North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany
Where to stay in Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, home to about 168,000 people. This guide covers 1 aparthotel in Leverkusen, with about 30 rooms between them.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- May, June and September
- Nearest airport
- CGN22 km · Cologne Bonn Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Leverkusen
Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the south, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne, and to the north the state capital, Düsseldorf.
Leverkusen is a relatively young city; its history is strongly linked to the growth of the Bayer chemical and pharmaceutical plants. Until the mid-19th century, there were some smaller settlements, including today's boroughs Opladen or Schlebusch, but no city of Leverkusen as such. In 1861, the chemist Carl Leverkus (1804–1889) founded his synthetic ultramarine factory near the village of Wiesdorf. His workers' settlement was named Leverkusen after its founder. In 1891, the paint and pharmaceutical company Bayer AG, which was founded in Wuppertal-Barmen, moved their production to Leverkusen.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Leverkusen
See
- Morsbroich Museum
- Bayer-Kreuz
- Japanese Garden
Do
- Leverkusen Jazz Days
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Where to stay
Places to stay in Leverkusen
1 place to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Leverkusen Wiesdorfer Platz aparthotel | 30 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Leverkusen
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Nikii Boutique Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| THE CURVE Hotel BayArena Leverkusen | 1.5 km |
All 3 hotels in Leverkusen, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Leverkusen
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Leverkusen are May, June and September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 86 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Leverkusen: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), about 22 km from the city centre in a straight line; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS, 32 km) and Dortmund Airport (DTM, 69 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Though it is a mid-sized city located in a dense urban area, Leverkusen is an oddball in terms of transportation. It is the largest German settlement without a proper central station (Hauptbahnhof). 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 train, Düsseldorf Airport can be reached by Regional trains. Other airports within close proximity of Leverkusen are Dortmund and Weeze.
Getting around
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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CGN · Cologne Bonn Airport
DUS · Düsseldorf Airport
DTM · Dortmund Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Leverkusen
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Leverkusen: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Leverkusen?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Leverkusen are May, June and September. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 86 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Leverkusen?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), about 22 km from the city centre in a straight line; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS, 32 km) and Dortmund Airport (DTM, 69 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Leverkusen?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Leverkusen
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.