Recklinghausen is a town of 114 000 in the northern Ruhr.
Understand
[edit]Get in
[edit]By plane
[edit]The 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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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Hotel Garni (Grafenwall), Grafenwall 11, 45657 Recklinghausen, ☏ +49 2361 25334, [email protected]. 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
Buy
[edit]Connect
[edit]Go 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
