Stone im Ratinger Hof

Düsseldorf


In the 1980s, Ratinger Hof was the hub of Düsseldorf's underground scene and a birthplace of German punk. A techno temple in the '90s, it's again the place for indie and alt rock. Depending on the night, tousled boho types, emos in skinny jeans and sneaker-wearing students thrash it out to everything from noise pop to indietronic to punk'n'roll.


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