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By Red Thread
Free cancellation available
The previous price was NZ$12 and current price is NZ$10 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 44m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Dive into the heart of the most wonderful rebirth of the Ruhr area. On this Red Thread Tour, you will explore Maximilianpark, where a disused coal mine from 1902 has been radically transformed into a vibrant ecological and cultural wonderland. Discover how toxic wasteland became tropical butterfly reserves and how a dark coal mine was reborn as a huge, luminous glass elephant. It is a storey of catastrophe, resilience, and the beautiful, complicated art of looking forward.

    • 2.8 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 104 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in urbanism, infrastructure innovation, and urbanism innovation
      Excitingly told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Suitable audio content, AI guide, and navigation via the app

Activity location

  • Maximilianpark
    • Alter Grenzweg 2
    • 59071, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Maximilianpark Hamm
    • 2 Alter Grenzweg
    • 59071, Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Podcast Tour Hamm: From Coal Dust to Glass Elephant in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 44 minutes1h 44m
    1h 44m
  • Opening hours: Sun 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$11.95
NZ$9.56 x 1 AdultNZ$9.56
Total
The previous price was NZ$11.95 and current price is NZ$9.56
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Maximilianpark

  • 10m
The starting point of the tour. Here you will learn everything about Hamm's history as a coal stronghold and the State Garden Show of 1984, from which this park originated.

Maximilianpark Hamm

  • 10m
The place where the miners used to brush off the coal dust is now a vibrant event and cultural hall.

Maximilianpark Hamm

  • 10m
The former electric heart of the mine, which once powered the massive water pumps and now supplies energy for exhibitions for the community.

Der Glaselefant

  • 10m
A 35-meter-high, walkable glass elephant that emerged from an old coal mine and symbolises the structural change of Ham.

Maximilianpark

  • 10m
A tropical microclimate that hosts thousands of butterflies, built on a former toxic industrial wasteland.

Maximilianpark

  • 10m
A miniature railway that connects the recreational present of the park with the massive locomotive past of Hamm.

Werries

  • 10m
The historical mining workers' settlement right next to the park, which anchors the history in the community's everyday life.

Location

Activity location

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    Maximilianpark
    • Alter Grenzweg 2
    • 59071, Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Maximilianpark Hamm
    • 2 Alter Grenzweg
    • 59071, Hamm, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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