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Opened in 1880 and now hosts 470 species in a 24-hectare park-like environment.
Wuppertal Zoo is a 24-hectare (59-acre) zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. About 5,000 animals from around the world live at the zoo, representing about 500 species, including apes, monkeys, bears, big cats, elephants, as well as birds, reptiles, and fish.
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the historical city hall
Nowadays the Stadthalle is a concert hall, host to many cultural events.
In a converted underground bunker, this club playing, amongst others, electronic music, is supposedly one of the clubs with the best acoustics (as to the Guardian)
A nice wide park on a hill in the heart of Wuppertal. On the park area there is also the Botanischer Garten (botanical garden).
Sculpture park founded by and with many sculptures by the British sculptor Tony Cragg, who lives and works in Wuppertal. Also has works by other modern and contemporary sculptors, and temporary exhibitions.
The museum provides rides on old tram over its 2.8 km, metre—gauge line that runs through a wooded area, and was originally abandoned in 1969. The only active remains of the once vast urban and rural tramway network that covered this region. Was hit by the severe floods of 2021, and still not running again as of Spring 2024.
Take a walk around the historical dam.