats, recording things and sending them back and forth. It was only at the very end that we got together to record everything properly. We decided to just try it with our own label and it worked out well!

“Antilopen Geldwäsche” is actually just Danger Dan, Panik Panzer and me at the moment. The album “Das ist alles von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt” of course has Danger Dan on it and he is responsible for the music and lyrics, but everything else that is necessary for an album release we did together and came up with. Once we did that and realised that the three of us had accidentally released one of the most successful albums of that year, we had tasted blood.

How does a number 1 album feel from a label perspective?

Before we had a record deal as artists, we did everything ourselves for years. We were used to booking our own gigs, recording songs ourselves, making and mixing beats,

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screen printing covers, burning CDs, making videos, selling shirts — until 2014, my flat in Bilk on Aachener Straße was a merchandise warehouse full of boxes, CDs and shirts.

We went through DIY school a lot and learned a lot in alternative centres and squats.

It wasn’t until we signed the record deal and professionalised everything that we gave up work, because at some point we were in over our heads and could hardly be artists any more. The JKP team was totally amused that we were so independent and always had our say everywhere. That’s how we knew it and that’s how we always wanted to do it.

We were in very good hands with JKP all these years because we could keep complete creative control.

“The DIY principle is very central to the history of the Antilopen Gang.”

With “Antilopen Geldwäsche”, we’re actually doing the same thing as the Hosen did back then with JKP. As the Antilopen Gang, we are ultimately going back to the roots and doing what we did back then, only on a professional level and with much more experience.

We’re continuing to write the chapter and it’s all coming together very nicely. The DIY principle is very central to the history of the Antilopen Gang.

What’s next in the Antilopen universe?

We’re currently working on the “Antilopen Geldwäsche Sampler 1”, which will be released on Christmas Eve, and we’re having a lot of fun continuing to build the label.

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Label samplers are a hip hop tradition that you also know from German labels like Selfmade Records or Aggro Berlin, but have fallen into oblivion a bit. The sampler will be a full album of exclusive gang and solo songs, with some spectacular features. The only older song on the sampler is an unreleased song by NMZS, because we wanted him to be there as the fourth Antelope.

He passed away in 2013. The name “Antilopen Geldwäsche” even comes from him, because it’s a quote from the second verse of our song “Enkeltrick”, which Jakob had still written, even though we then had to record the song without him.

Christmas is a good release date for us, because everyone would advise you against it. The competition is much too big in the Christmas business, then everyone is on Christmas holidays, the press is not around boxing week, nobody notices. So from a business perspective, everything speaks against it. We thought it was a good idea and quickly came to the decision: Nope, then all the more so! These are gimmicks that we’re having a lot of fun with right now. If we were to get our asses kicked, we’d have learned something too. We are “Antilopen Geldwäsche” and nobody can stop us!

Where did you spend a very special, memorable night in Düsseldorf?

The hub for me was always the tram 712, which runs from Volmerswerth to Ratingen. Now it’s the U72. An incredible number of things happened to me there.

The tram goes from Flehe, where I grew up, to Bilk, which was always my favourite part of town, where many of my friends lived, to the old town to Ratingen.

And then back again. After visits to the old town, I used to fall asleep on the train and had to do this round several times, because unfortunately I always woke up in the wrong place and then continued to sleep. I constantly missed my destination, which took hours. In our early days, we met once a week at the Lux youth centre in Ratingen to freestyle, rode there with 20 people in the 712 and back late at night.

We made this tram unsafe and tagged everything with shoe polish. Once a tram driver left the tram to chase me for hundreds of metres. I even met my daughter’s mother for the first time on the 712.

Describe the typical Düsseldorf style in three words: Snooty, pretentious, droll.

What was your first concert in Düsseldorf — who did you see?

I know exactly: My first concert was on 12 July 1986 at the Kiefernstraßenfest.

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With which person – dead or alive – would you like to enjoy a cold drink? What would you talk about?

When I ask this question, my friend Jakob aka NMZS comes directly to mind. I am still very sad that I will never be able to talk to him again. After his death, the Antilopen took off so quickly and he was a founding member and my best friend. I would just tell him everything that has happened since then. I dream about that sometimes too.

I was almost half a year old and the Toten Hosen were playing! That was before their breakthrough, back then they were more of an up-and-coming underground act.

I must have caught the first few songs, but then it got too much for me and my father went home with me while my mother stayed. The Hosen have literally been with me my whole life, have always remained my favourite band and it started when I was a baby.

