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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
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Recklinghausen
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
About Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Herten, 18km from Zollverein Coal Mine.
Recklinghausen is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Herten, about 4 km away.
Recklinghausen (German pronunciation: [ˌʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊzn̩] ; Westphalian: Riäkelhusen) is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south. Recklinghausen is theRead more
60th-largest city in Germany and the 22nd-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Within an hour or so of Recklinghausen: Zollverein Coal Mine (18 km), Wuppertal Schwebebahn (40 km), Classic Remise Düsseldorf (53 km).
Where is Recklinghausen?
Recklinghausen is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, about 4 km from Herten.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 122,438
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 51.6138, 7.1974
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 Recklinghausen
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.
40 km · about 45 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.
53 km · about 60 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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