What are the best Düsseldorf Neighborhoods?

[@n1vca]

You depiction of Düsseldorf is spot on with my experience. It is a very lively place with a very good work/life balance, friendly people and it has a great economy. Soon you will also find plenty of parking when Cologne gets demolished and turned into a parking lot for guests to visit Düsseldorf #April1st Congratulations for this amazing place to live in! I grew up in the southern end of Duisburg and what I loved the most, take the bicycle or motorbike in the Summer and meet up with friends in the most romantic and historic Kaiserswerth. Playing frisbee on the Rhein meadows or having picknicks, barbecue and ending the evening at the Burghof, with candlelight, overlooking the Rhine, watching the ships go by ... walking though these medival alleys ... brings back so many beautiful memories.😍 Going into the city by U79, car goes in a flash, so you now have the best of both worlds and the airport is just next door, but not in the flight path, so no noise ... perfect location. I live in Munich now since almost 25 years and whenever I considered possibly going back to be closer to the family, I had Kaiserswerth on my mind. ❤

[@patrickkellner7636]

I lived as child in Unterbach and now in Erkrath! The east side of Düsseldorf is very beautiful a lot of nature and a bit mountaineering!

[@siddheshshivraj3534]

Thank you for the video 😊, I moved from bilk to mörsenbroich and have been loving it. Its definitely quieter and very relaxed.

[@AndreaBorgia]

Team Gerresheim here: when I was studying German, I lived for a month there. Actually, other than school or home I am probably only familiar with the activity zone or Medienhafen.

[@foxyevolution4230]

Pls dont tell anyone to come here... We want our peaceXD

[@akiriwe]

You have no idea how timely your video is!! I am in active apartment hunt right now, and I was struggling to figure out which neighborhood I should focus on. Thank you so much for all you do!

[@leamaron]

Did you find an Apartment? Im starting an education in April 2025 and im looking for a Apartment right now

[@akiriwe]

@leamaron Hi! Yes, I found the apartment in April, signed the lease, and moved in during May. I'm not sure how people search for apartments while being outside the country, but I remember Simple Germany mentioning in one of their earlier videos that for newcomers, it's better to look for furnished, short-term apartments to settle in initially before finding something more permanent. Don't universities offer accommodations, like dorms or something?

[@leamaron]

@@akiriwe oh.. nein nein ich komme aus Deutschland aus Dortmund um genau zu sein. Es ist nur extrem schwierig eine gute Wohnung zu finden. Im April nächstes Jahr startet die Ausbildung und bis dahin eigentlich bis Anfang den neuen Jahres suche ich schon eine neue Wohnung 😅😅😅 Nicht so einfach alles

[@joannunemaker6332]

What a beautiful city. Thank you for sharing some information on this wonderful area.😊❤

[@lonesome_wolf2023]

I was born in Düsseldorf and raised in Lohausen. I can say Lohausen is like a small village in a big city. Everyone knows each other, we have bakery’s, supermarkets, a primary school, two kindergartens, a park where you can go for a walk with your dog or your family. The Rhine is also nearby and between Lohausen and Kaiserwerth is the ISD „International School of Düsseldorf“. Important note: We welcome everyone here in Lohausen but the north of Duesseldorf is conservative so to make friends and connect with the locals it is very important to integrate yourself. Attend public celebrations in the neighborhood and don't just live parallel to the locals. Otherwise, it could happen that you live very isolated.

[@Fani.Christie]

Wonderful video and very well presented points! On the one hand, I'm glad to be living fairly close to action-packed areas, like I can hear whenever things are happening, but then it's also everything you described in the sequence "Where Would We Not Live and Why". I'll be sure to move elsewhere once I settle formalities with my new employer. 🙂 Long awaited insights from you. It's a piece of content to retain, but to also come back to many times within the quest! 🥰

[@Cintillo]

Funnily enough, Düsseldorf was in the conversation yesterday when discussing possible moving places. So this video comes in a good moment. Excellent points as always ♥

[@tomtom2806]

The Golzheim-Pempelfort area is the best to live: interesting mix of old and new architecture, a lot of cultural hot spots (Museum Kunstpalast, Ehrenhof, Tonhalle for example), nice people as neighbors, close to the Rhine and the big central parks (Hofgarten, Rheinpark Golzheim), located around Nordstraße for daily fresh food supply etc., a lot of restaurants, perfectly connected to public traffic and the airport, good schools.

