Direct train destinations from Herrath

Aachen

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

Düsseldorf

From the Rheinturm, look out over the Rhine, the old town and the modern MedienHafen.

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

Krefeld

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