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WHERE TO … FIND VINYL

A&O MEDIEN Huge selection of new and old records Schadow Arkaden, 1st floor, Schadowstraße 11 40212 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte aundo-medien.de BEAT RETREAT Jazz, soul, funk and hip hop vinyls plus other nice (merch) stuff Ackerstraße 53 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern beatretreat.de HEIMINDUSTRIE RECORDS Large selection from blues and funk to soul, disco, indie, jazz and reggae Brunnenstraße 22 40223 Düsseldorf · Bilk fb.com/heimindustrie

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HITSVILLE One of the last original record stores in the old town Wallstraße 21 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt hitsville.de

MINTY VINYL Record store buying and selling records Lindenstraße 186 (69m² Concept Store) 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern minty-vinyl.de

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The passion for vinyl is something special and makes a visit to the record shop an event again and again.

No matter whether new, old or simply different: Music is truly experienced.

The grip on the vinyl record makes your fingers tickle until the headphones finally cover your ears. We love our local record stores and are happy about the increasing number of loyal fans.

RAINKING RECORDSTORE New and second-hand records Düsselthaler Straße 2 40211 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort rainking-recordstore.com SAVE THE VINYL E.V. Nonprofit organization, record store and online shop for electronic music Erkrather Straße 6 40233 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte save-vinyl.org THROWBACK VINYL The latest newcomer to the record store scene in town covering different artistic genres.

Vinyl purchase and sale!

Am Straußenkreuz 21 40229 Düsseldorf · Eller instagram.com/ throwback_vinyl

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Takao Baba Dancer. Dreamer. Visionary — this summarises Takao Baba and describes exactly what the trained dancer and choreographer stands for. It is now impossible to imagine the Düsseldorf dance scene without Takao, who has shaped urban dance art in Düsseldorf like no other and, after more than 30 years in the dance scene, is far from tired of further developing his dance styles and bringing new projects to life. We met the dancer, who has already been on stage with the “Spice Girls” or “S Club 7” and toured London as a choreographer and yet always found his way back to Düsseldorf.

Was there a particular moment in your life that awakened your passion for dance? How did your dance style develop?

During my school years, I came into contact with breakdance and hip hop at an early age. I bought my first single from the band “Break Machine” and started dancing to rap and hip hop myself. This was the starting signal for my dance career and I knew I didn’t want to do anything else! I have developed this form of dancing over the years and discovered the “urban art of dance” for myself, which stands out from the more classical dance styles.

If you could give one piece of advice to aspiring young dancers, what would it be?

Keep your eye on the ball! Not everyone has to become a dancer, but those who want to pursue this profession have to show discipline and reliability. Some dancers often have problems with that. What is beneficial is the exchange with each other, whether here or abroad.

Go out, meet people and gain experience and break through the classical structures!

Which artist, dead or alive, would you most like to be on stage with?

That would be Ludwig von Beethoven! How brilliant it would be if this artistic genius lived in our time and we could combine classical music with urban dance.

What do you think distinguishes the Tanzhaus NRW? The Tanzhaus NRW is a place of different cultures and creations. Everyone is “welcomed” here — this applies to dance professionals as well as amateurs. Due to the

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restrictions imposed by Covid-19, this is unfortunately no longer possible so easily, but hopefully that will change again soon and the light-heartedness and looseness will return to the Tanzhaus.

Are there places in Düsseldorf that inspire your work?

There are a few. But my favourite place is the Rhine.

For me, Düsseldorf is a central place that unites people with its many cultural events, for example the Asphalt Festival. But even more than the places, I value the encounters with people and the exchange with them.

Düsseldorf is my city — I love it and don’t want to leave.

Düsseldorf dances: What would that look like?

Düsseldorf should become a bigger dance platform.

A platform where dance finds more influence and recognition. I would like dance to find itself in even larger spaces and to combine with contemporary performances and forms, a combination of dance and culture, so to speak.

What’s coming up in 2022?

There is already a concrete plan: the collaboration with the Babylon Orchestra Berlin. We have teamed up with the Berliner Ensemble and developed a musical and dance choreography on the theme of “virtue”.

The performance will follow next summer. We started at the Asphalt Festival, followed by further performances, e.g. at the Seebühne in Berlin.

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BARS BAR ALEXANDER Classy wood-panelled bar with a huge selection of drinks and “cocktail flights” Düsselstraße 71 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk bar-alexander.com CAFÉ BAR ATTICO Café bar in Derendorf with a huge selection of different cocktails Ulmenstraße 12 40476 Düsseldorf · Derendorf instagram.com/cafebarattico BEUYS BAR Stylish bar dedicated to Joseph Beuys Neubrückstraße 2 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt beuys-bar.com BOOTHBY’S BAR Classic bar, a tribute to American bartender William Thomas Boothby Hüttenstraße 44 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt fb.com/boothby.bar

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BOSTON BAR Fanciest sports bar in town!

