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The main element of the Neue Mitte area is the CentrO complex which includes a shopping mall, a children's theme park and a promenade with restaurants and pubs.
The largest disc-type gas holder in Europe which is now an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It hosts varying exhibitions aimed at the general public (often including light and sound installations). A panoramic elevator inside the Gasometer can be used to travel to a floor level below the roof. From there, a stairway on the outside leads to three panoramic platforms mounted on the Gasometer's roof. People with disabilities can ask the staff to use the other elevator on the outside of the Gasometer, which directly leads to one of the platforms.
former home of the late Paul the oracle octopus.
A large H0 model railway installation depicting the Ruhrgebiet at its industrial zenith between 1965-1970.
460-metre-long stress ribbon bridge which is also a landscape sculpture; its spirals and wild colours allude to the popular children's toy "Slinky". At night it is illuminated by LED fields in 16 colours.