Recklinghausen
city in Recklinghausen District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Recklinghausen is a town of 114 000 in the northern Ruhr.
Understand
editGet in
editBy plane
editThe next international airport is Düsseldorf Airport. Dortmund Airport offers budget flights to the Mediterranean and eastern europe.
By train
edit- 1 Recklinghausen Hauptbahnhof (Central Station), Europaplatz. Central station, served by regional and local trains, in addition to occasional daily IC and ICE. The station has lifts.
- 2 Recklinghausen Süd station (along Hochlarmarkstraße, Bus stop RE Süd Bf Lines 201, 210, NE1). Small regional stop, no facilities except ticket machine, just platforms.
Get around
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Map of Recklinghausen
Public transport is run by VESTISCHE in accordance to VRR tariffs. The central bus station is right in front of the Hauptbahnhof, on Europaplatz. A customer service centre can be found here too. Local buses serve the city and adjacent cities and towns. Tickets can be bought from bus drivers, bring cash.
See
edit- 1 Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen. A museum of Eastern Orthodox religious icons.
- 2 Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Große-Perdekamp-Str. 25-27 (just outside the Hauptbahnhof). Tu-Su and holidays 10:00-18:00. Art Exhibition €5.00, reduced €2.50.
- 3 Recklinghausen substation (Umspannwerk), Uferstr. 2-4 ("Hochlarmarkstr." Buses SB20, 201, NE1, NE5). T-Su 10:00-17:00. Also serves as a museum, deals with the history and relation of electricity with the industry and development of the Ruhr area. Part of the industrial Heritage Route. Standard €4.00 reduced €2.50.
- 4 Museum Jerke.
- 5 Saint Peter church (Propsteikirche St. Peter), Kirchplatz 2a.
- 6 Ruhrfestspielhaus, Otto-Burrmeister-Allee 1. Theatre erected in the 1950s in the Bauhaus style of architecture
Do
edit- 1 Trainingsbergwerk Recklinghausen. You can do a guided tour of this former training mine.
- 2 Ruhrfestspielhaus.
- 3 Mollbeck public pool (Freibad Mollbeck), Nesselrodestr. 8 (Stop Freibad Mollbeck bus 220). M-Sa 07:00-20:00 So 07:30-20:00. Adult €3.50, children to 15yrs €2.50.
Buy
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editSleep
edit- 1 Hotel Garni (Grafenwall), Grafenwall 11, 45657 Recklinghausen, ☏ +49 2361 25334, info@hotel-garni-recklinghausen.de. Check-in: 13:00 - 23:00, check-out: 11:00.
- 2 Hotel Albers, Markt 3. Small family-run hotel in the middle of the town centre
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editGo next
edit- Bochum, partying, the german mining museum and a huge university
- Essen, Zollverein Mine is designated UNESCO world heritage, plenty of green space
- Düsseldorf, capital of NRW state, japanese community, fashion and shopping
- Cologne, home of the famous cathedral, carnival and vibrant queer community