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City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Photo: Rolf Heinrich, Köln, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Leverkusen is an industrial city in the Cologne Lowland region of Western Germany.
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Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich
Former water castle, later transformed into a Rococo chateau, now a municipal museum of modern and contemporary art; surrounded by a sculpture park.
51-metre-high logo of the Bayer chemical and pharmaceutical company; illuminated at night.
Japanischer Garten
Beautiful, 3.7-acre Japanese-style garden, incepted in the 1920s by a Bayer chairman who returned from a trip to Japan, impressed by its garden culture.
James Brown, Ray Charles and Miles Davis are among the major names that have appeared in this annual jazz festival
Best Western
By plane
The closest international airports are Cologne-Bonn (CGN; 22 km south of Leverkusen) and Düsseldorf (DUS IATA; 40 km north of Leverkusen). Both can be reached by car in about 30 minutes.
By rail
Whilst Leverkusen does not have a true city centre, Wiesdorf generally acts as one and is served by Leverkusen-Mitte station on regional trains RE1 and RE5, and S-Bahn 6.
By car
Autobahn A1 and A3 cross here.
By bike
On the north side of the Autobahn 1 bridge there's a shared foot and bike path to cross the Rhine.
The network of local buses is operated by wupsi, under VRS fares like in nearby Cologne. Express buses run to Cologne, Monheim and Bergisch Gladbach.
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Köln (Cologne) · International · CGN
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