Leverkusen on the Rhine is a city with many facets. About 160, 000 people live here, in both the metropolitan and the idyllic rural areas. Both of these -the village charm and the vibrant urban life-are often only a few kilometers apart, in some cases directly next to one another.
Leverkusen gained an international reputation as an industrialized city due to the company Bayer AG. And yet there is much more to it than that: a city with many recreational opportunities, green expanses, and the romantic Rhine. Halfway between the metropolises of Cologne and Düsseldorf, Leverkusen has developed its own quite special character over the course of its relatively short history.