[@josephonyango5171]

Your Videos are Always helpfull,,,,i have watched alot of them and now i have a Life History of Germany,,,,AS i plan to relocate in Germany.

[@LEONSKENNEDY91]

I'd like to point outn that Dusseltal, despite being in the second district, also has a vibe of a calm family residential area. It's 10-15 minutes to the Heinrich-Heine U Bahn station, so close to the 'fun zone' but still calm and not too loud. Grafenberg is 20-30min by walk, which leaves nature relatively close to it, + the zoo park is great.

[@marinaKdiscovers]

Really nice video ! Helpful as well. So funny that you and one of my other favourite youtuber from Dusseldorf used to live in Untebilk as well !

[@daichi1026]

I agree !! I live in the Stadtmitte since long ago but I have never run into you guys :)

[@ms_anoka]

Really useful video, thank you 🙏☺ My husband and I are planning on finding a job in Düsseldorf and moving there one day, so this information helps to understand where to settle!

[@pprogramming]

I live with my partner in Düsseldorf-Hassels close to the Unterbacher See. It is definitely not a hip area and nothing is going on here; however, having walking access to the lake is a big benefit. We'll consider Keiserwerth for a more "city-like" experience whilst having nature around us. Thanks for the video! 👍

[@velvetimpulse]

Kaiserswerth is really nice. I don’t go there often enough, despite not living too far (Derendorf).

[@dankenk]

Such a lovely couple. You’re the only people who've changed my mind about Nord Rhine Westphalia. I always thought about it as the flattest, grayest, most industrial and ugliest state of Germany, but you showed me it can be nice. (For a visit)

[@owaishaider3009]

Much needed video. Flying to Düsseldorf soon. Will watch it for sure

[@Yosh001]

Glad you mentioned Benrath with the pink castle (You can guess the reason ;-) Hellerhof I still remeber being a flat piece of mud until they started building it. Garath in my youth was devided in the "good part" and the "bad part" because the highway and train line basically splits it into two parts. For the most family friendly town I would recommend Monheim, which is the self-proclaimd captial of the most children friendly town in Germany. It's in the "Speckgürtel" of Düsseldorf, an own town with city rights just touching the southern districts of Düsseldorf with a population below 50k (Disclaimer: I was raised there)

[@BruceHamilton]

Thanks for the tip on Monheim, I'm looking into it now as someone [ allegedly in case my employer is seeing this ;) ] looking for a cheap but nice German town to try out with a young family. :)

[@johannvandebron986]

Near Nature are Urdenbach & Unterbach. In Unterbach you have the Lake and Urdenbach has the Rheinaue wich is Part of the Neanderland Hiking Trail.

[@saniyajafri9759]

You guys are amazing! Loved this video, wish you'd recorded this before I'd moved to Düsseldorf and couldn't figure out what-was-what on Immoscout, haha! An unrequited idea off the top of my head (since this was such help) - maybe a collab with content creators in other cities to cover similar basics for the others too. Cheers 🎉

[@simplegermany]

That’s a great idea! ☺️ thanks for the suggestion

[@dod608]

Amazing video!!

[@Singh-ow4iq]

Very useful information. 👍

[@saraz5553]

omg you do not know how much i need the Hannover version of this video😭😭

[@Yosh001]

Check out if you can get something near the "Herrenhäuser Gärten" - Hannover has a fantastic public transport system and you will be downton and in the hotspots without needing (or wanting) a car. If you are willing to commute into the city, check out the villages around the "Steinhuder Meer". Maybe a bit expensive but nature might compensate for that. Don't choose the North.

[@saraz5553]

@@Yosh001 omg thank you so much☺

[@pourdamghani]

Great, would be happy to have similar videos for other cities :D

[@simplegermany]

We feel confident talking about Düsseldorf, cause we've been here 12 years. We don't feel confident to talk in this much detail about other cities where we have not lived.

[@pourdamghani]

@@simplegermany What about interviewing someone who have lived in other cities+adding cool stats that you gather usually? Like what you did for bread/... video?

[@stephanprommer347]

You forgot Himmelgeist which is one of the most beautiful areas which is really really close to the activity zone. It is also one of the most expensive areas though.

