Events
The industrial culture route and its locations offer a wide range of events on the subject of industrial culture and much more. In the heart of the Ruhr area, there are guided tours and exhibitions on the history of coal, coke and steel, as well as dance, music and art in front of a fascinating, historical industrial backdrop.
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Guided tours at the Zollverein World Heritage Site
The industrial culture panorama of the Ruhr region and North Rhine-Westphalia In the information exhibition in the coal washing plant, visitors can learn about the structural change in the Ruhr metropolis at various stations, find out about the anchor points of the Industrial Culture Route and other industrial culture highlights in North Rhine-Westphalia and Europe. Interactive displays and showcases with original objects make the industrial culture vivid.
Nature Tour at Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex What a blaze of color! In June, the wild plants around the coal mine and coking plant seem to compete for the best blooms, and this delights not only the strollers in Zollverein Park...
English guided tour About coal and miners – from the impressive architecture at Zollverein to the state-of-the-art techniques and the miners' work.
Publieke rondleiding in the Nederlands Naast de indrukwekkende architectuur kunnen de bezoekers het werk en de techniek van de “mooiste” en ooit largest mijn van de world leren get to know.
Listen, tell, exchange ideas “Auf ein Çay” is the name of the series of discussions at Zollverein, where people from the neighborhood and beyond meet for a storytelling café. And everyone can have a say.
A former miner shows his mine The special features of what was once the largest mine in the world, combined with personal experiences and lively anecdotes - this is what you will experience when you accompany a former miner on his “late shift”.
A challenge for urban acrobats aged 8 and up: Parkour is the name for a particularly creative form of movement technique. The course consists of various combinations of cubes, bars, and walls. This training is aimed at girls who enjoy testing their limits and working on balance, jumping, strength, and creativity together with other movement-enthusiastic acrobats.
Guided tour of the mine for amateur photographers Explore the vast grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site with your camera: Accompanied by local guides, you will go off the beaten track in the historic original facilities of the mine in search of motifs.
Guided tour of the history of art at Zollverein During the art walk through the mine you will gain insight into the history of art at Zollverein, which began with the closure of the mine. Which workshops were and are located at Zollverein, which creative people settled?
Combined tour through the Ruhr Museum and the Zollverein site. Are disused mines dreary and gray? Not even close! Remote dumps, old fire pits and rusty pipelines are an ideal habitat for many plants and animals. With the guided walk “Green Tracks” you will get an overview of the species that would not live here without industrial wasteland. A discovery tour of diversity – on the World Heritage site and in the Ruhr Museum.
On tour with a real buddy for children aged 6 to 12. A real buddy takes children aged 6 to 12 on a tour of his pütt. There they find out how he and his buddies used to work, listen to the sounds of a rope ride, look at real miner's lamps and find out why safety has always been the top priority in mining.
Guided tour on the topic of underground mining During this guided tour through the underground world of Zollverein, you will learn on level 0 of the former mining bunker how coal was mined and under what conditions the miners worked in the so-called "mine operation" of the Zollverein mine.
What makes good design? The 30-minute exploration tour through the world's largest exhibition of contemporary design trains your eye for good design and provides information about the fascinating architecture of the house.
Evening tour of the mine and coking plant A highlight in many ways: At the end of this evening tour, enjoy the atmospheric atmosphere on the roof of the mixing plant with a view of the impressive coking plant.
Guided tour of the coal washing plant On this tour you will get to know the original facilities of what was once the largest building in the Zollverein colliery and the second part of the coal route.
Guided tour on the path of the coal and through the Ruhr Museum On a double shift in the former coal wash: The largest building in the Zollverein colliery, the coal wash, is now a central place for the history of the Ruhr area. In addition to the original above-ground facilities of the Zollverein Monument Trail, it is home to the Ruhr Museum, the regional museum of the Ruhr area.
Bus tour of the Zollverein World Heritage Site Get to know the 100-hectare site comfortably and without long walks: The one-hour tour in an environmentally friendly e-bus takes you along the 3,5-kilometer-long ring promenade, through the Zollverein Park and past all the important buildings of the XII and 1/2/8 mines as well as the Zollverein coking plant.
Creative workshop in Hall 10: Whether acrylic paint, charcoal pencils, or pastels – creativity is the order of the day in the art workshop at Zollverein. Together with course instructor Oksana, young people aged 12 and up can experiment with various materials, painting, and design techniques. They will draw, paint, and sculpt.
Sun + outside = kick it! The combination of football (soccer) and golf offers all sports-loving Zollverein fans the perfect opportunity to discover the diversity of the world heritage while playing in the open air.
Teamwork for children aged 5 and over and their families The hands-on activity at Zollverein Schacht 1/2/8 is full of lots of varied activities. Families with children aged 5 to 12 get to know the work processes in a mine in an active and playful way.
Light and space The work by the German-American artist Maria Nordman, which is embedded in the passageway of the former boiler ash bunker, consists of two rooms. Each of them offers visitors unusual perspectives and inspiration.
