One day in Essen, Germany

• Things to do in Essen, Germany · 31 places to see, led by Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex and Museum Folkwang

• Köln58 km awayCologne Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Cologne Cathedral
• Aachen100 km awayAachen Cathedral6 stops in a day, starting at Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst
• Koblenz129 km awayEltz Castle6 stops in a day, starting at Emperor William Memorial at Deutsches Eck
• Waalwijk137 km awayEfteling6 stops in a day, starting at Carnaval Festival

• Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex: Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
• Ruhr Museum: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

• Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
• The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
• Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.