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City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Krefeld is a city on the Lower Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia with 234,000 inhabitants.
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Water castle with exposition about medieval history; next to it is a Baroque hunting château with historically furnished bourgeois rooms and an archaeological museum.
Art museum.
Drehbrücke
1905 swingbridge at the harbour, interesting metalworks and completely functional
Altes Hauptpostamt
Old 1894 Imperial Post Office, today used as offices.
Gymnasium am Moltkeplatz
Neo-classicist high school building
Church
City park with walkways and lake.
Autobahnkapelle Geismühle
Small roadside chapel at a rest area.
Michaelskirche
Protestant church in Uerdingen with an unusual round church tower.
Indoor and Outdoor Pool
Large public pools with plenty of greenspace to lie down on.
By train
Krefeld central station is served by frequently running regional trains from Aachen (takes xx minutes), Cologne (takes 40 minutes), Duisburg (15–25 minutes), Mönchengladbach (20 minutes) and Kleve…
Municipal company SWKmobil operate most of the public transport in Krefeld, including trams which connect to the Düsseldorf system via light rail U76.
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Düsseldorf · International · DUS
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