Historic Bus Tours

By vintage bus through Wuppertal

In April 2025, the popular Historic City Tours of the Wuppertal Regional Transport History Foundation start again. Experience the most interesting and beautiful corners of Wuppertal in a special way in our vintage buses.  The Wuppertal Extra Tour includes a short visit to the Ribbon Weaving Museum and the Kalktrichterofen industrial monument, while the Historical City Tour shows key aspects of Wuppertal's cultural and industrial history.


Wuppertal Extra Tour

This bus tour is truly special, as it includes a stop at the Bandweaving Museum. We begin at the historic Engelsgarten and travel to Ölberg, a traditional district known for its historical textile work. For a long time, the glow of kerosene lamps lit by home workers there was visible from afar, as they used them to work in the evenings and at night. This part of the northern city earned the name Ölberg ("Oil Mountain") as a result.

The tour continues to its first stop: the Bandweaving Museum in the Goldzack Building, which will be visited with our tour guide. Afterward, we head to the Briller Viertel. The Briller Viertel is one of the largest contiguous Gründerzeit villa districts in Germany. Starting at the end of the 19th century, Wuppertal’s textile magnates built their stately homes there, surrounded by expansive parks.

Finally, we travel along the B7 back to the Engelsquartier in Barmen. There you can visit the Engels House. The entrance fee is included in the ticket.

Dates:
April 6, May 4, July 6, August 3, September 7, October 5, 2025

  

 


Historical city tour

Exciting industrial history and high-ranking culture: Wuppertal has a lot to offer of both. Our historical city tour shows key locations such as the Engelsquartier with the unique Engels House or the Oberbarmen district, which was once the centre of the flourishing textile industry. It takes you past the Opera House, the current main venue of the world-famous Wuppertal Pina Bausch Dance Theatre and its future home, the listed Schauspielhaus theatre. The Historische Stadthalle, one of the most magnificent concert halls in the world, will also be visited by the vintage buses of the Wuppertal Regional Transport History Foundation. The "Historic City Tour" also takes you through imposing villa neighbourhoods such as the zoo district and through the green Wuppertal around the Barmer Anlagen. Experience the most interesting and beautiful corners of Wuppertal in a special way in our vintage buses.

Dates
21 July 2024, 18 August 2024, 15 September 2024, 20 October 2024

 


Müngsten Bridge Tour

Experience outstanding railway and industrial history in a vintage bus! This extraordinary bus tour takes you from the Engels House to Germany's highest railway bridge.

From the Engels House, the tour first leads in the direction of Lichtscheid. It passes the Barmer Anlagen and the famous Toelle Tower. At Lichtscheid, the tour passes the highest point in Wuppertal, 350 metres above sea level. From Küllenhahn we follow the Hahnerberger Straße, past numerous automotive supply companies and tool manufacturers. In Cronenfeld our route crosses the Samba line. The railway line, opened in 1891, served Cronenberg's flourishing tool industry with raw materials and coal. Today the route is a popular cycle and footpath. Through the historic centre of the Cronenberg district, the tour follows Wahlert Street down to Kohlfurth, home of the historic Manuelskotten and the Bergische Museumsbahnen.

The route continues to the destination of the tour: the Müngsten Bridge. Inaugurated in 1897, the 107-metre high bridge is the highest railway bridge in Germany and, together with four other large arch bridges, is to be recognised as a World Heritage Site. After a short stop to discover the bridge and its surroundings, the participants return to Wuppertal via the motorway. We leave the motorway at the Sonnborner Kreuz, which was opened in 1974 as the largest inner-city motorway junction in Europe. At the stadium at the zoo we pass under the railway line Düsseldorf - Wuppertal, the most important railway connection from the Bergisches Land to the Rhineland. Via Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, with its diverse old buildings, we return to the Engelsquartier in Barmen via Wall, Haspel and the B7.
 

The special tour for the 2025 Day of Industrial Heritage will take place on June 1, 2025.


Visitor informationen

Meeting Point
Bus Stop Adlerbrücke (corner of Engelsstr. / Friedrich-Engels-Allee)

Departure Time and Duration

  • Wuppertal Special Tour: Departure at 11:00 AM, approx. 2 hours
  • Historical City Tour: Departure at 11:00 AM, approx. 2 hours
  • Müngsten Bridge Tour: Departure at 11:00 AM, approx. 3 hours

Costs/Booking
Online booking via Wuppertal Live is in preparation.

  • Wuppertal Special Tour: €22 / €11 reduced (incl. entry to Engels-House)
  • Historical City Tour: €20 / €10 reduced
  • Müngsten Bridge Tour: €30 / €15 reduced

Eligibility for Reduced Rates
Reduced rates apply to minors aged 6–14, pupils, apprentices, and students up to 27 years old, recipients of benefits under SGB II or SGB XII, holders of the Wuppertal Pass, participants in BFD, FSJ, or FÖJ, conscripts, or those performing civilian service, and those liable for the infrastructure development fee. Please provide appropriate proof.

Free Admission

  • Children aged 0–5
  • Accompanying persons of people with severe disabilities where the need for constant accompaniment is noted in their disability ID (identification with a "B" or "H" mark).

Contact
Visitor Service: Tel.: +49 (0)202 563 4375, Email: mi-wuppertal@stadt.wuppertal.de

Additional Notes
Short walking distances are required to visit the Bandweaving Museum and Müngsten Bridge. Please bring rain protection in bad weather. The events are not wheelchair accessible.

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