December 22
Photo: Carl de Canedido Fresh bread rolls, pastries, and cakes in Essen's south. Finding bakery opening hours in Essen is a popular search term during the Christmas season and New Year's Eve – especially in the districts around the Baldeneysee bus line, where many people spend their holidays. Whether it's fresh bread rolls on Christmas Eve, a sweet stollen [...] Read More
April 4th
Photo: Lisa Rosenberg | City of Essen Drinking fountains in Essen- Kettwig and Essen-Werden shortly before commissioning Essen, Baldeneysee, April 4, 2025. Drinking fountains in the Ruhr Valley near Baldeneysee are a great way to refill water bottles for free. Just in time for the start of daylight saving time, the City of Essen, in cooperation with the Essen public utilities, announced that some of the fountains installed throughout the city [...] Read More
July 7
Photo: Cesar von Meissen Discover leisure, nature and culture at Baldeneysee. The Baldeneysee, named after the village Baldeney, which was submerged by its waters, is the largest of the six reservoirs on the Ruhr River. Located south of the North Rhine-Westphalian metropolis of Essen, the Baldeneysee serves, among other things, to supply the region with process and drinking water, to purify the Ruhr River, and [...] Read More