There’s always something new to see in Dusseldorf, as its one of the more populated areas in Europe, and the lively local culture mixes with international influences easily. It is one of the more stunning areas in the region for arts and culture, with a wide variety of museums and theatres that will please visitors of all ages. There are also local culinary traditions, as well as many spectacular specialty foods, that will please most any palette, and beer-drinkers will very easily find things to love here. They say that was the elevation of the area to city-status that is the origin of the cartwheel. The story goes that children invented this spontaneously when Dusseldorf first became a city, although there are suspicions that the development of local beer may also be responsible for the cartwheel.
It is certainly a fantastic place for hotels. Dusseldorf has a lovely tradition of hospitality, and guests will find themselves enjoying themselves the entire time they visit. There are always fabulous amenities inside the hotels, and outside there is a very vibrant culture, and it’s fascinating to learn about the city. It might seem like a far cry from hip hop, but the global music has always enjoyed popularity here, and in fact, some of the origins of contemporary hip hop can be found in the local band, Kraftwerk.
They’re certainly pioneers in electronic, experimental and ambient music, and it would be very difficult to find anyone of note playing in these genres nowadays without showing at least some influence from Kraftwerk. They’ve been playing together since the early 1970s, and began with a minimalist style, with a fantastic talent for electronic manipulation, along with a very developed sense of improvisation in live performance. These have been trademarks of their sound ever since, all the way up to the present day. They still play, though very rarely in public, and are still recording, but you may not get the opportunity to see them in Dusseldorf, because they don’t like to be seen. They don’t answer fan mail, and don’t accept phone calls, and even send in robots and mannequins to stand in for them in interviews. This bizarre behavior is delightfully par for the course, and helps to seal their place in the history of contemporary music.
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