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| From Bruch to Vohwinkel | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:41 | |
The people of Wuppertal like to celebrate in their districts. And they like to haggle at flea markets. The “Vohwinkeler Flohmarkt” even made it into the Guiness Book of Records as the largest one day flea market. | |||
| From Hammerstein to Bruch | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:00 | |
Living at eye level with the Schwebebahn is of course something completely unique. Thanks to new sound-damping rails the residents can enjoy more silence than they used to. | |||
| From Sonnborn to Hammerstein | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:52 | |
For the construction of the Sonnborn junction at the end of the 60s, an unimaginable effort was made. | |||
| From Zoo/Stadion to Sonnborn | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:05 | |
Wuppertal’s home to soccer is the Zoo Stadium. Up to 25,000 soccer fans can watch the local team play here. | |||
| From Varresbeck to Zoo/Stadion | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:38 | |
The Wuppertal Zoo offers a variety of exotic animal species and attractions that are unique in the world – including the largest predator enclosure ever built in a German zoo. | |||
| From Westende to Varresbeck | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:22 | |
Wuppertal has given the world many famous and important people – including Alice Schwarzer and Johannes Rau. | |||
| From Pestalozzistraße to Westende | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:53 | |
The only skyscraper in Wuppertal is the almost 200 meters high smokestack of the former thermal power station. | |||
| From Robert-Daum-Platz to Pestalozzi-Straße | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:36 | |
Not only at Arrenberg, which you are now passing, things looked bleak at the beginning of the industrial age. Today many colourful projects make the city worth living in. | |||
| From Ohligs-Mühle to Robert-Daum-Platz | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:55 | |
In the 50s, some people wanted an opera house to be built on the mountain to your left. Then it became a public swimming pool. | |||
| From Döppersberg to Ohligsmühle | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:34 | |
The historic town hall offers breathtaking acoustics and a fantastic ambience. | |||
| From Kluse to Döppersberg | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:02 | |
Since Wuppertal's main station at Döppersberg was completely rebuilt, it offers an attractive sight – not only for train passengers. | |||
| From Landgericht to Kluse | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:07 | |
The river divides to the left and makes room for the local and regional court. | |||
| From Völklinger-Straße to Landgericht | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:20 | |
Wuppertal and Elberfeld were not always on good terms. | |||
| From Loher Brücke to Völklinger-Straße | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:11 | |
Vorwerk, Barmenia or Wuppertal Institute – the city is known for its successful companies. | |||
| From Adler-Brücke to Loher-Brücke | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:00 | |
At the Junior University, the children of Wuppertal have the opportunity to do research like the grown-ups. | |||
| From Alter-Markt to Adler-Brücke | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:25 | |
The magnificent opera house is home, among other things, to the Pina Bausch dance theater. Only a few meters away you find the house of the Engels family. | |||
| From Werther-Brücke to Alter-Markt | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:56 | |
The merger between Elberfeld and Barmen has never been a love marriage. | |||
| From Wupperfeld to Werther-Brücke | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:07 | |
The station Wertherbrücke is one of three rebuilt to fully replicate the original status and appearance. | |||
| From Oberbarmen to Wupperfeld | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:33 | |
It was the bleachers who laid the foundation for Wuppertal’s long and illustrious history of textile manufacturing. | |||
| From Wupperfeld to Oberbarmen | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:25 | |
The turning system of the monorail is a technical masterpiece | |||
| From Werther-Brücke to Wupperfeld | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:01 | |
Until just a few decades ago the Wupper was one of Europe’s most badly polluted rivers. Fortunately, that has changed. | |||
| From Alter-Markt to Werther-Brücke | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:05 | |
Many attractions in downtown Barmer have fallen victim to the war | |||
| From Adler-Brücke to Alter-Markt | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:07 | |
In summer 1950, lady elephant Tuffi jumped out of the monorail. | |||
| From Loher-Brücke to Adler-Brücke | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:55 | |
Wuppertal has more than 500 public staircases. | |||
| From Völklinger-Straße to Loher-Brücke | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:57 | |
Anyone who dies in Wuppertal is likely to be buried in one of its more than fifty cemeteries. | |||
| From Landgericht to Völklinger-Straße | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:25 | |
The Hardt is one of the oldest city parks in Germany | |||
| From Kluse to Landgericht | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:15 | |
Once important plays were shown in the "Wuppertal Schauspielhaus". | |||
| From Döppersberg to Kluse | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:47 | |
The Hofaue was once an important center of the worldwide textile trade. | |||
| From Ohligs-Mühle to Döppersberg | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:42 | |
The Elberfeld downtown area has Wuppertal’s largest pedestrian shopping precinct. | |||
| From Robert-Daum-Platz to Ohligs-Mühle | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:48 | |
In this area of town you will find many things that can make life more beautiful. | |||
| From Pestalozzi-Straße to Robert-Daum-Platz | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:06 | |
In 1999 a train derailed and plunged into the Wupper. | |||
| From Westende to Pestalozzi-Straße | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:41 | |
You can’t help but notice that manufacturing is right at home along the River Wupper. | |||
| From Varresbeck to Westende | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:03 | |
Bayer has been making history. | |||
| From Zoo/Stadion to Varresbeck | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:58 | |
Today Bayer is a global company. It was founded in Wuppertal. | |||
| From Sonnborn to Zoo/Stadion | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:13 | |
There are plenty of church towers in Wuppertal. And also a lot of religious communities. | |||
| From Hammerstein to Sonnborn | 25 juin 2020 | 00:00:44 | |
“Down with this giant monstrosity!”, the citizens demanded after the construction of the suspension railway. But the emperor changed everything. | |||
| From Bruch to Hammerstein | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:29 | |
Today you are travelling on the “Mono-railed suspended railway after the Eugen Langen system”, the exact wording of his patent. | |||
| From Vohwinkel to Bruch | 25 juin 2020 | 00:01:32 | |
The inventor Eugen Langen gave the first impulses for the realisation of the Wuppertal suspension monorail. | |||
| Warm welcome | 25 juin 2020 | 00:02:48 | |
A warm welcome to you on your round trip with the "Schwebebahn"! Sit back and enjoy one of the most exclusive travel experiences in the world with our audio guide. | |||
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