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.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Herne
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Herne
Herne is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Hordel, 14km from Zollverein Coal Mine.
Herne is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 170,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hordel, about 6 km away.
Herne station was opened in the inner city of Herne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1847 together with the Cologne-Minden trunk line. It was located between the village of Herne, which had about 1,000 inhabitants, and the moated castle of Schloss Strünkede and was south of the current station onRead more
Von-der-Heydt-Strasse. It soon had a connection to the more southerly city of Bochum, which until 14 years later did not have its own station. For this reason the station was called Herne-Bochum until 1855.
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Within an hour or so of Herne: Zollverein Coal Mine (14 km), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (32 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (47 km).
Where is Herne?
Herne is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 6 km from Hordel.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 172,108
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.5388, 7.2257
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 Herne
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Wuppertal Schwebebahn
The world's oldest electric suspension railway glides above the Wupper River, a 1901 engineering marvel still in daily use.
32 km · about 35 min drive
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Classic Remise Düsseldorf
A magnificent classic car centre in a restored locomotive roundhouse filled with rare vehicles, workshops, and automotive lifestyle shops.
47 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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