RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr is a tourism office in Essen, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia which is located on Gelsenkirchener Straße. RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr is situated nearby to Ruhr Museum, as well as near Gleisharfe (Süd).

Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Type: Tourism office
Address: Gelsenkirchener Straße, Katernberg, Essen
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruhr Museum and Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex.

Ruhr Museum

Museum

Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ruhr Museum, formerly the Ruhrland Museum, is a diverse natural history and cultural history museum for the Ruhrgebiet in Essen, Germany. The sponsor is the Stiftung Ruhr Museum. The director since 2012 is the historian Heinrich Theodor Grütter.

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

Park

Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until 23 December 1986. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is situated 320 metres northwest of RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr.

Red Dot Design Museum

Museum

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Red Dot Design Museum is situated 280 metres northeast of RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pestalozzidorf „Im Grund“ and Kolonie Hegemannshof.

Pestalozzidorf „Im Grund“

Neighborhood

Photo: Es-Punkt-Ge-Punkt, CC0.

Pestalozzidorf „Im Grund“ is a neighborhood.

Kolonie Hegemannshof

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kolonie Hegemannshof is a neighborhood.

Altenessen

Suburb

Altenessen is a northern borough of the city of Essen, Germany. Officially it is divided into the two boroughs of Altenessen-Nord and Altenessen-Süd. Because of its size, Altenessen was divided into two parts, when it was incorporated into the city of Essen in 1915.

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen / Besucherzentrum Ruhr

Categories: information and tourism
Location: Essen, Düsseldorf, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

51.48593° or 51° 29′ 9″ north

Longitude

7.04209° or 7° 2′ 32″ east

Operator

Stiftung Zollverein

Open location code

9F39F2PR+9R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5532831818

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=information

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

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Highlights include Gleisharfe (Süd) and Kohlenwäsche.

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