Ruhr IV - Zeche Zollverein

This is the final post that completes the mini series of post about my trip to the Ruhr area. On my last day, I went to the Zeche Zollverein which is a former coal mine and coking plant.

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It’s the most famous industrial site in the area and made it on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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Since the weather was amazing in the morning, I first skipped the museum and instead started with a walk through the coking plant.

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Some parts were fenced off but a large portion of the outside of the plant is freely accessible. The large parking lots available here showed that in the summer it most likely gets very busy here.

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Eventually - when the weather had turned and it started raining - I made my way back to the mining part of the complex and participated in a guided tour. Our guide was a former worker in the mine which made this very authentic.

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Unfortunately, the underground parts of the mine are not accessible anymore so we just followed the coal processing above ground.

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I finished the day with a visit to the museum where I particularly enjoyed a photography exhibit with picture of workers and their families in their everyday life.