Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. Gelsenkirchen, like neighbouring cities, is refining its image promoting its industrial culture. Wikivoyage
Population 266,199 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Alfred Zingler Memorial · 620 m
- Margarethe Zingler Memorial · 620 m
- Heinrich Hirschhorn Memorial · 690 m
- Hermann Hirschhorn Memorial · 690 m
- Kurt Rosengarten Memorial · 690 m
- Käthe Hirschhorn Memorial · 690 m
- Martha Hirschhorn geb. Karpf Memorial · 690 m
- Moritz Meyer Memorial · 690 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.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Leipziger Straße 290 m
- Betriebshof 350 m
- Kennedy-Platz 480 m
- Grenzstraße 540 m
- Musiktheater 690 m
- Grillostraße 750 m
Train stations: Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof 1.3 km, Gelsenkirchen Zoo 2.4 km, Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen 2.8 km, Essen Zollverein Nord 4.5 km, Herne-Wanne-Eickel Hbf 4.9 km, Essen-Kray Nord 5.4 km, Gelsenkirchen-Buer Süd 5.5 km, Wattenscheid 5.6 km
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