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the top 10 things to do in Essen - voted and ranked by the tripwolf community
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sight Villa Hügel
The Krupp family resided in the largest family house in the Ruhr district. Villa Hügel was built around 1873 on the orders of Alfred Krupp as a residence for his family. It is set in a park which slope...
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sight Kokerei und Zeche Zollverein
This cathedral of industrial culture in Essen is also a Unesco world heritage site. The industrial monument with its almost 100 m high chimneys was closed down in 1933. The old silo-like bunkers were c...
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museum / gallery Ruhrlandmuseum
The permanent geological exhibition is primarily concerned with the natural history of the Ruhr area. And: archaeological collection and permanent historico-cultural exhibition on the life of working ...
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sight Colosseum-Theater
The musical theatre accommodated in a gigantic factory hall is already worth seeing from an architectural aspect alone. Ship crankshafts and turbines used to be produced here.
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