# Things to see in Duisburg (Germany): 87 places and when to go

> Duisburg is a major city in Germany with around 1,277,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 87 places in and around it, mainly Nature (27), Wildlife (25), Hiking (18). The best known are De Maasduinen National Park, Duisburg Zoo and Duisburg Cathedral Mosque. The best time to come is April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 22 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 38. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/duisburgo/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 51.43, 6.75
- **Population:** About 1,277,000
- **Places:** 87 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (27) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fauna/) (25) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/senderismo/) (18) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (17) · [With kids](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/familia/) (5) · [Museums and art](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museos/) (5)
- **Best time:** April to October.
- **Also possible:** November to March.
- **Nearest airport:** DUS Düsseldorf, 16 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Duisburg

The places in and around Duisburg, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [De Maasduinen National Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/de-maasduinen/): National park in the Netherlands · 43 km
- [Duisburg Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zoo-duisburg/): Zoo in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · 4.0 km
- [Duisburg Cathedral Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ditib-merkez-moschee/): Architectural structure · 8.8 km
- [Kamp Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kamp-abbey/): Former German abbey · 18 km
- [Museum Küppersmühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museum-kuppersmuhle-fur-moderne-kunst-mkm/): Museum in Germany · 2.1 km
- [Church of Our Saviour](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/salvatorkirche/): Church in Duisburg, Germany · 1.0 km
- [Lehmbruck Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wilhelm-lehmbruck-museum/): Art museum in Duisburg, Germany · 1.1 km
- [Museum zur Vorgeschichte des Films](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/camera-obscura/): History · Museums and art · 8.2 km
- [Lordship of Broich](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/castillo-de-broich/): Castle · 8.4 km
- [Krefeld Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/krefelder-zoo/): With kids · Wildlife · 14 km
- [Styrum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-styrum/): Castle in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany · 7.5 km
- [Theater Duisburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stadttheater-duisburger-philharmoniker/): Opera house in Duisburg, one of the venues of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein · 1.6 km
- [Kloster Saarn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/konventsgebaude/): Monastery · 9.6 km
- [Linnep Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-linnep/): Mansion in Ratingen, Germany · 13 km
- [Burg Werth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burg-werth/): Castle · 46 km
- [Eyllsche Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/deponie-eyller-berg/): Nature · Mountains · 17 km
- [Helpensteinmühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/helpensteinmuhle/): Architecture · 12 km
- [Schloss Haag](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-haag/): German Castle · 32 km
- [Dämmerwald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dammerwald/): Forest in Germany · 32 km
- [Halde Rheinpreußen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/das-geleucht/): Spoil tip in Moers, Germany · 8.8 km
- [Hertefeld Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hotel-schloss-hertefeld/): Château · 44 km
- [Irrland](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/irrland/): With kids · 40 km
- [Kaiser Wilhelm Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kaiser-wilhelm-museum/): Museum in Germany · 17 km
- [Mediolanum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/mediolanum-germania-inferior/): Archaeological site in Geldern, Germany · 32 km

