What to do and see in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia: The Best Things to do Good for Big Groups

February 2, 2022 Agatha Simes

Essen began in the mid-9th century as home to a women's abbey, then during the Renaissance became an important coal mining town and later a major steel production center. The famed metal-working Krupp family opened their first foundry here in 1810. One of Essen's most interesting places is the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, once the largest colliery in the world. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it attracts 800,000 visitors a year, often hosting art exhibitions and performances.
Restaurants in Essen

1. Simply Out Tours

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5.0 based on 27 reviews

Simply Out Tours

The specialist on absolutly informative guides tours through the ruhr-region. Full-time tourist-guides, tour-guides and city-guides shows you on our 2 hours or 2 week tours the ruhr-region. Full of surprising green areas, industrial culture and idyllic pathes. We use bikes, busses, tram ore our feet's to go from one to another highlight.

2. Aalto Theater

Hyssenallee, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 8122200 http://aalto-musiktheater.de
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Aalto Theater

3. Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 45309, 45309 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 246810 http://www.zollverein.de/
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Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

Reviewed By KarinvanB

They are still re-opening/re-arranging areas of the old mines for the people. You can get on the terrain without paying a fee and just walk around. There is also a cycling path. I would suggest to visit the museum. The very long escalator is a highlight itself. There is plenty to see. You can have a drink afterwards at the cafe. Plenty of parkingspaces. The area is also good accessable by train. Everywhere in Essen you see pictures of the Zollverein. Happy I finally got to meet it, in real life????.

4. Villa Hugel

Essen-Bredeney, 45133 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 616290 [email protected] http://www.villahuegel.de
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4.5 based on 590 reviews

Villa Hugel

Reviewed By SERGUEY1969 - St. Petersburg, Russia

Very Nice Krupp Family House located in the Park nearby the river. Historical Place with more than 100 years History. I was pleased to be there.

5. Museum Folkwang

Museumsplatz 1, 45128 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 8845444 [email protected] http://www.museum-folkwang.de
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4.5 based on 489 reviews

Museum Folkwang

Reviewed By samuel8248 - Nuremberg, Germany

So far the best art museum I've visited in Germany. Amazing permanent collection. Way better than expected. Beautiful artworks

6. Ruhr Museum

Gelsenkirchener Str. 181 UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein, 45309 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 24681444 [email protected] http://www.ruhrmuseum.de
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Ruhr Museum

Reviewed By 355stefang - Brussels, Belgium

The Ruhr Museum is easily one of the best and most interesting museums I have ever visited anywhere in the world. Naturally, the fact the museum is in a HUGE, old industrial building is in itself extremely interesting. It's almost like one day the machines were just switched off, and then the next day a museum bloomed inside. Spread out over several floors, you will have to spend a day or even two to really see and read everything in the museum (most description cards were only in German, if I remember correctly, but there was also English for much of the museum). You can also go to the rooftop for wonderful views of the Zollverein complex. Obligatory giftshop and toilets available inside, as well. In the museum you'll gain an understanding of the impact the Ruhr Gebiet (Ruhr Valley/Area) had on the local population - how it was essentially their livelihood - and a good understanding of the impact industrialization has had on the environment, and what's being done about it today. There are numerous mining objects, countless gems, rocks, animals, etc., so many you'd think you actually went to a natural history museum. I can't express how fantastic this museum was. There is so much to see and the building itself and old mining machinery just make this an awesome experience. Highly recommended!

7. GOP Variete-Theater Essen

Rottstr. 30, 45127 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 2479393 [email protected] http://www.variete.de/spielorte/essen/
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GOP Variete-Theater Essen

Entziehen Sie sich mitten in der City einer Großstadt für einige Stunden dem alltäglichen Stress und gönnen Sie sich einen ganzen Abend voller Freude und Genuss mit Live-Unterhaltung in einem der schönsten Varieté-Theater Nordrhein-Westfalens: im GOP Varieté-Theater Essen. Unser Anspruch ist ebenso einfach wie maßlos: Ihnen einen unvergesslichen Abend zu bieten!

Reviewed By wuschof - Essen, Germany

Every visit with another programm was really fantastic. The theatre is cozy and nicely decorated. The service i very good an as well as food and beverages. I would visit the GOP Variete Theater always again.

8. Botanischer Garten Grugapark

Virchowstr. 167a, 45147 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 8883106 [email protected] http://www.grugapark.de
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Botanischer Garten Grugapark

Reviewed By KarinvanB

I took the metro to the park. There are 2 stations. From Gruga/Messe West it is only a few steps to the park. I enjoyed my early morning run here. I could just go through the gate without paying a fee. The park is beautiful! You can walk, run, place. Enjoy the water, statues and nature. For the kids there are trampolines and playgrounds. You can enjoy a coffee or snack at one of the bistros. It is nice to walk by the Ronald McDonald Haus designed by the architect Hundertwasser. There is also a path especially created for wheelchairs/strollers.

9. Essener Dom

Burgplatz, Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 2204206 http://www.dom-essen.de
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Essener Dom

10. Philharmonie Essen

Huyssenallee 53, 45128 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia Germany +49 201 81228801 http://www.philharmonie-essen.de
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Philharmonie Essen

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