Altena Burg, or castle, is a huge structure built from the 12th to 16th centuries. It is one of the largest medieval castles in Germany....

The City Gallery in Altena is located in Köster Emden, a house built in 1707 in the old part of town. This house became the...

Just outside Hagen is the Freilichtmuseum. This is an impressive open air museum which is popular with visitors. It has a number of historic buildings...

Hagen’s Stadtmuseum (City Museum) is located on Eilper Strasse. It contains the city archives, and has numerous exhibitions on various aspects of how Hagen came...

The Hohenhof in Hagen was the home of Karl Ernst Osthaus, who brought about the artists’ colony here at the start of the 20th century....

Dortmund Zoo is set in a pleasant landscape of trees and hills and has a fascinating collection of animals on display – particularly focussing on...

Romberg Park Gatehouse is today the Modern Art Gallery of Dortmund. Originally built in the 17th Century, it was the gate house to a moated...

The Florianturm is one of the tallest structures in Germany, standing at over 211 metres. It is a freestanding television tower built in 1959 and...

The Museum für Frühindustrialisierung in Barmen, part of Wuppertal, is the Museum for Early Industry. The museum displays many items of interest from early industry...

The Ostwall Museum is a museum of modern contemporary arts in Dortmund. Its collections and exhibits include 2,500 illustrations, and many photographs, sculptures and other...

St. Mary’s Protestant Church in Dortmund is a beautiful basilica constructed between 1170 and 1200. It has three knaves and a tower – there were...

Petrikirche, or St. Petri Church, in Dortmund, was built in 1322. It is a Gothic building in the western part of the city centre. Sadly...

The Propsteikirche is a Catholic church in Dortmund. It was built from 1331 to 1353 as a monastery church. It was the only church retained...

Dortmund Concert Hall, known as the Westfalian Philharmonic Hall, is a wonderful glass-fronted structure which has gained a reputation as a popular place to play...

St. Reinold Church (Reinoldikirche) is the oldest surviving church in Dortmund, dating from around 800AD. St. Reinold is the patron saint of Dortmund. The building...

The Museum of Art and Cultural History is the oldest in the Ruhr District, having been established in 1883 as a place for exhibiting many...

Set in a Gothic moated mansion in central Arnsberg is the Sauerland Museum. This is a regional museum for the whole area. Visitors discover the...

Dortmund was once the second largest beer producer in the world, after Milwaukee. Most of the city’s produce was brewed in the Union Brewery, up...

The Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Steinwache in Dortmund is a museum and documentation archive of material from the National Socialist era in the city. It is...

The main attraction in Remscheid, close to Solingen, is the Röntgen Museum. This was set up in dedication to German Nobel Prize winner Afred Röntgen,...