National park
Grafenberg Forest
Oak and beech woodland with a free wildlife park, steep trails and a lookout over the city.
0:00≈ 2 min
Location
0:00≈ 2 min
About this audio guide
This guide to the Grafenberg Forest in Düsseldorf turns on one December evening in nineteen forty-four, when a British bomber returning from a raid on Essen met a German night fighter over the Ruhr. It follows the airmen from England, Canada and New Zealand aboard, and the wildlife park keepers and volunteer archaeologists who took up their story generations later. Best heard near the red deer enclosure, or at the little square by the Rennbahnstrasse car park.
This audio guide was created using AI.