[@ryndlps]

Thank you for this video ❤ I lived in Lohausen and miss so much Düsseldorf. Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@kedarnaths]

great video as always :) as I see this video and hear you both mention Dusseldorf is very safe, a notification from Antenne Düsseldorf pops with "DÜSSELDORF: ZAHL DER STRAFTATEN 2023 DEUTLICH ANGESTIEGEN" :(

[@simplegermany]

As always it depends on perspective and context and what kind of crime they refer to.

[@falction]

Kurzer Reality-Check: Von Hellerhof (südlichster Stadtteil) bis zur Heinrich-Heine-Allee (Activityzone) dauert es mit den öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel genauso lange, wie bspw. von Kaiserswerth. ca. 25 Min. Grundsätzlich kann man sagen, dass man von so gut wie allen Stadtteilen in Düsseldorf max. 30Min zur Activity-Zone kommt (außer man wohnt in Knittkuhl xD).

[@kirandeshmukh1944]

Thanks for important information. Could you please tell good areas to live in Düsseldorf closer to Hilden

[@AshishOnline]

Been living in lörrik for now 5 yrs. Never have to cross the river ever. District 4 is am amazing place. Lots of international people from india, japan , china mostly.

[@JoelLinus]

I'm from Wersten, it's alright, generally quite boring but better than whatever walks around the Hauptbahnhof or the Altstadt after 1 am on a weekend.

[@kumaresanmuthukumar9424]

You guys know 'everything' :)

[@vicentefrancavalcarcel3995]

i love bilk district

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

What about Volksgarten and Südpark/ botanischer Garten? I can almost spit into Volksgarten, Wersten single family houses area is awsome to live as well, living here for 6 years and don´t want to move away.

[@HashanNiranga]

Hello from Düsseltal ❤

[@tmgarcia2002]

Nice! I love Kaiserswerth! I agree, the areas around the HBF are a bit crummy, i live in Flingern Süd. But, my building is ok, clean and with a well-maintained lift. My miete is reasonable, and I can walk to HBF when i need to go to the office. With the crazy high rents and any available flats getting snatched within minutes, people should consider other areas like Duisburg or even Essen.

[@Undisclosed86467]

Do you think it's just small, less expensive flats that go fast? Relocating there in July and looking for 3+ zimmer and minimum 80sm.

[@sisokun6614]

Came here with the full intention to suggest everyone move to Cologne instead, but it was just rated bost dirty City in Germany, so.... Thanks for showing us aroung!

[@simplegermany]

Could you share the link with us where you found the rating? 😊

[@dirkschwartz1689]

Thanks for this great video! I feel the urge to nitpick a bit, though, when I hear "there is really no unsafe area in Düsseldorf". Perhaps this has changed, and I am certainly biased and probably used to be prejudiced. But when I grew up in Neuss through the 1970s to early 2000s and lived in Düsseldorf until I moved away in 2005, I frankly would not have got off the S-Bahn station in Garath after dark. A bit like Tannenbusch in Bonn.

[@simplegermany]

It’s all about perception 😉 I went to school in Tannenbusch 😉

[@dirkschwartz1689]

@@simplegermany Yes, that's true! :)

[@Miristzuheiss]

Living in Garath is super cheap. You have a big forrest, a trainstation with S-Bahn S6 in 20 minutes to Cologne mainstation or 15 minutes to Düsseldorf mainstation. Its perfekt for students with low budget. Yes it is ugly, but 350€ you pay for an appartment with 60 qm, so what?

[@dirkschwartz1689]

@@Miristzuheiss I am sorry if I offended anyone. When writing this I distinctly remembered the image us kids from Neuss had when I was young, some 40 years ago. At that time, Garath had a reputation of being quite unsafe, especially near the S-Bahn station at night. I have no idea, though, how that has developed. And you're right: If money is tight, you make different choices. There's nothing wrong about that.

[@Miristzuheiss]

@@dirkschwartz1689 i know your opinion, and i know about Tannenbusch, Marzahn and other bad architektuel desasters. Yes, its not about a stylish fancy Altbau Wohnung. But its clearly okay for your money. All appartements are with balcony, and you are by foot in a big forrest

[@turjo119]

Great video as always. Im kinda curious how did Dusseldorf come to be such a huge Japanese hub in Germany? Now I'm more motivated to try and get a job there 😊

[@simplegermany]

Good question! We will need to dig deeper into it heheh ☺️

[@ehemalssimehtt3739]

❤

[@fa6ian02]

And again, Vennhausen was not mentioned 🥲 More forgotten than Hamm I would say 😉😂

[@simplegermany]

😅

[@waelalkatmeh4516]

videos ideas: Pflegeversicherung Küchenkaufen

[@Advocate.bettie]

Can you do a video on disability in Germany? healthcare, benefits, programs, etc.

