Inspirations at Essen and surroundings

Because of its central location the Hotel Bredeney is the ideal starting point to explore Essen, the Ruhr district and its environment. We only present a selection of leisure-time facilities. For all questions concerning events, ticket sales or destinations please ask our service staff at the reception.


©Fotos: Peter Wieler, Essen Marketing GmbH

Essen-City          Zeche Zollverein         Villa Hügel          Baldeneysee

Life in Essen, the European Capital of Culture 2010, in the heart of the Ruhr district, is pulsating. Fascinating culture events, exciting sport events, exquisite restaurants and trendy business makes the modern Essen to one of the most beautiful and most alive cities of the region.
www.essen.de
www.kulturhauptstadt-europas.de

Conquer the city

While discovering the city you will find a lot of interesting sights: Villa Hügel as the former headquarters of the Krupp family with a famous collection of paintings as well as the Zeche Zollverein which belongs to the world cultural heritage of the UNESCO.
www.villahuegel.de
www.zechezollverein.de

The visit of the musical “Mammamia” in the Colosseum Essen is a must for musical fans. The amusement park "Moviepark Germany" is also only 26 km away. We offer attractive arrangements for sleep accomodation/ticket for both. Please ask our service staff for further information.

 

More sightseeing highlights in the region of Essen and its distance to the Hotel Bredeney. Just have a look at the following list. As a decision guidance see the weather at Essen:

                                                           sightseeing highlight

                                  website

        distance in km

 Fair of Essen - "the place of Events"www.messe-essen.de  1
 Margaretenhöhe - unique district of Essen build from Margarete Krupp as domicile for their employees www.essen-margaretenhoehe.de 1
 Grugapark Essen - great municipal park with leisure-time facilities  www.grugapark.de 1
 Miniature golf course at the Grugapark Essen www.grugapark.de 1
 Villa Hügel - former headquarters of the Krupp family  www.villahuegel.de 4
 Museum Folkwang - german and french painting of the 20th century www.museum-folkwang.de 4
 Ruhrlandmuseum - regional museum for the entire ruhr district www.ruhrlandmuseum.de 4
 Philharmonie Essen - top class program with fascinating artists www.philharmonie-essen.de 4,5
 The city of Essen - sightseeing, shopping, culture and events www.essen.de 5
 Aalto Theater - interesting opera productions in the most beautiful theatre of the post-war period www.theater-essen.de 5
 RheinRuhrZentrum - shoppingmall www.rrz.de 5
 Colosseum Theater Essen/ "Mammamia" www.mammamia.de 6
 Baldeneysee - sailing, paddeling, driving paddelboat... www.baldeneysee.de 6
 Old synagoge - memorial place and political historical document www.altesynagoge.essen.de 6
 Lichtburg - Germany largest film palace www.lichtburg-essen.de 6,2
 Domschatzkammer Essen - Works of art of inestimable value from the Essener woman monastery www.domschatzkammer.de 6,4
 GOP Varieté Theatre - artists from all over the world in fascinating ambiance www.gop-variete.de 6,5
 27- hole golf course at the golf club Essen-Heidhausen e.V. www.gc-eh.de 8
 Zeche Zollverein - an important component ot the world cultural heritage, largest coal mine of Europe www.zollverein.de 10
 Castle of Borbeck - changing thousand-year old history www.schloss-borbeck.essen.de 10
 Zeche Carl - socio-cultural centrum with supra-regional charism www.zeche-carl.de 11,7
 Maschinenhaus - performances of dancing, theatre and visual arts www.maschinenhaus-essen.de 11,7
 Red dot design museum - a must for arctophiles of culture, architecture and design www.red-dot.de 11,8

Metronom Theatre Oberhausen "Bluemangroup"

 www.metronom-theater.de 14
 AlpineCenter Bottrop - skiing, snowboarding, aprés-ski,... www.alpinecenter.de 15
 CentrO Oberhausen - surprinsingly different shopping mall www.centro.de 15