museum
Zollverein Coal Mine
A Bauhaus-styled colliery and UNESCO icon of the Ruhr, now a striking park of red walkways, museums and a winter ice rink.
20 km · about 25 min drive
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
Castrop-Rauxel is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Neue Kolonie Westhausen, 20km from Zollverein Coal Mine.
Castrop-Rauxel is a town located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 77,924, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Castrop-Rauxel (German pronunciation: [ˌkastʁɔpˈʁaʊksl̩] ), often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
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Castrop-Rauxel is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 51.5566 latitude, 7.3116 longitude.
Castrop-Rauxel has a population of approximately 77,924 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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museum
A Bauhaus-styled colliery and UNESCO icon of the Ruhr, now a striking park of red walkways, museums and a winter ice rink.
20 km · about 25 min drive
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The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A magnificent classic car centre in a restored locomotive roundhouse filled with rare vehicles, workshops, and automotive lifestyle shops.
53 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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