Guided City Tours Duisburg-Marxloh

Duisburg-Marxloh is a district of diversity: The former "No-Go-Area" of North-Rhine Westphalia "Little Istanbul" now provides "Germany´s Most Romantic Street" with more than 50 bridal-fashion stores. It witnessed the transformation of former Industrial Revolution architecture to the biggest Mosque in Ottomanic style built in Germany...more about Marxloh

___ Intensive Mixtour Marxloh

You have never been to a Mosque? Never seen more than 50 bridal shops on one street? Do you want to know why 60% of Marxlohs inhabitants have a migration background? Then come and take a look behind the façades of Duisburg-Marxloh...more

___ Target Group

The Guided City Tours are especially directed to:

• persons interested in culture
• city travellers
• academic staff/ teachers
• students (from 14 y)
• urban activists
• artists
• senior and disabled visitors

___ Who Visited Already

international, national

• Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of the City Rotterdam (watch Video)
• Tuvia Tenenbom, Journalist, Author, Director, Israel/ USA
• Phil Wood, Urban Therapist,UK
• Simon Evans, Creative Clusters, UK (watch Video)
• Lions Club Benelux
• Group of international trainees of members of Parliament

___ Who We Are

Urban Rhizome is an Agency for City|Culture|Economy founded by Christine Bleks and Mustafa Tazeoğlu, with its headquarter in Duisburg-Marxloh/ Germany.

Alongside with its genuine work of developing and attending new models in the field of urbanity, (inter)cultural issues, and economy, Urban Rhizome offers Guided City Tours through Duisburg-Marxloh...more about Marxloh

Tourguide is Mustafa Tazeoğlu who was born and raised in Marxloh.
Since 2008 he has guided more than 1,500 visitors through the district.
Seminars and workshops are being led together by Christine Bleks und Mustafa Tazeoğlu.