Industry & Heritage

Hardly any smoking chimneys are left, most winding towers stand still, steel hammers are silent. The days of heavy industry are over. Impressive buildings are still there, witnesses of days gone by, turned into unique visitor attracttions.

The Ruhr metropolis, once a center of coal and steel industries, has become one of the most thrilling cultural regions in Europe. Former industry plants are now home to arts and culture, entertainment, sport and relaxation. Prime example is Zollverein in Essen: what used to be the biggest and most modern coal mine in the world is now protected by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

Get ready for a unique experience discovering the industrial heritage of the Ruhr: breath-taking exhibitions in the Oberhausen Gasometer, climbing on top of the blast furnaces at Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord or ice-skating in front the old coke oven plant in Essen. Exciting discoveries any time of year!

 

Picture Gallery Industry & Heritage

 
 
Das Gebäude Zollverein mit dem Förderturm bei Nacht.

Weltkulturerbe Zeche und Kokerei Zollverein

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Gasholder Oberhausen

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Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord bei Nacht mit der Lichtinszenierung von Jonathan Park.

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

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Das Bild zeigt eine Aussenaufnahme der Jahrhunderthalle bei Dämmerung. Durch die Beleuchtung erstrahlt die Jahrhunderthalle in einem besonderen Ambiente.

Jahrhunderthalle Bochum

Jahrhunderthalle Bochum is one of the unique venues for concerts and theatre productions.

Jahrhunderthalle has become one of the Ruhr landmarks, once the gas power station of Bochum's steel mills and today an exciting location for arts and culture, an extraordinary example for the change from old industrial use to being a modern place for events.

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Das Bild zeigt eine alte Maschinenanlage der Zeche Zollern.

Zeche Zollern

"Palace of Labour" was the nickname of one of the most beautiful coal mine builings in the Ruhr. Most famous icon: the machinery hall with an extraordinary Art Nouveau portal.

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