Castrop-Rauxel
Castrop-Rauxel, often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
Castrop-Rauxel, often simply referred to as Castrop by locals, is a former coal mining city in the eastern part of the Ruhr Area within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
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Worth seeing in and around Castrop-Rauxel
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Bladenhorst Castle
Bladenhorst Castle is a moated castle in the suburbs of the city of Castrop-Rauxel.
3.4 km · castle in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany · Wikipedia - 02Westfälisches Landestheater
Westfälisches Landestheater is a theatre in Castrop-Rauxel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. There are four theaters in Nordrhein-Westfalen: the Westfälische Landestheater, the Landestheater Detmold, the Landestheater Burghofbühne in Dinslaken, and the Rheinische Landestheater in Neuss.
1.7 km · theater in Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Castrop-Rauxel
- Airports
- Dortmund (DTM), 21 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 48 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 70 km
- Stations
- Castrop-Rauxel Central Station, 2.8 km · Dortmund-Lütgendortmund station, 5.6 km · Dortmund-Mengede station, 4.6 km · Dortmund-Westerfilde station, 4.5 km · Dortmund-Bövinghausen station, 3.5 km
- Düsseldorf → Castrop-Rauxel52 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · €6–9
- Greven → Castrop-Rauxel318 km · quickest by road, 4h 54m · €41–55
- Köln (Cologne) → Castrop-Rauxel75 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · €10–14
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Castrop-Rauxel
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Castrop-Rauxel. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextIts lush green setting has long been a popular day trip and short stay destination for the city dwellers of Bonn, Düsseldorf, Cologne and other large cities in the region.
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Next door to Castrop-Rauxel
Castrop-Rauxel is 10 km from Bochum, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Castrophuman settlement in Germany500 m
- Recklinghausen Ifederal electoral district of Germany5.6 km