Bochum

Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. With a population of 372,348, it is the sixth-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous German federal state, and the 16th-largest city in Germany. Wikipedia

Population 358,880 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

• 110PolicePolice
• 112AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Kunstmuseum Bochum Museum · 550 m
• Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Museum · 600 m
• Zeiss Planetarium Bochum Attraction · 810 m
• Trauernde Alte Artwork · 260 m
• Gedenktafel an die ehemalige Synagoge Bochum Memorial · 390 m
• Kriegerdenkmal Memorial · 640 m
• Dr. Otto Ruer Artwork · 160 m
• Else Hirsch Artwork · 390 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

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1. Bochum Maiabend

   April

   Festival with medieval roots on the last weekend of April

   Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Bochum); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Eating nearby

• Kebab 12
• German 5
• Sandwich 4
• Italian 3
• Arab 2
• Turkish 2
• Regional 2
• Greek 2

All 67 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Stadtpark 850 m across 1000 m
• Westpark 800 m across 1.3 km
• Kortumpark 580 m across 1.0 km
• Schmechtingwiesen 390 m across 1.2 km

Getting around

• Bochum Rathaus (Nord) 40 m
• Bochum Rathaus 150 m
• Bochum Rathaus (Süd) 170 m
• Brückstraße 230 m
• Bleichstraße/Boulevard 350 m
• Bochum West 420 m

More train stations: Bochum Hauptbahnhof 700 m, Bochum-Ehrenfeld 1.4 km, Bochum-Hamme 1.4 km, Bochum-Riemke 3.9 km, Wattenscheid-Höntrop 5.1 km, Wattenscheid 5.5 km

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