Borough 3 (Düsseldorf)



Borough 3 (Stadtbezirk 3) is a central borough of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the city's most populous and one of its most diverse boroughs.

Stadtbezirk 3 covers an area of 24.71 square kilometres and (as of December 2020) has about 121,000 inhabitants. The northern quarters in close proximity to Borough 1 - like Biedermeier era Friedrichstadt and Oberbilk - have flowing transitions towards Stadtmitte, Düsseldorf's central business district. Hafen is in an ongoing urban regeneration of the old port, which creates ever new loft-style office buildings, convention venues, night clubs, trendy bars and restaurants. On the southern end of the borough, quarters like Volmerswerth and Flehe still manage to preserve their suburban, small-world character.

The borough borders with Düsseldorf boroughs 1 and 4 to the North, boroughs 2, 8 and 9 to the East and South-east and the river Rhine to the South and West. On the left Rhine side lies the city of Neuss.

Subdivisions
Borough 3 is made up of eight Stadtteile (city parts):

Arts, Culture and Entertainment

 * Apollo Varieté
 * Kunst im Tunnel (KiT)
 * Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (Art Collection Northrhine-Westphalia) - K20 (Grabbeplatz) and K21 (Ständehaus)
 * Philipshalle

Landmarks

 * Rheinturm telecommunication tower; at 241 m tallest building in Düsseldorf with an observation deck
 * Neuer Zollhof; office building, designed by architect Frank Gehry
 * Colorium, office building designed by architect Will Alsop
 * Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia; state parliament
 * Stadttor, state chancellery
 * University of Düsseldorf with University Hospital
 * Old St. Martin in Bilk, romanesque church from 10th century

Parks and open spaces

 * Botanischer Garten Düsseldorf, a modern botanical garden
 * Südpark
 * Südfriedhof

Transportation
The borough is served by numerous railway stations and highway. Largest train station is Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, other stations include Düsseldorf Friedrichstadt, Düsseldorf Bilk, Düsseldorf Oberbilk and Düsseldorf Hamm as well as a dense net of both Düsseldorf Stadtbahn underground- and Rheinbahn tram-stations. While the eastern and northern quarters of the borough can be reached via Bundesautobahn 57 and Bundesstraße 1, the southern and western quarters become accessible via Bundesautobahn 46 and Bundesstraße 8.

Rhine bridges

 * Rheinkniebrücke
 * Josef-Kardinal-Frings-Brücke
 * Fleher Brücke