Your visit
WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT
Opening hours
The WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT is open from November 17, 2023, to January 01, 2024, but not every day. For the exact opening days, please take a look at our calendar. During the open days, visitors are welcome from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Please note that the last entry is one hour before the closing of the castle park. We look forward to welcoming you on these special days in our magical Christmas world.
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* Opening hours are subject to change without notice.
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* Opening hours are subject to change without notice.
Your time slot ticket
To ensure that you can enjoy your time with us to the full, our visitor admission is regulated accordingly. The admission time indicated on your ticket grants you admission within a 20-minute time window. We ask that you pass through the entrance area within these 20 minutes. For example, if your admission time on your ticket is 17:20, the period from 17:20 to 17:40 is open for you to enter the entrance.
There is no time limit on your stay in the palace park, so you will of course have plenty of time to linger and enjoy yourself.
For a smooth visit to the "WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT", we recommend purchasing tickets in advance via www.eventim.de or www.eventim.nl
There is no time limit on your stay in the palace park, so you will of course have plenty of time to linger and enjoy yourself.
For a smooth visit to the "WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT", we recommend purchasing tickets in advance via www.eventim.de or www.eventim.nl
Arrival and parking
The entrance to WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT is located to the right next to the main castle at the Natural History Museum.
The eastern path next to the castle, leading from the castle square towards the orangery, remains accessible even during the ongoing operations of the Christmas market and the WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT from 4 pm onwards. Thus, no detours arise for pedestrians.
Address:
Schloss Benrath
Benrather Schloßallee 100-106
40597 Düsseldorf
With public transport
Public transport is included in all tickets from the entire VRR area.
The eastern path next to the castle, leading from the castle square towards the orangery, remains accessible even during the ongoing operations of the Christmas market and the WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT from 4 pm onwards. Thus, no detours arise for pedestrians.
Address:
Schloss Benrath
Benrather Schloßallee 100-106
40597 Düsseldorf
With public transport
Public transport is included in all tickets from the entire VRR area.
- Line U71 from Düsseltal via the city centre to Benrath, stop at Benrath Palace.
- Line U83 from Gerresheim via city centre to Benrath, Schloss Benrath stop
- S6, RE1, RE5 to Benrath S-Bahn station, 10-minute walk
By car
A59, A46, exit Benrath
Parking
Please note the limited parking facilities around Benrath Palace. We therefore recommend travelling by public transport. You have the option of using the nearby multi-storey car parks: Cäciliestraße multi-storey car park and the Schlossgarage on Paulistraße.
In the car park "Schlossgarage" in there is a limited number of parking spaces available for visitors to the "WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT" in the period from 17.11.2023 to 01.01.2024 between 17:00-22:30, (Mon.-Sun., except public holidays), for a fee. Vehicles can be driven out of the garage at any time (24/7).
Further information under www.schloss-benrath.de
Benrath Palace:
Benrath Palace was built as a "maison de plaisance" and served as a summer residence. Elector Carl Theodor von der Pfalz and his wife Elisabeth Augusta had the palace built between 1755 and 1771 according to plans by the Palatine court architect Nicolas de Pigage. In its architectural structure, it is one of the best-preserved pleasure and hunting palaces. The Corps de Logis is the architectural highlight of the palace, which consists of five building sections. Today, the annexes house the Museum of Garden Art, the Natural History Museum, the castle café and a museum shop.
The listed palace park covers more than 61 hectares, of which around 45 hectares are designated as a nature reserve. The park is of high quality in terms of horticultural art as well as cultural and natural history. Commissioned to redesign the area around the old moated castle, Nicolas Pigage transformed the old game park into a large boskett, which was reforested and made accessible by a regular system of paths in a star shape. In addition to the boskett, the park is characterised by bodies of water such as the palace and mirror ponds as well as a cascade and the gardens of the electress and elector in front of the electoral flats. The park with its integrated gardens and water areas is inseparably linked to the palace architecture.
In March 2000, the "Stiftung Schloss und Park Benrath" (Benrath Palace and Park Foundation) was established, a foundation under private law based in the state capital Düsseldorf. The primary objective of the foundation is to preserve the palace and park as a total work of art, to use them in a manner appropriate to their status as monuments, to make them accessible to the public and to highlight them as a cultural attraction.
Further information about Benrath Palace can be found at https://www.schloss-benrath.de/
Round off your WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT experience at the weekends with a visit to the Christmas market at Benrath Palace:
CONTEMPLATIVE PRE-CHRISTMAS SEASON on the palace forecourt
Atmospheric lights, cosy wooden huts and soft Christmas music enchant the Schlossvorplatz during the Advent season. The festive ambience sets the mood for the pre-Christmas season and inspires individual gift ideas. Elaborate arts and crafts and culinary delicacies invite you to browse in the huts.
24.11.2023 until 23.12.2023
Fridays to Sundays
Opening hours of the Christmas market on the castle forecourt:
Friday 2pm - 9pm
Saturday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday 11 - 20 h
Saturday, 23.12.2023 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The Christmas Market will be closed on Totensonntag, 26.11.2023.
https://www.schloss-benrath.de/weihnachtsmarkt
Benrath Palace was built as a "maison de plaisance" and served as a summer residence. Elector Carl Theodor von der Pfalz and his wife Elisabeth Augusta had the palace built between 1755 and 1771 according to plans by the Palatine court architect Nicolas de Pigage. In its architectural structure, it is one of the best-preserved pleasure and hunting palaces. The Corps de Logis is the architectural highlight of the palace, which consists of five building sections. Today, the annexes house the Museum of Garden Art, the Natural History Museum, the castle café and a museum shop.
The listed palace park covers more than 61 hectares, of which around 45 hectares are designated as a nature reserve. The park is of high quality in terms of horticultural art as well as cultural and natural history. Commissioned to redesign the area around the old moated castle, Nicolas Pigage transformed the old game park into a large boskett, which was reforested and made accessible by a regular system of paths in a star shape. In addition to the boskett, the park is characterised by bodies of water such as the palace and mirror ponds as well as a cascade and the gardens of the electress and elector in front of the electoral flats. The park with its integrated gardens and water areas is inseparably linked to the palace architecture.
In March 2000, the "Stiftung Schloss und Park Benrath" (Benrath Palace and Park Foundation) was established, a foundation under private law based in the state capital Düsseldorf. The primary objective of the foundation is to preserve the palace and park as a total work of art, to use them in a manner appropriate to their status as monuments, to make them accessible to the public and to highlight them as a cultural attraction.
Further information about Benrath Palace can be found at https://www.schloss-benrath.de/
Round off your WEIHNACHTS WUNDERWELT experience at the weekends with a visit to the Christmas market at Benrath Palace:
CONTEMPLATIVE PRE-CHRISTMAS SEASON on the palace forecourt
Atmospheric lights, cosy wooden huts and soft Christmas music enchant the Schlossvorplatz during the Advent season. The festive ambience sets the mood for the pre-Christmas season and inspires individual gift ideas. Elaborate arts and crafts and culinary delicacies invite you to browse in the huts.
24.11.2023 until 23.12.2023
Fridays to Sundays
Opening hours of the Christmas market on the castle forecourt:
Friday 2pm - 9pm
Saturday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sunday 11 - 20 h
Saturday, 23.12.2023 from 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
The Christmas Market will be closed on Totensonntag, 26.11.2023.
https://www.schloss-benrath.de/weihnachtsmarkt
