The little big freedom: Recklinghausen city port.
The Recklinghausen city harbor is the smallest in Europe, but leisure is very important here.
The port is located in the middle of the Ruhr area's recreational boating area, a 260 km long connection between the Rhine and Ruhr with the Wesel-Datteln Canal, the Rhine-Herne Canal and the Dortmund-Ems Canal.
Located directly on the cycle path on the Emscher, the harbor is also a popular place for local recreation beyond the city. As an anchor point for the wheelIndustrial heritage route is in the former substation the German Electricity Museum “Electricity through Time” and invites you to discover, learn and experiment.
You can also relax in the sand of the beach bar lounge in front of an impressive industrial backdrop with a historic harbor crane, learn stand-up paddling or celebrate with us at the city harbor festival. When do you dock?
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The “Stadthafen” restaurant impresses with its feel-good ambience inside and beach flair outside. The large beach area invites you to relax in a deck chair and the little ones can also dig here.
A new highlight will provide even more fun starting in May 2025: thanks to our partnership with iSUP Verleih NRW, two SUP sets can be rented! Cost: 2 hours/€2 per person
At the city harbor 10
45663 Recklinghausen
+49 2361 - 96 06 211
info@stadthafen.com
Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday from 15 p.m.
Sundays & public holidays from 12 noon
More on this: http://www.stadthafen.com
In addition to the beach experience, the city harbor offers good opportunities for bicycle tours: The harbor is connected to the Emscherpark cycle path (water culture route), the main route of the "Route of industrial culture by bike" project.
You can find the port regulations as a PDF document here:
