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The previous price was AU$10 and current price is AU$8 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 18m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Journey through time and landscape in the Bergisches Land. This captivating tour takes you from the magnificent villas of the global tool dealers down to the steep, hidden valleys where soot-covered smithies used the power of the rushing streams. Discover how a rugged, landlocked region transformed into the 'sea city on the mountain' and forged a decentralized industrial empire long before the steam engine was invented.

    • 5.1 km self-guided tour with 7 stations over 138 min.
    • Ideal for everyone interested in history, memory, 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

  • Deutsche Werkzeugmuseum in Remscheid
    • Cleffstrasse 2
    • 42855, Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Deutsches Werkzeugmuseum
    • 2 - 6 Cleffstraße
    • 42855, Remscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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Podcast Tour The Water-Powered Forges of Remscheid in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 18 minutes2h 18m
    2h 18m
  • Opening hours: Mon 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Price details
AU$9.51
AU$7.61 x 1 AdultAU$7.61
Total
The previous price was AU$9.51 and current price is AU$7.61
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
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Deutsche Werkzeugmuseum in Remscheid

  • 10m
The perfect starting point to get a macro view of the industry. Here is an extensive collection of tools that explains Remscheid's global export dominance.

Museum Haus Cleff

  • 10m
A breathtaking patrician house that illustrates the immense wealth from global tool trade and the stark contrast between merchants and valley smiths.

Richard-Lindenberg-Platz

  • 10m
The location of Europe's first electric arc furnace (1906), which represents the technological leap from water-powered smithing to high-tech steel production.

Remscheid

  • 10m
A former railway line that has been converted into a greenway. It illustrates the decisive logistical change that replaced horse-drawn carriages and connected the valleys with global markets.

Remscheid

  • 10m
The tour leads down into the valley and follows a small stream, which is exemplary of the kinetic energy source of early decentralized manufacturing.

Remscheid

  • 10m
The bottom of the valley where streams flow together. Once densely packed with 'slums' - this place illustrates the social dynamics of former industrial areas.

Steffenshammer

  • 10m
A beautifully preserved, fully functional water-powered forge from 1746, which brings the sensual experience of historical toolmaking to life.

Location

Activity location

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    Deutsche Werkzeugmuseum in Remscheid
    • Cleffstrasse 2
    • 42855, Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Deutsches Werkzeugmuseum
    • 2 - 6 Cleffstraße
    • 42855, Remscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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