And the other 63, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Oermter Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/oermter-berg/), [Alter Rhein, Jenneckes Gatt, Niepgraben](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/alter-rhein-jenneckes-gatt-niepgraben/), [Drevenacker Dünen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/drevenacker-dunen/), [Fleuthkuhlen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fleuthkuhlen/), [Halde Pattberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/halde-pattberg/), [Hiesfelder Wald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/hiesfelder-wald/), [Isselburg - Werth](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/isselburg-werth/), [Kirchheller Heide, Schwarzbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kirchheller-heide-schwarzbach/), [Kirchheller Heide und Hilsfelder Wald](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kirchheller-heide-und-hilsfelder-wald/), [Krummbeck](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/krummbeck/), [Latumer Bruch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/latumer-bruch/), [Lippeaue](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lippeaue/), [Momm-Niederung](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/momm-niederung/), [Niep](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/niep/), [Niepkuhlen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/niepkuhlen/), [Quellbachsystem Osterbach, Langefortsbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/quellbachsystem-osterbach-langefortsbach/), [Rheinaue Binsheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheinaue-binsheim/), [Rheinaue Friemersheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheinaue-friemersheim/), [Rheinaue Walsum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/rheinaue-walsum/), [Schlucht](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schlucht/), [Scholtenbusch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/scholtenbusch/), [Stollbach](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/stollbach/)
- **History**: [Schloß Bloemersheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-bloemersheim/), [Schloss Gartrop](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-gartrop/), [Schloss Leyenburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-leyenburg/), [Villa Merländer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/villa-merlander/), [Wyndham Duisburger Hof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wyndham-duisburger-hof-hotel/)
- **Architecture**: [Steprather Mühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/steprather-muhle/)
- **Diving**: [Wambachsee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wambachsee/), [Tauchcenter Nullzeit](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tauchcenter-nullzeit/), [Taucher Kamp-Lintfort e.V.](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/taucher-kamp-lintfort-e-v/), [Tauchgasometer](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tauchgasometer/), [TSC Meiderich e.V.](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tsc-meiderich-e-v/)
- **Museums and art**: [Niederrheinisches Museum für Volkskunde und Kulturgeschichte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/niederrheinisches-museum-fur-volkskunde-und-kulturgeschichte/)
- **With kids**: [TerraZoo Rheinberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/terrazoo-rheinberg/), [Solvay Hallenbad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/solvay-hallenbad/)
- **Food and drink**: [Aspera Brauerei Riese GmbH](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/aspera-brauerei-riese-gmbh/), [Bier Bude](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bier-bude/), [Brauerei Schlüffken GmbH](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauerei-schluffken-gmbh/), [Geilings Bräu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/geilings-brau/), [Webster](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/webster/)
- **Hiking**: [Bergbauweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bergbauweg/), [Fossa-Eugeniana-Wanderweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fossa-eugeniana-wanderweg/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobs-pilgerweg-essen-dusseldorf/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobs-pilgerweg-nijmegen-maastricht-luttich/), [Maas-Niederrheinpfad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maas-niederrheinpad/), [Maas-Niederrheinpfad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maas-niederrheinpad-etappe-08/), [Maas-Niederrheinpfad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maas-niederrheinpad-etappe-09/), [Maas-Niederrheinpfad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maas-niederrheinpad-etappe-20/), [Maas-Niederrheinpfad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/maas-niederrheinpad-etappe-21/), [Niederrheinweg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/niederrheinweg/), [Noaberpad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/noaberpad-etappe-19/), [Pieterpad](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pieterpad-deel-2-vorden-maastricht-pietersberg/), [[Raute1] Angerlandweg](/paises/europa/alemania/raute1-angerlandweg/), [Urban Trail Mülheim](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/urban-trail-mulheim/), [X12 Sterkrade - Schermbeck](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/x12-sterkrade-schermbeck/), [X21 Gladbeck-Zweckel - Voerde-Mehrum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/x21-gladbeck-zweckel-voerde-mehrum/), [X30 Neandertalweg [Duisburg]](/paises/europa/alemania/x30-neandertalweg-duisburg/)
- **Mountains**: [DAV Duisburger Nordparkhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dav-duisburger-nordparkhutte/)
- **Hot springs**: [Freibad Bettenkamp](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/freibad-bettenkamp/), [Freibad Großenbaum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/freibad-grossenbaum/), [Freibad Homberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/freibad-homberg/)
- **Stargazing**: [Turtle Star Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/turtle-star-observatory/)

## When to go to Duisburg

The best time to visit Duisburg is **April to October**; also possible: November to March. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 06 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 42 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 32 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 36 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 22 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 22 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 57 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 23 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 22 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 22 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 34 |
| December | Possible | 7 h 38 |

In June there are 16 h 22 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 38. In June, 86 of the 87 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Duisburg

The nearest main airport is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS, Düsseldorf), 16 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=51.43%2C6.75)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.43%2C6.75)

## Other towns nearby

- [Essen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/essen/): 62 places · 19 km
- [Düsseldorf](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dusseldorf/): 98 places · 23 km
- [Grefrath](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/grefrath/): 52 places · 30 km
- [Xanten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/xanten/): 41 places · 35 km
- [Wuppertal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wuppertal/): 68 places · 35 km
- [Haltern am See](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/haltern-am-see/): 42 places · 46 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Duisburg?

The best known: [De Maasduinen National Park](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/de-maasduinen/), [Duisburg Zoo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zoo-duisburg/), [Duisburg Cathedral Mosque](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ditib-merkez-moschee/), [Kamp Abbey](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kamp-abbey/), [Museum Küppersmühle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museum-kuppersmuhle-fur-moderne-kunst-mkm/). In all, 87 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Duisburg?

April to October; also possible: November to March. In June there are 16 h 22 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 38.

### How do you get to Duisburg?

The nearest main airport is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), 16 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=51.43%2C6.75) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Duisburg as the destination and these 87 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).