Hunsrückenstraße 20 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt instagram.com/thebostonbar BAR COLETTE Laid-back classic club bar Oberkasseler Straße 79 40545 Düsseldorf · Oberkassel instagram.com/colette.la.belle DIE BAR IN DER SPOERL FABRIK Cosy hidden bar in the backyard next to Restaurant Spoerl Fabrik Tußmannstraße 70 40477 Düsseldorf · Derendorf restaurant-spoerl-fabrik.de

KÖHLERLIESEL Laid-back atmosphere with high-quality drinks and tasty snacks Ratinger Straße 23 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt instagram.com/ koehlerliesel_bar LUPIN Ginbar with various drinks, gin tastings and “Vine Sunday” Ackerstraße 109 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern lupin-bar.de MELODY BAR An evergreen and true gem in the (often dirty) old town Kurze Straße 12 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/melodybar

DR. PFEIFFER Cocktails and spirits in a cosy bar atmosphere with couch corners Merowingerstraße 18 40223 Düsseldorf · Bilk fb.com/dr.pfeifferbar

THE OAK’S BAR Great chilled out atmosphere, fabulous cocktails and just a genuinely nice bar in the heart of the old town Hunsrückenstraße 14 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt theoaksbar.de

ELEPHANT BAR Sixties interior and a beautiful marble bar, cool music and drinks Kurze Straße 3 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/barelephant BAR ELLINGTON A classic: One of the best and classiest bars in town, near the main station Scheurenstraße 5 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt

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Whether corner pub, brewery, wine or cocktail bar: In the old town or a bit further away from the hustle and bustle there are almost countless possibilities to enjoy a fancy cocktail, an ice-cold beer or a fine glass of wine or gin. Getting to know one another might be a little trickier than usual, but even at a distance you can connect with each other and spend memorable evenings here.

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THE PARIS CLUB BAR Bar on the 17th floor of 25hours hotel with a spectacular view 25hours Hotel, Louis-Pasteur-Platz 1 40211 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte theparisclub.de PETIT PUNCH Simply irresistible variety and surprising taste combinations of high-quality ingredients Jülicher Straße 9 40477 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort fb.com/petitpunch

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SAKURA BAR It’s all about SAKE! Immermannstraße 50 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte instagram.com/ sakurabar_duesseldorf SIR WALTER One of the most popular spots in town: Arty, cosmopolitan interior; during the week a classy bar, on the weekend a more clubby atmosphere – come early!

Heinrich-Heine-Allee 12 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/sirwalterbar SQUARE BAR Tiny bar with 1950s interior and great cocktail creations Collenbachstraße 57 40476 Düsseldorf · Derendorf fb.com/squarebarduesseldorf BAR STUDIO 1 This one is a bit different – cosy but slightly creepy interior, nice music and diverse people Jahnstraße 2a 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt barstudio1.com

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WINE BARS BAR CHÉRIE Classy wood-panelled bar with a huge selection of drinks and “cocktail flights” Düsselstraße 71 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk bar-alexander.com EISKELLERBAR Wine bar serving wine, snacks and coffee next to the Kunstakademie Eiskellerberg 1 – 3 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt eiskellerbar.de FLECKENSTEIN Meat. Food. Deli. Wine Schloßstraße 40 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fleckensteins.de

RHEINTON Cosy wine bar with flair and a passion for good wines and food. The second Rheinton 2.0 at Rethelstraße also offers a restaurant menu besides the wine Gartenstraße 28 40479 Düsseldorf · Pempelfort Rethelstraße 143 40237 Düsseldorf ∙ Düsseltal wein-rheinton.de WYNO WEINBAR Classy wine-bar located in the private art collection Philara serving a hand-picked selection of international wines and small snacks. We love the beautiful terrace!

Birkenstraße 47a, Sammlung Philara, backyard 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern fb.com/wynoweinbar

UERIGE Traditional brewery offering Rhenish dishes in the heart of the old town.

Best place to enjoy a cold Altbier outside Berger Straße 1 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt uerige.de FRANKENHEIM Frankenheim brewery’s original company building.

