Wilmington Delaware

Don’t let Wilmington’s small scale fool you. Packed into its 45 square kilometers is a city of big significance. Halfway between New York and Washington, D.C., where the Christina and Brandywine rivers meet, Wilmington arose from the first Swedish settlement in the USA to become the “Corporate Capital of the World.” More than half of all Fortune 500 companies operate here. Once the last stop on the Underground Railroad, it was also once the domain of the famous du Pont family. In modern-day Wilmington, nine historic districts thrive alongside major performance venues, world-class dining and 225 hectares of parkland.