4 Best Performing Arts Venues in Düsseldorf, The Rhineland

The city's highly regarded opera company and ballet troupe are showcased here.

Classical and pop concerts, symposia, film, and international theater are presented at this wood-paneled music hall inside the Museum Kunstpalast.

This former planetarium on the edge of the Hofgarten hosts more than 450 concerts annually and is the home of the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, which plays from September to June.

A 30-minute ride outside Düsseldorf by car, train, or S-bahn (from the Hauptbahnhof) will get you to the industrial city of Wuppertal, whose main claim to fame is its transit system of suspended trains that often run directly over the River Wupper, the Schwebebahn. It's also well known for the Tanztheater Wuppertal, the world-famous dance-theater company of the choreographer Pina Bausch (1940–2009).