Culture

Bochum is a mix of a few nice museums, like the “Deutsches Bergbaumuseum”, for example. Its 20 meters under the earthground, where you can get a real view of all tunnels and shafts. And the Zeis-Planetarium-Bochum, which takes you on a trip to the Galaxy where you can view all these nice and bright shining stars.

In the “Eisenbahnmuseum” you can see more then 200 historic vehicles. There`s one special famous vehicle , its the dinner carriage from the Orient Express from 1908.

The “Jahrhunderthalle” reminds you of the iron and steel process of Bochum and later it became a machine hall. Today the hall is under monument protection and since 2003 its the main location for the “Ruhr Triennale” and the “Festivalhaus NRW”.

One of the three best and famous German speaking stages is the “Schauspielhaus Bochum”, where the famous Saladin Schmidt, Hans Schalla, Peter Zadeck and Claus Peymann amazed the crowd in the seventies and eighties with their excellent shows.

Satrlight Express is the most successful Musical in the whole world. The visitors will see the actors driving in their Roller Blades around the crowd.