What’s going on in the Metropole Ruhr?
Our Metropole Ruhr is one of the most exciting, fascinating and liveable regions in Germany. With our tips, we want to make life easier for you so that you quickly feel at home in your ZEITQUARTIER. By the way, we are happy to receive new recommendations – write us where you felt particularly at home.
ZEITQUARTIER-tips for your visit to our region
Phanomania experience field
The fascinating Phänomania Erfahrungsfeld is an exhibition at the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex and leads to a very special discovery tour with the family! Experience a science safari full of illusions, deceptions and scientific…
Police Museum
The Police Museum, near the former police barracks, offers a collection on police history and features some 5,000 exhibits including “crime albums,” evidence cases, pickel hoods and police caps from around the world, as well…
Red Dot Design Museum Essen
The Red Dot Design Museum is a design museum in Essen operated by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen e. V.. Since 1997, the museum has been located in the former boiler house of the Zollverein…
Ruhr Museum
The Ruhr Museum Essen in the former coal washing plant of the Zollverein colliery has been one of the top sights in the Ruhr region since it opened in the RUHR.2010 Capital of Culture year….
City Museum Kettwig
The Kettwig City Museum is a small local history museum in Essen-Kettwig. Exhibits include tools, cloth, books and maps of the Ruhr Valley.
security essen 2024
17.09.-20.09.2024 security essen is the leading trade fair for security. More than 900 national and international exhibitors present new products and professional services around the security and fire protection technology at the security Messe Essen.
German Film & Comic Con 2024
17.08. – 18.08.2024 A weekend full of entertainment for the whole family.
Games Fair 2024
03.10. – 06.10.2024 The International Game Days SPIEL – the world’s largest public fair for board games – offer visitors a unique opportunity to find out about the entire range of national and international games…
C.A.R. contemporary art Ruhr 2024
25.10. – 27.10.2024 A fixed date for the international, national and regional art scene is the fall fair of contemporary art ruhr – C.A.R. for short – at the Zollverein UNESCO World Heritage Site. Innovative…
FASHION HOME CRAFTS (MHH) 2024
07.11. – 10.11.2024 With around 700 exhibitors, the Mode Heim Handwerk trade fair in Essen is the largest consumer trade fair in North Rhine-Westphalia. The offer of the Mode Heim Handwerk Messe Essen covers the…
NRW – The best of the region 2024
07.11. – 10.11.2024 The gourmet fair “NRW – The best from the region” in Essen whets the appetite for products from the region. Producers, associations and advertising groups present themselves and their delicious products.
ESSEN MOTOR SHOW 2024
30.11. – 08.12.2024 The PS festival of the year! Europe’s largest and most important trade fair for tuning, motorsport, sports cars, classic cars and motorcycles.