Six perfect sundowner locations

We show you where you should spend the sunset

Summer is here, and with it the question of where to meet for a sundowner. Thanks to its spectacular location on the Rhine, there are plenty of options in Düsseldorf. To help you decide, we have made a small preselection for you. Maybe you'll find a surprise or two.  

Three Little Birds

The terrace, shaded by large plane trees, juts out towards the Rhine like the bow of a ship. The location is already tried and tested, but now, with a new concept, even more attractive. Behind it are Düsseldorf magician Yuta Maruyama and organizer Fabian Veldmann together with gastronomy expert Carla Stockheim. And she is already making further plans: in future, picnic baskets filled with tasty treats will be able to be taken to the adjacent Rhine meadows.

Bar Olio

The Olio is an institution. Even before the adjacent residential district Le Flair and the cool 25hours Hotel were built here, Annette Gross and Roman Jasper were already serving excellent cuisine in the quaint former DB canteen and on its cobbled forecourt. Understated, you sit on small wooden chairs and enjoy a meal or simply a Riesling. There's no cooler way to greet the end of the working day.

City beach Theodor-Heuss-Bridge

City beach. Even the word sounds like relaxation and refreshment. In fact, there are three designated city beaches in Düsseldorf with sun loungers, parasols and culinary offerings - in addition to the numerous nameless sandy bays on both sides of the Rhine. The northernmost Düsseldorf city beach on Robert-Lehr-Ufer is particularly beautiful. You can relax on cushions, armchairs and loungers, enjoy healthy and vegan food from 'Strandhasen', drink a beer or a glass of wine and watch the sun sink into the Rhine behind the Theodor Heuss Bridge.

Hitchcoq

Craft beer, natural wine and a juicy chicken. These are the ingredients that Hitchcoq on Nordstraße recommends for the end of the day. In a pretty backyard, fans of the establishment sit on wooden benches with a freshly tapped 'ALTfred' from the barrel in their hands. This is accompanied by roast poultry from Borgmeier. Crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside.     

Tonhalle terrace

The Tonhalle behind you, the Oberkassel Bridge in view. Culture and architecture lovers have a special soft spot for this location. The reason: you feel part of the wonderful architectural ensemble designed by Wilhelm Kreis, who built the Tonhalle and the adjoining Ehrenhof almost 100 years ago. However, beer lovers are just as welcome on the high steps: The Altbier comes from the cult brewery Uerige.

Key on Bolkerstrasse

If you turn into the leafy courtyard opposite the Schlüsselbrauerei from the lively Bolkerstraße in the old town, you will find yourself in the shadow of the small baroque Neanderkirche church. This relaxed brewery beer garden in the middle of the city center is a small oasis. 

Cover picture: Düsseldorf Tourismus