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Guided Tours

A guided tour through the Landschaftspark will show you a piece of living industrial and cultural history. Visitors have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the production process of pig iron. Blast Furnace 5 in particular is the perfect place to gain a very realistic picture of the impressive production chain of the former ironworks. Standing in front of the Blast Furnace’s run-off chute they talk to visitors about the hot working conditions and give an insight into an ironworker's life. It’s especially on the torchlit guided tours at weekends that the works once more gives off a fiery glow just as it did thirty years ago. But please note – on the evening tours a torch is essential!

Open Tours

The open guided tours mentioned below can also be booked separately for groups such as companies, universities or private groups. For more information, such as prices or availability, please contact the Visitors’ Centre or Tour de Ruhr on: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19 or email: Enable JavaScript to view protected content..

Tour of the works

Every Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays
Midday and 2.00 pm
(From May until September every Wednesday at 10.00 am)
Duration: 1¾ hours
Price: €14 per person
Group offer: for groups, the guided tour of the ironworks can also be done by (rental) bike.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Torchlight Tour

Every Friday and Saturday at 6.00 pm (Nov. - Feb.), 6.30 pm (Mar. + Oct.), 8.00 pm (Apr. + Sep.), 9.00 pm (May – Aug.).
Duration: 1¾ hours
Price: €18.00 per person
Please note: Torches essential! Please wear comfortable and waterproof footwear/clothing.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Head torch tour “Ironworks – Work of Art in Light”

From November until February every Saturday evenings at 6.30 pm.
At the moment no open head torch tours are scheduled from March to October.
Duration: 1¾ hours
Price: € 16.00 per person
Please note: Head torches are provided for the duration of the tour. Torches essential! Please wear comfortable and waterproof footwear/clothing.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Rallyes

The rallies are organised on request all year round, subject to availability. Also please be aware that all rallies (except the GPS treasure hunt) are conducted exclusively in German.

Rally ‘Works Championship’

For school groups aged 8-14
The Hütten Meisterschaft (Works Championship) places the emphasis on structural change, industrial heritage and the nature of industry. The pupils are divided into small teams and presented with exciting tasks, the completion of which demands commitment. The connection between learning and experience, knowledge and adventure creates the perfect background for a class trip with all the features of a journey of discovery. The team correctly completing the most tasks receives a Works Medal at the end.

Duration: 1,5 hours (plus approx. 30 min. evaluation time)
Price: €6.00 (per pupil)
Participants: min. 18 and max. 36 pupils
Provided: Instructions, road book and task map, 9 different stations worth seeing, rucksack with required materials, Works Medal for the best team
Please Note: This rally is only offered in German and is available in two different levels of difficulty. The Works Championship can be booked on request throughout the year depending on availability.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Rally “The Secret of the Ironworks”

Rally for youngsters (aged 12-15)
Youngsters are formed into teams to play this game and explore everything to do with the background and connections of the ironworks. Written hints in the form of texts, codes and puzzles help them close in on the solution. The teams pool their results and, with a dash of good luck and some lateral thinking, the secrets of the ironworks can be revealed. After a brief introduction the teams are left to their own devices and set off into the unknown. The rucksack provided contains the required materials to help them find the solution.

Duration: approx. 1.5 hours (plus evaluation time)
Price: €5.00 per pupil
Participants: min. 18 and max. 36 pupils
Provided: (loan of game materials), game led by a qualified team leader throughout the rally, road book and task map, 3 exciting tasks and a quiz.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

‘E. Isenstein’ Rally

For adults
Provided with useful, but also false information, the teams compete against one another. The tasks are related to industrial history, architecture, the world of plants and local studies. At the end of the rally your performance will be evaluated based on the points you’ve gained so that a winning team quickly emerges.

