All Düsseldorf Tours & Excursions in 2026

Dusseldorf itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, past Mutter-Ey-Straße, St. Andreas, Mühlenstraße and Lambertusstraße, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.

Discover Duisburg like never before with the Secrets of Duisburg City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Duisburg while exploring famous spots such as Alter Markt, Lehmbruck Museum, Salvatorkirche, Historische Stadtmauer, Rathaus Duisburg, Mercatorbrunnen and Tritonbrunnen. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Duisburg perfect for every type of explorer.

Dive into a post-apocalyptic wonderland where steel, slag, and spores have created a new, unexpected landscape. This self-guided podcast tour explores the industrial heritage of Duisburg and shows how nature is reclaiming abandoned facilities. Discover blast furnaces, bunkers, basins, and the Old Emscher as impressive testimonies to the Anthropocene. - 4.9 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 136 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure & innovation and urbanism & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Dive into a world where the ghosts of heavy industry collide with the wild fantasy of modern architecture. This is no ordinary walk by the water. We explore how a dying, 165-hectare industrial wasteland of coal, steel, and sweat was radically transformed into a playground for the boldest architects in the world. From Frank Gehry's astonishing deconstructivist towers to William Alsop's hallucinatory glass facades – you will discover the hidden details, the political gambles, and the socioeconomic tectonic shifts that transformed a working-class cemetery into a masterpiece for the bourgeoisie. - 1.9 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 81 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure & innovation and urbanism & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Dive into the 16th century and discover how a trading city became the epicenter of global navigation. Accompany your guide Max and the historian Julia on the footsteps of Gerhard Mercator, the man who mapped the world. From his dramatic flight from the Inquisition to the invention of the projection that still drives your GPS today – this tour contrasts the harsh, confined reality of life in the Renaissance with the boundless expanse of Mercator's genius. Discover hidden archaeological sites, touch the stones of medieval houses, and stand before the original, invaluable globes that forever changed humanity's place in the cosmos. - 1.3 km self-guided tour with 6 stations over 72 min. - Ideal for everyone interested in history & memory and urbanism & innovation Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals - Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app