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Düsseldorf's slightly surreal municipal Rheinturm, towers above the city like an electric blue funnel standing on a stretched stem in a similar mould to Berlin's Fernsehturm. The tower was completed in 1982 and is located away from the old town, near the state parliament and casting a unmissable shadow over the Media Harbour. The views from the Rhine Tower are absolutely spectacular, the best of any similar tower I've visited in Germany, or anywhere for that matter. This was especially so on the day that I visited, as the clear blue winter sky allowed for views over a huge swathe of the North-Rhine-Westphalia region, and exceptionally good views of Düsseldorf itself. The viewing platform, some 164m up the 235m tower, has windows that are slanted at such an angle that you can see all the way down to the very base of the tower: a truly disorienting feeling and not for those who suffer from vertigo.

The tower is open every day from 10am to 11.30pm, and costs €3,00 to climb the lift to the top.

Address: Stromstraße 20
Directions: Take tram 704, 709 or 719 from the station to the Landtag/Kniebrücke stop, and then talk a walk under the bridge to the tower.