Duration: optional 2 hours or 3,5 hours (plus evaluation time)
Price: €16.00 per participant from 15 to 40 participants
€12.00 per participant from participant 41
€ 3.00 per participant from nightfall with head torch
This rally can also be undertaken by bike!
Price: €13.00 per bike
Participants: min. 15 and max. 140 participants
Provided: Instructions, rucksack with required materials per team. special prize for the best team, 2nd place prize for the remaining teams, at nightfall with head torch
The following optional provisions can also be booked: small refreshment between rally and winners’ ceremony (sparkling wine, orange juice, nibbles), packed lunch during the rally, refreshment before or after the rally.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Geocaching Rally – adults

Join the 21st century paper chase! You have to find routes, coordinates and information and then solve tricky tasks. In addition to your road book you’ll also navigate using our GPS equipment in order to beat your way through the ‘jungle’ of iron and steel, green spaces and water.

Duration: optional 2 hours or 3,5 hours (plus evaluation time)
Price: €25.00 per participant till nightfall
€28.00 per participant from nightfall with head torch
Participants: min. 15 and max. 40 participants
Provided: Instructions, one GPS per team, Geocache road book and task maps, additional caches. 6 different stations worth seeing, one rucksack per team with required materials, special prize for the best team, 2nd place prize for the remaining teams, at nightfall with head torch. The following optional provisions can also be booked: small refreshment between rally and winners’ ceremony (sparkling wine, orange juice, nibbles), packed lunch during the rally, refreshment before or after the rally.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

GPS – Treasure Hunt in the old Ironworks

Families - Children and adults
Where once raw pig iron flowed through the works’ casting houses, hunts for buried treasure using the latest technology are now undertaken. The combination of searching for places by using GPS coordinates and the solving of some tricky tasks makes this expedition a source of all sorts of fun for families and adults.
It’s up to you whether you explore the route with your own GPS or with one of ours. When you book you choose between the road books and three levels of difficulty. When you set off on your adventure is up to you: you can collect the road book from the Visitors’ Centre or have it sent out to you in advance by post. But whichever way, a treasure is waiting for you as a reward!

Duration: approx. 2 to 3 hours
Price: €9.50 per participant till nightfall
€10.00 hire charge per GPS for the duration of the rally
Participants: min. 2 and max. 30 participants
Provided: one road book (3 different routes/levels of difficulty to choose from) per team, one ‘treasure’ per person
Please note: This rally is also offered in English and French (foreign language supplement: €5.00 per person) and can be individually booked on request depending on availability throughout the year.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Rally ‘Spy alert’ - adults

You move in small teams through the maze of gigantic pipes, metres-high blast furnaces and chimneys on an exciting journey of discovery during which as groups of spies you seek to track down the secret of the works and with a bit of luck crack it. But you need to take care! Careless use of volatile information can quickly give you away.

Duration: approx. 2.5 hours
Price: €18.00 per participant till nightfall
€19.00 per participant from nightfall
Participants: min. 15 and max. 40 participants
Provided specials: Instructions, one rucksack of required materials per team, special price
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Specials

The Great GPS–Treasure Hunt with Edgar

Where once iron flowed through the works’ casting houses, today there are hunts for buried treasure using the latest technology. The combination of searching for places by using GPS coordinates and the solving of some tricky tasks makes this expedition through the old ironworks great fun for families and children. The park’s mascot, a dwarf bat called Edgar, is there at the participants’ side. It’s up to you whether you take part and explore the route with your own GPS device, or with our rental equipment. When you book you can choose between two road books with different degrees of difficulty. But whichever way, you’ll receive a reward related to the Landscape Park and the ironworks.

Advance booking recommended, essential if hiring GPS
Price:
€ 9.50 per child, treasure for each child included
€ 38.00 max. four children, treasure for each child included
€ 10.00 GPS hire
Accompanying adults free
Two different routes / difficulty levels:
Yellow route suitable for children over 6
Blue route suitable for children over 12
Please note: This rally is offered in English and French (foreign language supplement: € 5.00 per person).
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

Behind closed doors

We’re unlocking doors for you! Previously it was only employees at the Meiderich ironworks who were allowed to enter the site, whereas today the industrial monument is freely accessible. However, there are some doors which have remained closed to visitors. In the course of this 3-hour exclusive guided tour you’ll explore the Main Switching House and gain an insight into old unused industrial halls.
Duration: approx. 3 hours
Price: €27.00 per person
Participants: max. 18 participants per tour
Provided: Exclusive tour through the Landscape Park (parklands & buildings) & drink
Note: This special tour is offered in German only and can be booked on request, subject to availability.

