Direct train destinations from Anrath

Aachen

Step into Aachen Cathedral to see the octagonal core of Charlemagne’s palace chapel, built around 800.

Essen

Walk among Zollverein’s former mine buildings, reminders of the Ruhr’s industrial past.

Duisburg

At Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, a former ironworks has become a park where the industrial past remains in view.

Mönchengladbach

Oberhausen

Gelsenkirchen

Walk past old mine buildings in Nordsternpark to the amphitheatre beside the Rhine-Herne Canal.

Krefeld

At Burg Linn, wander from the medieval castle into the archaeological museum in the former hunting lodge.