Steel kitchen – experience the change

The district was known for its steel industry for a long time. Still today are
the blast furnaces and steel works of thyssenkrupp and HKM in Duisburg Europe
most important steel location. This tour also takes you to the legacy of the steel industry, important monuments such as the Gasometer Oberhausen or the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park.

The starting location
The Gasometer Oberhausen serves as the starting point for this approximately 47-kilometer-long RevierRoute. There are plenty of parking spaces on the CentrO site. You can travel to the Neue Mitte by public transport by bus or tram. Alternatively, Oberhausen main station with direct long-distance connections is not far away.

start of the tour
Not much is left of the huge Gutehoffnungshütte in Oberhausen. The CentrO Oberhausen was created as a shopping and leisure area from the wasteland of the former steel plant. The huge gasometer is the most striking building that reminds us of the old steelworks. From the roof, visitors have a beautiful view of the western Ruhr area. Temporary exhibitions inside attract visitors every year. 

On green paths to the former blast furnace works
From the Gasometer Oberhausen The tour first leads over the Rhein-Herne-Kanal to the northern bank. The architecturally special bridge Slinky Springs to Fame as well as the nearby Schloss Oberhausen with LUDWIGGALERIE and Kaisergarten are already worthwhile stops. The tour leads past the Rot-Weiß Oberhausen football stadium to the Emscher and the Green Path. This old railway line used to belong to the Emscher Valley Railway and was an important transport route for coal, ore and other goods between the industrial plants in the Ruhr area and the important transport ports on the Rhine. The Green Path is well developed and leads directly to the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park.

When industrial culture shines in a new light
The former blast furnace plant was shut down in 1985 and expanded into an extraordinary sight as part of the International Building Exhibition IBA Emscher Park in the 90s. The highlight is the completely walk-in blast furnace 5. In the meantime, many other uses have settled in the closed blast furnace plant, from the diving gasometer to a climbing garden and the high-rope parkour. In the evening hours, the facility is illuminated by a light installation by the artist Jonathan Park.

The largest inland port in the world
From the Duisburg-Nord landscape park, the route leads via smaller city streets to the largest inland port in the world. Huge quantities of coal, iron ore and steel used to be handled here, but today container shipping is particularly important for the port. In Ruhrort, the German Inland Shipping Museum in particular offers interesting insights into the history of shipping.

Along the Rhine
The Rhine was one of the central transport routes for industry in the Ruhr area. Barges transported coal and ores between the North Sea and the Ruhr area. At junction 36, you can make a detour to the left bank of the Rhine to the Rheinpreussen heap and Geglüh. On the Alsumer Berg, it is worth going up the small heap with an exciting view of the coking plant and the steelworks on the Rhine.

The HOAG line
The cycle tour takes you back to Oberhausen via the HOAG railway line. This railway line was also a central freight connection between the port in Walsum and the mines and steelworks in the western Ruhr area. Cyclists pass the disused mine Sterkrade, of which only the headframe and shaft hall remain. The last few meters lead back to the starting point at Gasometer Oberhausen.