Dusseldorf Bilk Arcaden

About this place

The large and spacious feeling Rheinpark extends from the Kniebrucke Bridge to the Zollhafen and offers visitors an unimpeded view of the gently curving banks of the Rhine with the city skyline in the background. The 4 hctrs green area which today is planted with a double row of 220 plane trees and 200 poplars, lime, maple and ash trees was up to a few years ago a harbour where ships lay anchored. The Rheinpark Bilk came into existence thanks to the interests of business and industry. Changing economic demands, restructuring and rationalisation had made the Berger harbour obsolete, and the inner harbour was consequently filled in. The newly gained land was not only welcome space for the trees and bushes of the Rheinpark Bilk, but also for the Landtag, the Rheinturm and the studios of the regional broadcasting corporation WDR.