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.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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Datteln
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Datteln
Datteln is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Waltrop, 28km from Zollverein Coal Mine.
Datteln is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 36,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Waltrop, about 6 km away.
Datteln (German pronunciation: [ˈdatl̩n] ) is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the biggest canal junction in the world, where the Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal, and Rhein-Herne Canal intersect. It lies approximately 10 kmRead more
north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund.
Katja Seizinger, retired ski racing champion and triple Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln.
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Within an hour or so of Datteln: Zollverein Coal Mine (28 km), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (46 km).
Where is Datteln?
Datteln is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 6 km from Waltrop.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 36,338
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.6560, 7.3453
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
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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Worth the detour from Datteln
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
46 km · about 55 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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