Enjoy the delicious Rhenish and German cuisine Wielandstraße 16 40211 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte frankenheim-ausschank.com FÜCHSCHEN Rhenish cuisine and homemade Altbier Ratinger Straße 28 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fuechschen.de ELEPHANT BAR

HERR NOIL WEINBAR Offers a selection of over 150 wines with a focus on German white wines Wissmannstraße 1 40219 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk instagram.com/herrnoilweinbar

BRAUEREI SCHUMACHER Traditional beer culture and Rhenish cuisine in the really cosy original building of Düsseldorf ’s oldest Altbier brewery Oststraße 123 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte schumacher-alt.de

GALERIE AM KARLPLATZ Delicious wines from all over the world and small dishes Benrather Straße 6b 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt galerie-am-karlplatz.de

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KREUZHERRENECKE Legendary pub at Ratinger Straße and former home to many famous artists such as Beuys. Must-try: “Salmiaki”, their famous licorice Schnaps

ENGELCHEN An institution in the old town – dirty, loud and Rock’n’Roll!

Kurze Straße 15 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt

Altestadt 14 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt kreuzherrenecke.info ET KABÜFFKE

KÜRZER Düsseldorf ’s latest Altbier brewery Kurze Straße 20 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt Second spot coming soon at Fichtenstraße 21! brauerei-kuerzer.de

BAR KONVEX Funky student bar with changing music program Oberbilker Allee 26a 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt bar-konvex.de O’REILLY’S IRISH PUB Our favourite pub for watching football games: Good food, nice and international people and karaoke nights on the weekend!

Mutter-Ey-Straße 1 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt oreillys.com

BRAUEREI ZUM SCHLÜSSEL Traditional Altbier brewery since 1850 with a beautiful terrace in the heart of the old town Bolkerstraße 43 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt zumschluessel.de

PUBS BILKER HÄZZ Cosy Fortuna Düsseldorf pub and event location Bilker Allee 208 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt bilker-haezz.de

ET KABÜFFKE KILLEPITSCHSTUBE Tiny historic pub and home of the legendary Killepitsch schnaps Flinger Straße 1 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt HOLY CRAFT BEER BAR The first craft beer bar in Düsseldorf with more than 100 different beers from Germany and around the world Liefergasse 11 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/holycraftbeerbar

PAUL’S Classic pub in Oberkassel, tiny inside but with a beautiful leafy outdoor terrace Düsseldorfer Straße 82 40545 Düsseldorf · Oberkassel

RETEMATÄNG A relaxed meeting place for young and old serving coffee, beer and long drinks Ratinger Straße 43 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt retematäng.de SCHAUKELSTÜHLCHEN Cosy cult pup in the heart of the old town Kurze Straße 18 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt schaukelstuehlchen.de

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OLBERMANN Private brewery with beer bar in the old town Kurze Straße 2a 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt privatbrauerei-olbermann.de

PITCHER “Rock’n’Roll Headquarter Düsseldorf ”: pub with weekly live concerts, poetry slams and many more events Oberbilker Allee 29 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt pitcher29.com

KEPLER ECK Football, beer and schnaps — very traditional district pub until late night Keplerstraße 18 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt

CAFÉ Á GOGO Cosy neighborhood bar with live music events Schwerinstraße 15 40477 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort fb.com/kallengogo

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SCHMALBAUCH Pub with Greek food and Füchsen Altbier – perfect for watching F95 football games Birkenstraße 46 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern schmalbauch.de TAGTRAUM A true daydream (“Tagtraum”) – legendary bizarre neighbourhood and artist pub Kronprinzenstraße 69 40217 Düsseldorf · Unterbilk

ZUM GOLDENEN EINHORN Casual cult pub with a courtyard and a wooden bar serves breakfast, bistro dishes, cocktails and giant cakes!

Ratinger Straße 18 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt einhorn-duesseldorf.de ZUR UEL The history of this brewery can be traced back to the 18th century Ratinger Straße 16 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt zuruel.de

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Once upon a time ... do you remember? Back when we danced until dawn, stood in sweaty concert halls and the nights were endless?

The good news: we are sure that all of this can happen again soon.

We are looking forward to meeting old friends and new faces.

CLUBS & VENUES AK47 Legendary stage venue for live punk rock music Kiefernstraße 23 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern ak47-dusseldorf.com CUBE Alternative club in the basement with indie, pop, 50s, 60s, funk and reggae on Fridays; house, trap and techno on Saturdays and sometimes live music Mertensgasse 8 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/cube.dusseldorf

GOLZHEIM Electro, hip hop, dancehall nights in the club under the bridge Uerdinger Straße 45 40474 Düsseldorf · Golzheim golzheim.is KASSETTE Cosy bar with sophisticated live music by various international artists Flügelstraße 58 40227 Düsseldorf · Oberbilk die-kassette.de

KIT CAFÉ During the day it is a café with the most beautiful view over the Rhine. In the evening various parties and live music by artists from all over the world take over.

