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Zollverein Schacht XII

UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein, Areal A, 45309 Essen, Germany

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Detailed Information

Place Types Tourist attraction
Address UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein, Areal A, 45309 Essen, Germany
Coordinate 51.4864592,7.0447124
Website https://www.zollverein.de/
Rating 5
Compound Code F2PV+HV Essen, Germany

Openning hours

Monday Open 24 hours
Tuesday Open 24 hours
Wednesday Open 24 hours
Thursday Open 24 hours
Friday Open 24 hours
Saturday Open 24 hours
Sunday Open 24 hours

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Reviews

D. D. (01/06/2019)

I wasn't impressed by it. First, I had more expectation from an UNESCO World Heritage Site... As the website said, it supposed to have English guided tour. When I got there, I found out there is only in German. OK... Then, the lady from the tickets desk told us that the museum had inscription in German and in English. Nope. Many are only in German! A tourist cannot learn every language of every country visited, so maybe the organizers will start thinking globally, not locally, and write everything in English, too. Then, last piece of disappointment, there is no mine to visit, only the Museum and the site itself, from outside. Which could be indeed impressive for someone coming from out of space, but for me (I'm coming from Brasov, Romania - one of the top city of dead industry in the whole world), there is nothing new: ugly industrial buildings, big piles of iron, mud and fences... what's to see? Only the Museum is something worth to see, even is pretty expensive for what it shows - you can find all together (kind of meaningless) trails from the past and from the present. So for the Mammoth skeleton, the meteorite, and other pieces, I can give a star. Otherwise... hm!

Kath Milne (01/11/2020)

So much to see and do, absolutely love this place!

Vladimir Rybkin (09/30/2018)

A once largest coal mine in the world was turned into a museum and multifunctional cultural and business space. A magnificent masterpiece of industrial design and might. Nothing I have seen before. It includes the Ruhr museum, coke pland and a coal mine. The latter two are accessible with guided tours offered in German and English. It is surely worth visiting and deserves being included in the UNESCO world heritage list.