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At ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, you can experience a "world tour in a day" 365 days a year in the heart of the Ruhr region. Covering an area of more than 30 hectares, the themed areas of Alaska, Africa, and Asia offer around 900 animals of over 100 species a home that closely resembles their natural habitat.

The Gelsenkirchen Art Museum is a municipal museum in Gelsenkirchen-Buer. Besides art from the first half of the 20th century, a large collection of kinetic art forms the museum's main focus.

The Red Dot Design Museum is a design museum in Essen, operated by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen e. V. Since 1997, the museum has been located in the former boiler house of the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, which was redesigned for its new purpose by Norman Foster.

The Ruhr Museum, formerly Ruhrlandmuseum, is a natural and cultural history museum for the Ruhr region in Essen, with a wide range of holdings and departments.

Beck Castle Leisure Park offers children and parents a colorful mix of exciting rides, adventurous playgrounds, and indoor playhouses (perfect for when the sun takes a break) for letting off steam, hiding, and climbing. Here you can also relax amidst beautiful nature, in the lovingly landscaped castle park, or on our idyllic castle pond.

Movie Park Germany near Bottrop-Kirchhellen is a seasonal theme park with a focus on film. In addition to rides and shows based on movies across seven themed areas, there are studios where television and film productions have been filmed.

The Museum Folkwang is an art museum in Essen. It was opened in 1902 in Hagen by the art patron Karl Ernst Osthaus under the name Folkwang Museum and for a long time played a pioneering role in the field of modern art.

Not a prehistoric stone circle, but an imposing calendar structure of the 21st century: The breathtaking highlight on the northern summit plateau is the horizon observatory.

The Jerke Museum is a privately funded and operated art museum in Recklinghausen. According to the Polish Institute Düsseldorf, it is the first museum outside of Poland to exclusively exhibit modern Polish art.

The DASA – Working World Exhibition is a museum in Dortmund, opened in 1993 as the German Occupational Safety and Health Exhibition, and sees itself as a creative learning place for safety and health at work with leisure value.

The Icon Museum Recklinghausen, opened in 1956, invites you on a journey into the world of Eastern Orthodox art. It houses over 4,000 icons, embroideries, miniatures, and wood and metalwork from Russia, Greece, and other countries of the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. The exhibits include works of art of the highest quality as well as everyday objects. Recklinghausen is thus home to the most important museum of Eastern Orthodox art outside the Orthodox world.

The German Mining Museum Bochum – founded in 1930 – is one of eight research museums of the Leibniz Association. It researches, communicates, and preserves the history of the extraction, processing, and use of georesources across different eras. Its research areas include: archaeometallurgy, mining history, materials science, mining archaeology, as well as the research laboratory and the Mining History Documentation Center (montan.dok).

Strünkede Castle is a moated castle in the Baukau district of Herne, situated in the middle of an extensive castle park. Until the end of the 18th century, the castle was the seat of the baronial von Strünkede family. Since 1938, it has housed the cultural and local history collections of the Emschertal Museum.

Enjoy your holiday at the Wananas sports and adventure pool. They offer pure relaxation and wellness, as well as bathing and water fun for the whole family, including a great water slide.

Discover the fascinating world of archaeology and cultural history, which is anything but superficial. Immerse yourself in the permanent exhibition and delve deep into the archaeological memory of humankind.

The Bochum Zoo - Fossilium is located in the heart of the city, right next to the city park and the famous Bismarck Tower. The Bochum Zoo is home to 3,300 animals of approximately 350 species.

Experience pure energy in Germany's largest electricity museum and embark on a journey through the history of electrification. The "Electricity Time Travel" exhibit vividly illustrates how electricity came to the people of the Ruhr region and fundamentally changed their lives and work.