Mannesmannufer 1b 40213 Düsseldorf · Carlstadt kit-cafe.com LUCY’S SKY “Lucy’s Sky” is the home base of the art and culture collective “Hippiesque” from Düsseldorf with a focus on downbeat tunes Flinger Straße 10 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/lucyssky.club

SIR WALTER One of the most popular spots in town: Arty, cosmopolitan interior; during the week a classy bar, on the weekend a more clubby atmosphere – come early!

Heinrich-Heine-Allee 12 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/sirwalterbar STEIN.23 Dance bar in Düsseldorf with electro music, disco funk and changing DJs Steinstraße 23 40210 Düsseldorf · Stadtmitte instagram.com/stein.23_

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OH BABY ANNA Tiny club for electronic music with outstanding light installation and sound quality Andreasstraße 11 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt fb.com/ohbabyanna R25 KULTURSCHLACHTHOF Venue for parties and concerts, e. g. the Ritus Underground Shows Rather Straße 25 40476 Düsseldorf · Derendorf fb.com/kulturschlachthof

THE TUBE Punk rock, indie, alternative, brit pop, electro, hip hop, ska, rock’n’roll and live music in the heart of the old town Kurze Straße 9 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt the-tube-club.com

SALON DES AMATEURS Already a legend: The ultimate place for sophisticated music.

Arty people and interior next to the Kunsthalle Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt salondesamateurs.de

ZAKK Alternative live music and event location with readings, concerts and parties Fichtenstraße 40 40233 Düsseldorf · Flingern zakk.de

SILQ House and techno club with an international top line-up Mertensgasse 4 40213 Düsseldorf · Altstadt silq-club.de

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RITUS UNDERGROUND SHOWS Psychedelia, kraut, wave, drone, ambient and avant-garde fb.com/ritusduesseldorf

BACKROOM BASICS Strictly house and deep house! fb.com/backroombasics BEATS & BBQ Lush tunes and juicy BBQ. On Sundays from June until September 2022.

Pong at NRW-Forum instagram.com/pong.nrw

FEM_POP CONCERTS fem_pop is a concert series with female and non-binary acts. All genders welcome! fb.com/fem_pop_konzerte

BEWEGGRUND Electronic parties fb.com/einbeweggrund

HAUT & KNOCHEN Exciting open airs and wild nights at ever-changing locations with the focus on deep and tech house and techno fb.com/hautundknochen

BOOMBOX Join a little Monday old school hip hop party at different locations fb.com/boomboxblazinmondays

JAZZ MEETS NILSSON Jazz concerts with changing young NRW-based artists, free entry! fb.com/jazzinderwg

CALLSHOP RADIO Callshop Radio is an online radio station based in Düsseldorf. Since 2017, it broadcasts live shows of all different kinds of music callshopradio.com

MILCHBAR Legendary afterwork party since 2003, every Thursday at Sir Walter Bar fb.com/milchbar.duesseldorf

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SCHORLE WARM UP Party series with music and wine in different locations fb.com/schorlewarmup

UNIQUE RECORDS Legendary soul & funk label Unique Records is hosting random parties and live music events fb.com/uniquerec

SINUS House and techno events in Düsseldorf and its surroundings fb.com/sinusdd

WE LOVE THE BEAT DJ Charly Murphy spinning old school grooves and beats fb.com/djcharlymurphy

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STRANDPIRATEN When the “beach pirates” throw their legendary (outdoor) parties, nearly the whole Düsseldorf party crowd is coming fb.com/die.strandpiraten

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Please notice, that due to Covid-19 restrictions some music festivals cannot take place in their regular ways or on their regular dates.

ACOUSTIC FESTIVAL DÜSSELDORF Acoustic Festival takes place twice a year (January and August 2022) and celebrates non-electronic music. Instead, you’ll find folk, pop and rock acoustic-festival.de APPROXIMATION FESTIVAL It’s all about piano music – curated by Düsseldorf-based Oscar nominee Volker Bertelsmann aka Hauschka approximation-festival.de ASPHALT FESTIVAL Happy Birthday! The tenth anniversary edition of asphalt Festival – summer festival of arts – will take place from June 23 to July 17, 2022. asphalt-festival.de

CHANCE FESTIVAL In late Summer 22, the new CHANCE Festival will celebrate Franco-German pop culture, diversity and sustainability for the second time. serge-nina.com CONNECT Huge electronic festival by the organisers of Awakenings and Time Warp festival wepresentconnect.com

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DIE DIGITALE Festival for digital art and music in October/November 2022 die-digitale.net

DÜSSELDORF FESTIVAL! One of the biggest culture festivals in the area. Concerts, theatre and circus performances await the guests of this event in September/October, 2022 duesseldorf-festival.de GOLDMUCKE Open-air concerts, quiz evenings and day festivals at VierLinden Open-Air in the period from June – August 2022. goldmucke.de GOLZHEIM FEST Live music, flea market and good vibes under the bridge: The name says it all.

