Herne
Worth seeing in and around Herne
4 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.
- 01Ruhrstadion
Ruhrstadion is a football stadium in Bochum, Germany. It is the home ground for the VfL Bochum and has a capacity of 27,599.
5.5 km · football stadium in Bochum, Germany · Wikipedia - 02German Mining Museum
The German Mining Museum in Bochum or DBM is one of the most visited museums in Germany with around 365,700 visitors per year. It is the largest mining museum in the world, and a renowned research establishment for mining history.
5.5 km · museum · Wikipedia - 03Bladenhorst Castle
Bladenhorst Castle is a moated castle in the suburbs of the city of Castrop-Rauxel.
5.1 km · castle in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany · Wikipedia - 04Stadion am Schloss Strünkede
Stadion am Schloss Strünkede is a football stadium in Herne, Germany. It is the home stadium of SC Westfalia Herne.
1.9 km · football stadium in Germany · Wikipedia
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Getting to Herne
- Airports
- Dortmund (DTM), 27 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 42 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 73 km
- Stations
- Wanne-Eickel Central Station, 4.2 km · Herne station, 800 m · Recklinghausen Süd station, 3.4 km · Bochum-Riemke station, 2.7 km
- Düsseldorf → Herne47 km · quickest by road, 1h 11m · €5–8
- Greven → Herne387 km · quickest by road, 6h 8m · €49–70
- Köln (Cologne) → Herne69 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · €9–13
- 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 Herne
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 Herne. 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 Herne
Herne is 6 km from Bochum, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Castrophuman settlement in Germany5.9 km
- Herne – Bochum IIfederal electoral district of Germany2.9 km