Torchlit tour ‘Extra spicy’

‘Just knocking off, then you can’t beat a currywurst’. This is something that Herbert Grönemeyer certainly knew. And for Schimanski, too, a spicy sausage was the perfect way to conclude his research. Following the lead of these famous examples, this year, by way of celebrating the park’s 20th birthday, we’re offering our popular torchlit tour with subsequent currywurst on four selected special dates. For what could be better, after a visit to the casting house, ore bunkers etc, than a delicious currywurst with a bread roll?

Duration: approx. 2 hours
Price: €26.50 per person
Participants: min. 10 participants per tour
Provided: Torchlit tour through the Landscape Park, a portion of currywurst with a spicy local sauce, a 0.33l glass of Pils (alternatively alcohol-free beer)

Note: This special tour is offered in German only and can be booked on request, subject to availability.

Bike tour: Total Ironworks!

Take a bike tour through the Landscape Park Duisburg Nord and explore the facilities and buildings of the former Meiderich ironworks and its extensive parklands. You’ll also come across the unexpected on your tour: mountaineers and divers or a genuine farm. After the bike tour you can finish off the day in the park. We’ll present you a picnic blanket as a gift, which you can spread out in your favourite spot. You can continue to use the rental bikes to 6:00 pm on this day.

Duration: approx. 3 hours
Price: €24.00 per person
Bike hire for the day till 6:00 pm
7-gear city bike: € 13.00 per bike
Participants: min. 10 participants per tour
Kilometres: approx. 13 kilometres
Provided: Professional bike tour guide and lots of information stops, picnic blanket.
Booking: by phone on +49 (0) 203 42 919 19 or by Online enquiry
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Torchlit Tour with Mulled Wine

With a torchlit guided tour accompanied by a former ironworker through the wintry Landscape Park Duisburg Nord, participants will come across torpedo cars, day bins, gatehouse and lots more and will learn at first hand what it was like to work in a blast furnace works. Afterwards, calling in at the Main Switching House for a drink of mulled wine and biscuits will provide a relaxed setting to reflect on what you’ve learnt. Please wear comfortable and waterproof shoes/clothing. And bring a torch!

Duration: approx. 2 hours

Price: € 18.00 per person
Participants: max. 20 participants per tour
Provided: Guided torchlit tour, one 0.2l mug of mulled wine (choice of with or without alcohol) and biscuits.
Notes: This special tour is offered in German only and can be booked on request, subject to availability. Please wear comfortable and waterproof shoes/clothing. And bring a torch!
Booking: by phone on +49 (0) 203 42 919 19 or by Online enquiry
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Group tours

Hüttenführung

ab 140,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,75 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich

Fackelführung

ab 180,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,75 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich

Radführung

ab 140,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,75 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich
  • Mieträder gegen Aufpreis

Stirnlampenführung

ab 160,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,75 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich

Stirnlampenführung für Kinder- und Jugendliche

ab 140,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,5 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich

Jugendführung für Gruppen mit dem Rad (7. — 12. Klasse)

ab 115,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,5 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich
  • Mieträder gegen Aufpreis

Jugendführung für Gruppen (7. — 12. Klasse)

ab 115,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,5 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich

Kinderführung (4. — 6. Klasse)

ab 115,00 € Gruppenpreis

  • Dauer ca. 1,5 Stunden
  • Teilnehmer: max. 20 pro Gruppe
  • mehrere Gruppen parallel buchbar
  • Termine: frei wählbar
  • in verschiedenen Sprachen möglich

Baumzauber im Landschaftspark

ab 295 € Gruppenpreis

  • Führung durch eine diplomierte Kräuterfachfrau
  • Erkundung von besonderen Bäumen im Landschaftspark

Opening hours

Opening Hours Visitor's Centre:

Monday to Friday:
9.00 am to 6.00 pm

Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays:
11.00 am to 6.00 pm

Contact

Tour de Ruhr GmbH
Visitors’ Centre at the Landscape Park Duisburg Nord
Emscherstr. 71
47137 Duisburg

Tel.: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
Fax: +49 (0) 203 42 919 45

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Internet: www.tour-de-ruhr.de

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