It’s a street party. In Golzheim.

And it’s for free. fb.com/golzheimfest JAZZ RALLY More than 25 years already!

Jazz musicians and jazz lovers alike make the yearly pilgrimage to Düsseldorf for this institution of a festival.

June 3 – 5, 2022 duesseldorfer-jazzrally.de LIEBLINGSPLATTE FESTIVAL Annual festival presenting important albums of German pop history live on stage at Zakk lieblingsplatte-festival.de

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NEW FALL FESTIVAL The annual 5-days festival stands for great artists, special places and extraordinary concerts. November 3 – 6, 2022, open air Summer Edition in July and August, 2022 new-fall-festival.de PARKLIFE Enjoy the summer in parks all over town. Sundays in Summer 2022 fb.com/parklife.dus

SMALL TALK, EVENTS & OTHER STUFF For the latest dates of the best events and parties in town, visit: thedorf.de/duesseldorf/ tipps-und-termine BRAND NEW EVERY THURSDAY

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The terms “vacation” and “travel” have acquired a new meaning in the last 1.5 years. It means more than just flying in a plane, lying in the sun, or hiking. Above all, it means leaving your home, seeing a different environment, getting to know other people, and taking a break. In addition to those who like to travel, there are also those who make a living from it.

The hoteliers from Düsseldorf have gone through tough times and are more than ready to offer a break again. And no matter how long or short the way to “the Dorf ” is: A short trip to a beautiful hotel has always been a good idea.

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HOTELS 25HOURS DÜSSELDORF DAS TOUR The stylish hotel combines French flair and the German art of engineering with a spectacular view over the city.

Visit the French rooftop bar and restaurant!

Louis-Pasteur-Platz 1 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte 25hours-hotels.com ASHLEYS GARDEN The romantic, family-run boutique hotel owns a beautiful secret garden with swimming pool. The restaurant serves delicious Wiener Schnitzel and international dishes.

Karl-Kleppe-Straße 20 40474 Düsseldorf ∙ Golzheim ashleysgarden.de BREIDENBACHER HOF For more than 200 years, the Breidenbacher Hof has been the contact point for luxury and hospitality in Düsseldorf.

The freshly renovated brasserie The Duchy pampers guests with French cuisine with local influences. Drink some crazy cocktails in the Capella Bar! Königsallee 11 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte capellahotels.com

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BURNS ART & CULTURE BURNS Art hotel is located in a building from 1890. With its renovated stucco facade, it offers a great atmosphere among history, architecture, design and art.

Stephanienstraße 6 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte hotel-burns.de DÜSSELDORF MITTE

BY AMANO GROUP Comfort and design are the focus here: Whether it’s a turquoise elephant walking down the hall, giant peacock feathers on the wall or a koi carp swimming across the ceiling – visitors can discover all of that. No matter if you are here as a tourist or on a business trip.

Graf-Adolf-Straße 60 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte amanogroup.de/de/hotels/ duesseldorf-mitte INTERCONTINENTAL KÖNIGSALLEE Indulgence and comfort are the focus in the elegant rooms and suites as well as in the fifty nine bar. The adjoining health center also offers massages to relax from the buzzing city right outside the hotel.

Königsallee 59 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt duesseldorf.intercontinental.com HENRI HOTEL The cool boutique hotel houses 79 studios in a 1960s former office building. With the “in-house kitchen” and the cosy lounge, a feel-good atmosphere is created, one that feels like staying at home with a friend.

Am Wehrhahn 86 40211 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte henri-duesseldorf.com

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HYATT If you want to meet some Hollywood stars or the German national football team, this is the place to be.

The 5 star hotel offers a stunning view over the Rhine and Düsseldorf ’s skyline.

The really huge and fantastic weekend brunch is not a bargain, but worth every cent!

Plus: Enjoy a drink at Hyatt’s futuristic Pebbles bar.

Speditionstraße 19 40221 Düsseldorf ∙ Hafen dusseldorf.regency.hyatt.com MAX BROWN MIDTOWN Super cool design interior, record player in each room and a cute little bar. Max Brown Midtown is located in the heart of Düsseldorf ’s Japanese quarter and Düsseldorf ’s shopping streets.

Kreuzstraße 19a 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte maxbrownhotels.com ME AND ALL HOTEL Think global, act local: me and all hotel involves local creatives and artists in its concept. That’s why the sky bar located on the 11th floor often offers readings, DJ or live music.

