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"Tourendetails"

Visit Bauhaus in the west

© Tillmann Franzen, tillmannfranzen.com;
Zeche Zollverein Fördergerüst Schacht XII / Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex Pocket XII (1928–1932), Architekten / architects: Fritz Schupp, Martin Kremmer

duration

3 days

cities

Krefeld, Düsseldorf, Münster und Essen

travel type

Bus, Rail, Car, on foot, Bike

 

Witness the legacy of the Bauhaus in North Rhine-Westphalia. Follow in the footsteps of Mies van der Rohe in Krefeld, be impressed by the most beautiful colliery in the world in Essen and discover the far-reaching traces of the Bauhaus in paintings, design and photography at the Nordrhein-Westfalen art collection in Düsseldorf.

 

Stiftung Zollverein, Foto: Jochen Tack.
Museum Lange House | Esters House, Krefeld
Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Foto: Volker Döhne.
Museum Lange House | Esters House, Krefeld
VerSeidAG Buildings
Mies van der Rohe Business Park, Foto: Makis Foteinopulos.
VerSeidAG Buildings

The tour

1.day

With Mies van der Rohe in Krefeld

•    Travel to Krefeld
•    Explore the city on the trail of Mies van der Rohe in the Belgian Quarter with a visit to the former Verseidag buildings
•    Visit to the current art museum in Esters House and in Lange House, with a tour of the garden
•    Followed by a visit to the pavilion by Thomas Schütte in the direct vicinity
•    Onward journey to Düsseldorf
•    Evening: optional individual walking tour through the Tonhalle concert hall (former planetarium) with introduction to the event (dependent on the programme)
•    Overnight stay in Düsseldorf

Optional programme components    
•   Visit the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop
•   Visit the current special exhibition in the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster

2.day

The most beautiful coal mine in the world

•   Morning: travel to Essen to the Zollverein Coal Mine Complex
•   Guided tour “Classic modernism and its heritage” in the imposing plant
•   Lunch in the Zollverein casino
•   Visit the collection and the current special exhibition in the Ruhr Museum
•   Return travel and overnight stay in Düsseldorf

Optional programme components    
•    Housing estate tour “New Architecture in the Ruhr District” in Duisburg

3.day

Bauhaus and art

•  After breakfast: tour of an exhibition as part of the Bauhaus centenary year in the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen or in the Museum Kunstpalast
•  After individual explorations, return travel

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The tour recommendation outlined here cannot be booked as an package via the Bauhaus Cooperation Berlin Dessau Weimar or the state tourism agencies.
If you are interested in booking a group trip, you can send your request by e-mail to Project 2508: touristikservice@bauhaus100.de.

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If you wish to visit one of the federal states, you can obtain further information and advice from the state tourism agencies.

Contact and service

Tourismus NRW e.V.
Völklinger Straße 4
40219 Düsseldorf
+49 (0) 211 – 91320 500
info@nrw-tourismus.de
nrw-tourism.com