# Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex

> A UNESCO-listed colliery in Bauhaus style, with the Ruhr Museum inside the old coal washery, reached by a long orange escalator. The grounds are free; parking

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A UNESCO-listed colliery in Bauhaus style, with the Ruhr Museum inside the old coal washery, reached by a long orange escalator. The grounds are free; parking is off Gelsenkirchener Straße.

- **Nearest town:** Essen, Germany
- **Category:** History & culture
- **GPS:** 51.4863, 7.0430
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