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The previous price was NZ$13 and current price is NZ$10 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h 5m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Steps into the shadow of industrial titans. For over a century, the Krupp family shaped Essen and built a “forbidden city” of steel that influenced warfare and modern capitalism. On this tour, you will discover the Krupp heritage – from the modest family home to the modern headquarters on renovated industrial ground. We explore the paradox of its paternalistic empire, which offered workers security at the cost of absolute loyalty, and trace Essens' transformation from the polluted forge to the green metropolis.

    • 7.5 km self-guided tour with 8 stations over 185 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

  • thyssenkrupp-Hauptquartier
    • 104 Altendorfer Straße
    • 45143, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • thyssenkrupp-Hauptquartier
    • 104 Altendorfer Straße
    • 45143, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Podcast Tour: The Krupp Empire and the Soul of Essen in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 3 hours and 5 minutes3h 5m
    3h 5m
  • Opening hours: Fri 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
NZ$12.04
NZ$9.63 x 1 AdultNZ$9.63
Total
The previous price was NZ$12.04 and current price is NZ$9.63
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Exciting audio output in podcast style with experts and locals
  • Inclusions
    Interactive guide in the app for questions about history and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Verified facts incorporated into an exciting storey
  • Inclusions
    Point-to-point navigation between stops

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

thyssenkrupp-Hauptquartier

  • 10m
The modern headquarters of ThyssenKrupp, which was built directly on the historic site of the original cast steel factory.

Stammhaus Krupp

  • 10m
The reconstructed family seat of the Krupp family, which forms a strong contrast to the massive modern headquarters.

Tiegelgußdenkmal

  • 10m
A monument in memory of the invention of crucible steel, the technological breakthrough that founded the Krupp empire.

Krupp Park

  • 10m
A sprawling modern park built on a former industrial wasteland, showing the ecological change of food.

Kronenberg Center

  • 10m
The former site of a huge Krupp workers' settlement, which illustrates the complex system of paternalism and corporate control.

Colosseum theater

  • 10m
A beautifully preserved former mechanical workshop of Krupp, which has now been transformed into a magnificent theatre.

Teichstraße 4a

  • 10m
The historic trade union building, which represents the struggle of the labour movement against the entrepreneurial dominance of Krupp.

Kreuzeskirche

  • 10m
A historic evangelical church that served the Krupp workers and illuminates the overlap of faith and industrial power.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    thyssenkrupp-Hauptquartier
    • 104 Altendorfer Straße
    • 45143, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    thyssenkrupp-Hauptquartier
    • 104 Altendorfer Straße
    • 45143, Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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