Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

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Best time to go: May–September
Budget: $$$
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Once the most productive colliery in the Ruhr, the Zollverein complex at Essen pairs the complete apparatus of a coal-mining and coking operation with buildings of striking Bauhaus-influenced design. Its steel headframe and geometric halls stand as remarkable evidence of the rise and fall of the heavy industry that powered Germany for a century and a half. UNESCO inscribed the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex as a World Heritage Site in 2001.

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