Wuppertal

Worth seeing in and around Wuppertal

9 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.

1. 01
   University of Wuppertal

   German university

   3.3 km · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Von der Heydt Museum

   Art museum in Wuppertal, Germany

   2.8 km · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Nevigeser Wallfahrtsdom

   Pilgrimage church

   8.4 km · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Green Zoo Wuppertal

   Zoo in Germany

   5.8 km · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Opernhaus Wuppertal

   Opera house and theatre in Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany

   700 m · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Friedrich Engels House

   Museum in Wuppertal, Germany

   500 m · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Stadion am Zoo

   Football stadium

   6.3 km · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Bergische Museumsbahnen

   Museum

   9.7 km · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Botanischer Garten Wuppertal

   Botanical garden in Wuppertal, Germany

   1.7 km · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Wuppertal as a whole - as opposed to its constituent parts Barmen and Elberfeld - is probably best known for its pioneering urban transit system, the Schwebebahn which its designer Eugene Langen tried to sell around the world but had few takers outside Wuppertal. A much shorter route exists in Dresden and was also built during Langen's lifetime.

1. 01
   Die Hardt

   A nice wide park on a hill in the heart of Wuppertal.

2. 02
   Wuppertaler Zoo

   Hubertusallee 30 (S-Bahn "W-Zoologischer Garten" Schwebebahn stop "Zoo/Stadion"),.

3. 03
   Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal

   Nowadays the Stadthalle is a concert hall, host to many cultural events.

4. 04
   Engels Haus

   Friedrich Engels is perhaps one of Barmen's most famous sons.

5. 05
   Museum für Frühindustrialisierung
6. 06
   A performance by the Pina Bausch

   Since the late choreographer Pina Bausch (1940-2009) came from Wuppertal, her troupe often stops by in the city to show her work.

From Wikivoyage: Wuppertal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Bergische Museumbahnen

   Kohlfurth district of Wuppertal (from Wuppertal take Bus CE64 to stop "Kohlfurther Brücke"), info@bmb-wuppertal.de.

2. 02
   Open Ground Club

From Wikivoyage: Wuppertal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

If you want to go out, then the Luisenviertel is probably a nice place to go. The Luisenviertel is part of the Old Town of Elberfeld and hosts a wide range of nice cafes and some restaurants. The most famous one is Katzengold.

1. 01
   Katzengold

   Untergrünewalder Straße 3.

2. 02
   Wuppertaler Brauhaus

   Try the Wuppertaler Brauhaus-Fritten and the spare ribs.

3. 03
   Hayat-Jiyan Restaurant

   Schreinerstr.

From Wikivoyage: Wuppertal, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Wuppertal

Airports

Düsseldorf (DUS), 29 km · Dortmund (DTM), 41 km · Cologne Bonn (CGN), 45 km

Stations

Wuppertal Central Station, 2.7 km · Wuppertal-Barmen station, 800 m · Remscheid-Lennep station, 9.7 km · Wuppertal-Oberbarmen, 2.8 km · Wuppertal-Vohwinkel train station, 8.6 km

• Dortmund → Wuppertal

  36 km · quickest by road, 1h · €5–7
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• Köln (Cologne) → Wuppertal

  38 km · quickest by road, 1h 5m · €6–8
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• Weeze → Wuppertal

  77 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · €11–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Wuppertal

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 Wuppertal. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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