The "Bergische Land" with its nature and the typical half timbered houses with green shutters is one of the prettiest parts of North-Rhine-Westfalia and one gigantic nature reserve. It is the ideal location for holidays or mini-break surrounded by unspoilt highland scenery. Lovely area for trips to Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, Aachen, Bonn, or along the Rhine River with its castles.
Placed in the centre of NRW, Wuppertal is an ideal base to enjoy the "Bergisch Land" with its beautiful nature, woods and hills, castles and churches. It is near Cologne and Düsseldorf, next to the Ruhrarea (Essen will be the European Capital of Culture 2010) and near the border of the Netherlands.
Go on a shopping tour to CentrO Oberhausen, the luxerious Königsallee Düsseldorf or Outlet-Center Roermond. Make a boattrip on the river Rhine or the Baldeneysee.