Address: Kapellener Straße (L201) 41472 Neuss (Holzheim)

More: www.rhein-kreis-neuss.de

ESSEN - Cultural Powerhouse of the Ruhr Metropolis

Zeche Zollverein - UNESCO listing for Zollverein: The Zollverein colliery and coking plant ensemble has been listed by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site. Address: Zeche Zollverein Schacht XII, Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

Villa Huegel

In the Villa Huegel, the "Ruhr Cultural Foundation" ("Kulturstiftung Ruhr") regularly organizes world class cultural history exhibitions.
Address: Huegel 15, 45133 Essen (Bredeney)

Museum Folkwang

All epoch-making art periods from the romantics to the modern avantgarde are represented in the Folkwang Museum by excellent exhibits: paintings, graphics, and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries, a first class collection on the history of photography, antique ceramics and some examples of Far Eastern and African art. Address: Goethestr. 41, 45128 Essen

red dot design museum

at Design Center North-Rhine Westphalia: Well designed products from kitchen cutlery, notebooks and a sawing machine, to a multi-functional settee or sports car.
Address: Gelsenkirchener Straße 181, 45309 Essen (Essen-Katernberg) former boiler house of Zeche Zollverein Schacht XII 

More about Culture in Essen
www.essen.de/…

More about Essen as the cultural powerhouse of the Ruhr Metropolis:
www.essen-fuer-das-ruhrgebiet.ruhr2010.de/…

RUHR.VISITORCENTER in the Ruhr Metropolis

Visitor Centers are being created in five central locations to function as tourist "hubs" for the Ruhr Metropolis.They are the arrival terminals at the heart of newly developed urban centres containing an attractive mix of venues, events and cultural facilities of every shape and size. Essen, Duisburg, Oberhausen, Bochum and Dortmund are the locations for the Visitor Centers.

Opening hours:

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Essen: daily 10a.m. - 8p.m.; address: Gelsenkirchener Str. 181, 45309 Essen

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Bochum: Mon-Fri 9a.m. - 6p.m., Sat 10a.m. - 4p.m.; address: Huestraße 9, 44787 Bochum 

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Dortmund: Mon-Sat 10a.m. - 6p.m., Sun+Holidays: 10a.m. - 2p.m.; address: Brinkhoffstraße 4, 44137 Dortmund

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Duisburg: Mon-Sat 10a.m. - 7.30p.m., Sun 10a.m. - 2p.m. (Apr. 1st - Oct 1st, 2010); address: Königstraße 39, 47051 Duisburg 

RUHR.VISITORCENTER Oberhausen: Mon-Sat 10a.m. - 8p.m., Sun 10a.m. - 2p.m; address: Platz der Guten Hoffnung, Promenade 77 46047 Oberhausen

More about the visitocenters: www.essen-fuer-das-ruhrgebiet.ruhr2010.de/…

Sightseeing in Cologne

Cologne was built on ground that is steeped in history. Numerous cultural monuments from the past 2000 years, such as the famous Roman Dionysus mosaic, the medieval Overstolzenhaus and the Gürzenich Hall, as well as modern structures such as the opera house (1957) and the Media Park (from 1989 onwards) are found in this city.

Cologne Cathedral: Cologne cathedral with its two spires mounting up to 157 metres each, has been the city's most famous landmark for centuries and the most well-known architectural monument in Germany. More:http://www.koelner-dom.de/

Guerzenich Hall: The Guerzenich became the representative and dance hall of the citizen of Cologne (15th century). 

Overstolzenhaus: The Romanesque patrician's house was built in the twenties of the 13th Century.

More: www.koeln.de/…

Sightseeing in Duesseldorf

Media Harbour: The slanting towers and modern structures fascinate international connoisseurs of architecture.

Museum Kunstpalast: The focus of Düsseldorf's museum landscape is on art museums:

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf: Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Grabbeplatz 4; 40213 Duesseldorf

Mustard Museum: It is located at Berger Straße 29

More: www.duesseldorf.de/…