The puristic, elegant rooms with a Japanese twist allow a fantastic view over the town and the Immermannstraße.

Immermannstraße 23 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte Hansaallee 1a 40549 Düsseldorf ∙ Oberkassel (opens in winter 2021) duesseldorf.meandallhotels.com

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MUZE HOTEL The brand-new boutique hotel, located centrally and close to the Hofgarten and Goethe Museum in Pempelfort, banks on a blend of comfort and contemporary art. The interior is inspired by the early 1950s, but at the same time tried to create modern content. For breakfast and a drink until late after midnight, people meet in the Venerie Bar on the ground floor.

Prinz-Georg-Straße 126 40479 Düsseldorf ∙ Pempelfort muzehotel.de

RUBY COCO HOTEL & BAR Everything is in the name of fashion at Ruby Coco Hotel.

The name is inspired by the iconic designer Coco Chanel.

Located right next to the Königsallee, it’s perfect for a shopping trip. The interior of the hotel’s public areas is “Parisian chic” with elements of the 1920s and 1930s.

Steinstraße 13 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte ruby-hotels.com

RUBY LUNA HOTEL & BAR In spring 2021, the new Ruby Luna Hotel & Bar opened just a stone’s throw away from Düsseldorf ’s old town and Carlsplatz — the motto is: Space Age. The bar shows a mixture of starburst and sleek lines combined with colours and chrome accents. The menu includes a healthy breakfast selection, barista coffee, cocktails and delicious snacks for the evening. When it gets dark you shouldn’t miss the view from the observatory on the roof of the building.

Kasernenstraße 39 40213 Düsseldorf ∙ Carlstadt ruby-hotels.com STAGE 47 HOTEL The hotel is located right next door to the Savoy theatre — maybe that’s why the 27 luxury suites and spacious rooms are named after famous artists.

Graf-Adolf-Straße 47 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte stage47.de

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THE FRITZ Dutch design competence: THE FRITZ is a super-cool boutique design hotel which is rare to find in Düsseldorf.

The hotel-own restaurant Fritz’s Frau Franzi combines casual elegance with superior level cuisine.

Adersstraße 8 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt thefritzhotel.de

HOTEL NIKKO Fancy joining an authentic Japanese dinner and going for a karaoke session afterwards?

Then this is your place. Located in the heart of Düsseldorf ’s Japanese quarter, it’s perfect for discovering the city. Plus: The indoor rooftop spa with swimming pool not only offers you a perfect skyline view, but also deepest relaxation.

Immermannstraße 41 40210 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte nikko-hotel.de

RUBY LENI HOTEL & BAR Welcome on stage: The second Ruby Design Hotel in Düsseldorf is located in a former operetta house. Upon entering, you will immediately feel transported to the theatrical world of the 1950s, thanks to the multifaceted decor with periodoriginal antiquities. The most famous piece on this former stage was the Faust production under theater director Gustaf Gründgens in the role of Mephisto. Therefore Faust’s Helena gave her name to the hotel. Plus: a cool bar, a cosy cafe and a nice outdoor terrace.

Jahnstraße 3 40215 Düsseldorf ∙ Friedrichstadt ruby-hotels.com

STEIGENBERGER PARKHOTEL If you stroll through the beautiful Hofgarten, you will quickly find yourself on the famous Königsallee. The panorama unfolds its full effect when looking at the 5-star Steigenberger Parkhotel.

The luxury hotel with 130 rooms and suites is known for its stylish ambience and first-class service.

Enjoy a sophisticated dinner at Restaurant Artist or sip a fancy drink in the classy Étoile Bar. Königsallee 1a 40212 Düsseldorf ∙ Stadtmitte steigenberger.com/duesseldorf

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Event highlights 2021 – 2022 CREATIVE EVENT CREATIVEMORNINGSDUS Monthly talks for the creative community, covering a wide range of topics creativemornings.com/cities/dus ART AR BIENNALE With the world’s first AR Biennale, the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf offers the young art form a prominent platform.

NRW-Forum, Ehrenhof and Hofgarten, Aug. 22, 2021 – Feb. 20, 2022 nrw-forum.de ART CAPTIVATE! Supermodel Claudia Schiffer’s first curated exhibition showcasing the fashion world of the 90s Kunstpalast, Sept. 15, 2021 – Jan. 9, 2022 kunstpalast.de ART GEORGES BRAQUE – ERFINDER DES KUBISMUS Tribute to Georges Braque as a pioneering artist of the French avant-garde K20 Kunstsammlung, Sept. 25, 2021 — Jan. 23, 2022 kunstsammlung.de

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ART ADJUSTABLE MONUMENTS Exhibition on the question: What monuments does the future need?

