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The previous price was P 424 and current price is P 339 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 40m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Dive into the beating heart of the Ruhr area, where the soot-covered heritage of coal mining collides with a radically green future. This intimate tour takes you through the streets of Bottrop and explores the emotional upheavals of the coal phase-out in 2018. You will hear the fading echoes of camaraderie and witness the bold endeavor of a city to transform from a coal metropolis into a climate pioneer. It is a story of deep loss, resilient communities, and the physical ascent from the darkness underground to a breathtaking new perspective.

    • 5.9 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 160 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history, memory, and everyday society
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Rathaus Bottrop
    • 1 Ernst-Wilczok-Platz
    • 46236, Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Rathaus Bottrop
    • 1 Ernst-Wilczok-Platz
    • 46236, Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Podcast Tour Bottrop Echoes of Coal and Green Horizons in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 40 minutes2h 40m
    2h 40m
  • Opening hours: Mon 0:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
P 423.97
P 339.18 x 2 AdultsP 678.36
Total
The previous price was P 847.94 and current price is P 678.36
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
  • Inclusions
    Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Verified facts incorporated into an exciting story
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transportation options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Rathaus Bottrop

  • 10m
The civic heart of Bottrop, where the heavy political decisions about the end of coal and the green future of the city were made.

Innovation City Management GmbH

  • 10m
The headquarters of Bottrop's green transformation, representing the city's bold shift from coal to climate protection.

Provost Church of St. Cyriac

  • 10m
The Catholic main church of Bottrop, deeply intertwined with the mining culture and site of the emotional Barbaramesse.

Berliner Platz 8a

  • 10m
A classic Ruhr area kiosk that represents the everyday social fabric and the fading camaraderie culture over days.

Prosper II, Malakoffturm

  • 10m
The last remaining brick-built winding tower in Bottrop, a monument to the extreme physical labor and engineering of the mining era.

Tetraeder Bottrop Parkplatz

  • 10m
The foot of a massive spoil heap, representing the ecological heritage of mining and the physical effort of urban change.

Tetraeder

  • 10m
The grand finale on the summit, a steel monument that offers a panoramic view and a synthesis of Bottrop's past and future.

Location

Activity location

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    Rathaus Bottrop
    • 1 Ernst-Wilczok-Platz
    • 46236, Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Rathaus Bottrop
    • 1 Ernst-Wilczok-Platz
    • 46236, Bottrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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