Route of Industrial Heritage

HIGHLIGHTS

● Explore the finest of

Ruhr region’s industrial heritage and the highlights of German industrialisation during a compact 4-days tour. ● Visit the region’s most impressive industrial monuments, as well as famous UNESCO World

Heritage Sites. ● Enjoy the passion of your local guides’ – they all have their roots in the region and would never want to live anywhere else.

Day 01 – Essen & Duisburg

Arrival at Cologne/Bonn Airport and private transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon guided walk of Landscape Park Duisburg-Nord. As a decommissioned iron smelting works, the Landscape Park is one of the area’s most important industrial monuments. The park is around 200 hectares in size, and located in northern Duisburg, offering the finest in industrial heritage. Overnight in Essen.

Day 02 – Essen

Visit of the UNESCO World Heritage Zeche Zollverein and Ruhr Museum in Essen. Zeche Zollverein was once renowned as the most beautiful colliery in the world, it is now the most famous attraction of the Ruhr metropolis and also a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site. With its museum, restaurants, events and culture, the change that the region has undergone is truly visible here.

The Ruhr Museum is situated in the former coal washery of the Zollverein Coal Mine, Shaft XII. It considers itself as the memory of the Ruhr Metropolis. With more than 6,000 exhibits, its permanent exhibition features the fascinating natural and cultural history of the Ruhr Area. The present, the pre-industrial memory and the region’s dramatic history in the industrial era are illustrated on three levels. Overnight in Essen.

Day 03 – Bochum & Dortmund

In the morning visit of the German Mining Museum in Bochum, which provides comprehensive information on all the natural resources from the era of industrialisation to the present and is a must see during this journey. Then continue to Dortmund.

In the afternoon visit of Zeche Zollern. At first sight palatial redbrick facades and artistically adorned gables on buildings dotted around a grassy square are more reminiscent of an aristocratic residence than a coal mine. This was exactly one of the ideas behind the architecture of Zeche Zollern.

Today the “mansion of labour” is undoubtedly one of the most impressive testimonies to Germany’s industrial history. But the museum’s outstanding industrial architecture is only one of many different attractive facets. The various sections of the exhibition will take you into a world of harsh working conditions, and the stories of the men and women who worked in coalmining during the 20th century will bring this vividly to life. Overnight in Dortmund

Day 04 – Departure

After breakfast private transfer to Cologne/ Bonn Airport and end of tour.

4 DAY PRIVATE ITINERARY

FROM € 2.071* PER PERSON

Includes

• 3 nights accommodation incl. breakfast • Entrance fee to museums • Return airport transfers to accommodation