WWII left only 15% of the city's infrastructure intact. After the restoration, Dusseldorf grew into a significant administrative and business center for the country's renowned engineering region. Although the city itself has little in the way of industry, it is way ahead of many industrial cities in terms of general wealthy. With so many banks and international administrative offices concentrated in it, Dusseldorf can boast of a very high urbanity level. Foreign citizens make up about one sixth of the city's whole population.
Arts patronage flourishes in Dusseldorf. You can see this if you take a stroll down the Konigsallee Street, where the city's most prestigious shops, restaurants, museums and galleries are concentrated. The amount and quality of meals available in restaurants testify to the city's prosperity and cosmopolitanism.
If you would like to take a little breath of the past, you should give yourself a trip around Altstadt. There you can enjoy the quietness of narrow cobblestoned streets, which are grouped close to the river. There are also about 200 restaurants and nighttime entertainment spots. From this old town area you can watch a striking view of Rhine. This is due to a tremendous reconstruction work, which has helped the city gain enviable fame throughout the country.
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