Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Wuppertal, Germany
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12.3 km
540 m
Experience Wuppertal in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in WuppertalSight 1: Herz Jesu
Herz Jesu is the Catholic church in the Wuppertal district of Unterbarmen.
Sight 2: Astropfad: Saturn
The Astropfad is a planetary trail in Wuppertal and thus a model of the solar system.
Sight 3: Hardthöhlen
The Hardt Caves are a large cave system in the city of Wuppertal. The caves under the Hardt Gardens, a park on the Hardtberg in the city area, are not open to the public.
Sight 4: Bismarckturm Wuppertal
The Bismarck Tower in Wuppertal stands on the site of the Hardtanlage, a park-like mountain ridge in the centre of Wuppertal on the border between the districts of Elberfeld and Barmen.
Sight 5: Hardtanlage
The Hardt-Anlagen, or usually abbreviated the Hardt, are a park on the partly wooded hill Hardtberg in the inner city area of Wuppertal, on the border between the districts of Elberfeld and Barmen.
Sight 6: Elisenturm
The Elisenturm is a 21-metre-high observation tower in Wuppertal in a park on the Hardt ridge, north of the Wupper.
Sight 7: Botanischer Garten
The Botanischer Garten Wuppertal, also known as the Botanischer Garten der Stadt Wuppertal, is a municipal botanical garden located at Elisenhöhe 1, Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is open daily without charge.
Sight 8: Waldbühne Hardt
The Waldbühne auf der Hardt is a venue in Wuppertal, Germany. The open-air stage is located on the grounds of the Hardt Landscape Park in the Elberfeld district.
Sight 9: Ziegenburghöhlen
The Ziegenburg Caves are three nearby caves in the city of Wuppertal.
Sight 10: St. Marien Kirche
The Church of St. Mary in Wuppertal is the second sacred building built in the 19th century for the Catholic community of Elberfeld.
Sight 11: Sopp'scher Pavillon
The Sopp'sche Pavillon is a former automobile salon and workshop from the 1950s in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, which has been a listed building since 1998.
Sight 12: Dürer-Haus
The Dürer House is a listed former school building in the Elberfeld district of Wuppertal. It is located on the eastern side of Wuppertal's main railway station on Döppersberg Street.
Sight 13: Kolkmannhaus
The Kolkmannhaus is a former commercial building or department store in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, which is now used as an office building. It is the most famous start-up centre in the city.
Sight 14: Rex Filmtheater
Rex-Theater is a historically protected theatre in Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Sight 15: Köbohaus
The Köbo-Haus is a listed building at Alte Freiheit 26 in the Elberfeld district of the city of Wuppertal. It is the only house in the city that is built over the Wupper.
Sight 16: Armenpflegedenkmal
The neoclassical Elberfeld Monument to the Preservation of the Poor is the work of the Elberfeld sculptor Wilhelm Neumann-Torborg (1856–1917), which was erected on 24 September 1903 on the church square of the "Old Reformed Church of Elberfeld". The occasion was the 50th anniversary of the existence of the "Elberfeld System".
Sight 17: Jubiläumsbrunnen
The Jubilee Fountain is located on the northeastern side of Neumarkt, one of the most important inner-city squares in Wuppertal's Elberfeld district.
Wikipedia: Jubiläumsbrunnen (Wuppertal) (DE), Heritage Website
Sight 18: Ein neuer erfolgreicher Tag
A new successful day, popularly known as the Tie Man, is the title of a sculpture that shows a young businessman in black suit trousers and a white shirt on a concrete pedestal in a handstand pose with a tie and briefcase. The artwork is located in Wuppertal in the Elberfeld district at the so-called Kasinokreisel, the area between Herzogstraße, Friedrich-Ebert-Straße and Kasinostraße. The artwork was made by the Belgian conceptual artist Guillaume Bijl and was installed here in 2008.
Sight 19: Haus Daniel von der Heydt
The Daniel Von der Heydt House is a listed villa in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße.
Sight 20: Palais Meckel
The Palais Meckel is a listed villa in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße. The villa has a carriage house.
Sight 21: Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal
Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal is a public credit institution based in Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its business area is the city of Wuppertal.
Wikipedia: Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 22: Stadthalle
The Stadthalle Wuppertal is one of the most important sights in the city and at the same time known worldwide as a concert and event venue due to its unique acoustics. It is located on the Johannisberg in the south of Elberfeld, not far from the city centre and Wuppertal's main train station. In the immediate vicinity are the Schwimmoper and the Wilhelm-Dörpfeld-Gymnasium.
Sight 23: Elastisch schwebend
The Johannisberg Sculpture Park is a sculpture trail between the Von der Heydt Museum and the Johannisberg Street in Wuppertal.
Sight 24: Deweerth’scher Garten
The Deweerth'sche Garten is a 200-year-old 1.8-hectare inner-city park in the Wuppertal district of Elberfeld, which is over 200 years old.
Sight 25: Villa Frowein
The Villa Frowein is a late classicist villa in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Briller Straße 2, on the edge of the Luisenviertel.
Sight 26: Jakobstreppe
The Jakobstreppe is the longest continuously straight staircase in Wuppertal.
Sight 27: Baumsche Villa
The Baumsche Villa is a villa in the Wuppertal residential district of Arrenberg, in the district of Elberfeld-West. It is located at the foot of the Nützenberg in the section of Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, which is classified here as Bundesstraße 7.
Sight 28: Sankt Joseph
The Church of St. Joseph in Wuppertal is the Catholic parish church for the west of Elberfeld. Along with the churches of St. Suitbertus, St. Marien and St. Laurentius, it is part of the parish of St. Laurentius in Elberfeld-Mitte and its westernmost place of preaching.
Sight 29: Villa Simons
The Villa Simons is a slate villa in the style of a Bergisch house in the Nützenberger Straße in Wuppertal-Elberfeld. The two-storey building has a five-axis design on the front side facing the street and the garden with a three-axis central risalit.
Sight 30: Nützenberg
The Nützenberg is a 259.3-metre-high elevation in the west of the city of Wuppertal and at the same time gives its name to the Nützenberg residential district.
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