[@jasonsubhan8479]

In Dusseldorf what is the cheapest rent for a one bedroom apartment?

[@Cloud-uz3kx]

Guys do you mind enlightening us on two things, 1. How Work council works in an organization (small, large and medium based companies) how do I reach out to them. 2. How unemployment benefits work in case one gets fired. In what case we will not be eligible to claim it. I am not under any threat, but just want to make sure I am aware of the rules 😀 Thanks in advance ❤

[@simplegermany]

Thanks for your recommendations. We have added No. 1 to our potential video ideas. Regarding No.2 you can check out our detailed guide on the topic: www.simplegermany.com/unemployment-benefits-germany/

[@rishiraj2548]

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[@cashahmed]

How is Dortmund for someone visiting Germany for the first time?

[@simplegermany]

It’s not the prettiest city to visit as a tourist.

[@cashahmed]

@@simplegermany on a Job Seeker Visa is it advisable to choose Düsseldorf as the choice of city? Please suggest some alternatives also. Thank you.

[@leamaron]

Im living in Dortmund right now and i say Go to düsseldorf or maybe Cologne. Dortmund is only good for soccer but ITS a very sorry place ! If you come over...... Don't Go to Nordstadt

[@cashahmed]

@@leamaron thank you, I will consider the suggestion.

[@PeterRince]

1:52 #9. Dortmung

[@leamaron]

How about bilk? Unterbilk, overbilk?

[@simplegermany]

We mention them in the video 😉

[@nevermind3520]

Easy question - Köln ;-)

[@simplegermany]

😉

[@Ralle-be1dm]

was ist denn die größte Stadt von NRW ?😁

[@n1vca]

Ist aktuell Köln, wird aber bald abgerissen, wird ein schöner großer Parkplatz für Düsseldorf

[@daisyalicia]

Thank you for this video! My girlfriend and I are currently here. I am American and leave back to the US soon, while she is moving here for now from another country. She is German citizen and we are wondering if you have any recommendations for customer service jobs in person or remote that could take her with her B1 German and English fluency. It's been very hard to even find websites for these kind of non skilled small jobs. It would be such a blessing if you knew of a place hiring, thank you for your amazing videos that we always watch. On another note, what is a chill lesbian friendly bar/club for us girls in Dusseldorf?

[@simplegermany]

Back in 2012 I found my job in customer service in Monster. We have compiled a list of known job boards in our guide: www.simplegermany.com/work-in-germany-without-german/#5_Tips_to_help_you_find_an_English-speaking_job_in_Germany We don't know of any bar like that in Dusseldorf. In Cologne, there are more options. We rarely go to any, so cannot recommend any really. Sorry.

[@Fani.Christie]

The AromA is a place that would suit your query. 😉 Look it up, it's cosy and English-speaking-friendly.

[@jarekdebski2045]

Cześć :D Next video doesn't work

[@simplegermany]

Fixed it ☺️

[@digitalcricket8510]

Worringer Platz 😂

[@streetlights4939]

All the IT companies are looking for German speaking candidates. Its tough here to find job

[@simplegermany]

This is so weird. All the software engineers and people working in IT we interact with work fully in English and don't speak German sufficiently.

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

Its Germany

[@jordan.ellis.hunter]

Cologne is the obvious answer.

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

Don't go to ELLER, cuz 'in ELLER stirbst du schneller'

[@simplegermany]

😇

[@denisdenisov4036]

NRW is not a nice place to live by any means..

[@hammad_it_is]

What makes you say that? I have been to multiple cities of Germany and found the NRW as the most livable but would really like to know your thoughts about the livable places in Germany

[@rizko9]

I was living in NRW, and i was thinking germany is not a nice country, but after so much travelling inside germany, i realised that it's just NRW not nice and not complete germany.

[@lorenzlfk2524]

Maybe you should ask if people in these neighborhoods want you to disrupt their lives...