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Distance: 11.4 km
Duration: 15 min

What companies run services between Bottrop, Germany and Essen, Germany?

You can catch a taxi from Bottrop to Essen with Taxi Arnu.

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Essen(opens in a new window), Germany(opens in a new window)

Essen is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as the ninth-largest city of Germany. Essen lies in the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, second largest by GDP in the EU, and is part of the cultural area of Rhineland. Because of its central location in the Ruhr, Essen is often regarded as the Ruhr's "secret capital". Two rivers flow through the city: the Emscher in the north, and in the south the Ruhr River, which is dammed in Essen to form the Lake Baldeney and Lake Kettwig reservoirs. The central and northern boroughs of Essen historically belong to the Low German (Westphalian) language area, and the south of the city to the Low Franconian Bergish area.

Things to do in Essen

Veltins-Arena(Opens in a new window)

Veltins-Arena is a football stadium in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It opened in 2001, as the new home ground for German Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04.

Museum Folkwang(Opens in a new window)

Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus in Hagen, founded in 1902.

ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen(Opens in a new window)

The ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, founded on April 14, 1949, as "Ruhr-Zoo", is one of the most modern zoological gardens in Germany. It was founded on a heavily shelled area besides a port at Rhein-Herne-Kanal. First size was 15.5 hectares. First years animals were changing often, because they were provided by an animal trader.

Gasometer Oberhausen(Opens in a new window)

The Gasometer Oberhausen is a former gas holder in Oberhausen, Germany, which has been converted into an exhibition space. It has hosted several large scale exhibitions, including two by Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The Gasometer is an industrial landmark, and an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage and the Industrial Heritage Trail. It was built in the 1920s, and reconstructed after World War II.

Places to stay in Essen

€98

Residence Inn by Marriott Essen City(Opens in a new window)

9.4Superb

€66

Mercure Hotel Plaza Essen(Opens in a new window)

9.0Fabulous

€58

Garner Hotel Essen - Handelshof by IHG(Opens in a new window)

8.8Fabulous

€64

Four Points Flex by Sheraton Essen(Opens in a new window)

9.0Fabulous

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