Herne travel guide

Barely an association of hamlets before the mining boom and Industrial Revolution in the Ruhr area of the 19th century, it quickly grew largely due to immigration from other parts of Prussia/Germany before being hit hard by the decline of the Ruhr coal fields after World War II. Today the city is looking for a future beyond coal and steel. Like the rest of the Ruhr area, Herne rose to prominence through the mining of a high quality coal (known as Steinkohle in German - literally "stone coal") and the metallurgical industries dependent on coal.

Getting in

The federal motorways A 42 (Kamp-Lintfort - Dortmund) and A 43 (Münster - Wuppertal) run through the urban area of ​​Hernes. They meet in the middle of the urban area at the Herne motorway junction. In addition, the federal road B 226 Bochum-Gelsenkirchen runs through the western part of the city in the Eickel and Wanne districts.

Getting around

Many destinations in Herne can be reached on foot. In connection with the well-developed local public transport and the possibility of renting bicycles, it is possible to reach the destinations without any problems. Herne is a bicycle-friendly city, even if the cycle path network is not yet satisfactorily developed everywhere, but the city administration is endeavoring to promote bicycle traffic more and to further expand the cycle traffic network.

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