Sammlung Philara, Feb. – Jul. 2022 philara.de

ART URS FISCHER First institutional solo exhibition by Swiss artist Urs Fischer in Germany.

Kunsthalle, Feb. 26 – May 22, 2022 kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de ART MUSIK IM BILD – RICHARD BELLIA Photographer Bellia traces the question of what it means to look at music through the photographic eye.

Weltkunstzimmer, March – April, 2022 weltkunstzimmer.de ART ELECTRO. VON KRAFTWERK BIS TECHNO For the first time a museum in Germany presents the 100-year history of electronic music and its connections to art.

Kunstpalast, Dec. 9, 2021 – May 15, 2022 kunstpalast.de

ART DIE GROSSE Annual art exhibition at Kunstpalast diegrosse.de ART ACADEMY RUNDGANG Graduate show at Kunstakademie/Art Academy Feb. 2022 kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de ART NACHT DER MUSEEN The long night of museums in exhibition houses and galleries all over the city April 2022 nacht-der-museen.de ART ART DÜSSELDORF Contemporary Art Fair April 8 — 10, 2022 art-dus.de ART PRODUKTIVE BILDSTÖRUNG. Sigmar Polke and current artistic positions, exhibition Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Nov. 13, 2021 – Feb. 6, 2022 kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de

ART DCOPEN GALLERIES WEEKEND Düsseldorf/Cologne open galleries Sept. 2022 dc-open.de FASHION & ART STRIKE A POSE FESTIVAL Festival at the intersection of fashion and art in museums and galleries across the city Summer 2022 strikeaposefestival.de PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTO POPUP FAIR Contemporary photography exhibition, presenting work by national and international artists photopopupfair.de URBAN ART 40° URBAN ART FESTIVAL Annual festival celebrating urban and street art in Düsseldorf 40grad-urbanart.de

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RHEINKIRMES

DESIGN BLICKFANG International design fair Böhler Areal, Nov. 27 and 28, 2021 blickfang.com FOOD VEGGIEWORLD Vegan Lifestyle Fair March 26 and 27, 2022 veggieworld.eco FOOD EAT & STYLE “Germany’s biggest food festival” tours Düsseldorf Nov. 27 and 28, 2021 eat-and-style.de FOOD FRANKREICHFEST French flavours and “savoir vivre” on the Rhine July 8 – 10, 2022 duesseldorfer-frankreich-fest.de FOOD GOURMET FESTIVAL For three days the famous Königsallee turns into a huge foodie’s paradise.

Aug. 26 – 28, 2022 gourmetfestival-duesseldorf.de PUBLIC FESTIVAL JAPAN TAG A celebration of Japanese culture and grand fireworks finale over the Rhine May 21, 2022 japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de

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PUBLIC EVENT LUMAGICA The Magical Park of Lights at Schloss Benrath, Nov. 19, 2021 – Jan. 9, 2022 schloss-benrath.de PUBLIC EVENT RHEINKIRMES 2 years! We miss the Rheinkirmes and desperately hope for a return in 2022.

July 15 – 24, 2022 firework on July 22, 2022 rheinkirmes.com

BUSINESS STARTUP WEEK DÜSSELDORF Meet the most interesting start-up companies in town during more than 100 events.

Network, baby!

Summer 2022 startupwoche-dus.de

PUBLIC EVENT MALKASTENFEST Take a walk in the beautiful park: Annual summer party of the artist association “Künstlerverein Malkasten”, Summer 2022 malkasten.org

MUSIC IGOR LEVIT Star pianist Levit together with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Tonhalle, April 24, 2022 tonhalle.de

ANNIVERSARY 10 YEARS WELTKUNSTZIMMER Multi-day festival with performances, concerts and get-togethers, an open day and anniversary exhibition in June and July 2022 weltkunstzimmer.de

DANCE TEMPS D’IMAGES The festival brings together striking artistic positions between image, media and dance tanzhaus nrw, Jan. 2022 tanzhaus-nrw.de

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DESIGN & ART KUNSTPUNKTE Artists and designers open their studios to the public Sept. 2022 kunstpunkte.de

DANCE BALLETT AM RHEIN: ONE AND OTHERS Ballet evening with choreographies by Christopher Wheeldon, Demis Volpi and Sharon Eyal Deutsche Oper am Rhein, premiere on April 2, 2022 ballettamrhein.de FILM FLINGERN LICHTSPIELE The “Flingern Lichtspiele” is a small and modest open-air cinema festival.

Summer 2022 filmwerkstatt-duesseldorf.de

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