The rallies are organised on request all year round, subject to availability. Also please be aware that all rallies (except the GPS treasure hunt) are conducted exclusively in German.
Rally ‘Works Championship’
For school groups aged 8-14
The Hütten Meisterschaft (Works Championship) places the emphasis on structural change, industrial heritage and the nature of industry. The pupils are divided into small teams and presented with exciting tasks, the completion of which demands commitment. The connection between learning and experience, knowledge and adventure creates the perfect background for a class trip with all the features of a journey of discovery. The team correctly completing the most tasks receives a Works Medal at the end.
Duration: 1,5 hours (plus approx. 30 min. evaluation time)
Price: €5.00 (per pupil)
Participants: min. 18 and max. 36 pupils
Provided: Instructions, road book and task map, 9 different stations worth seeing, rucksack with required materials, Works Medal for the best team
Please Note: This rally is only offered in German and is available in two different levels of difficulty. The Works Championship can be booked on request throughout the year depending on availability.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de
Rally “The Secret of the Ironworks”
Rally for youngsters (aged 12-15)
Youngsters are formed into teams to play this game and explore everything to do with the background and connections of the ironworks. Written hints in the form of texts, codes and puzzles help them close in on the solution. The teams pool their results and, with a dash of good luck and some lateral thinking, the secrets of the ironworks can be revealed. After a brief introduction the teams are left to their own devices and set off into the unknown. The rucksack provided contains the required materials to help them find the solution.
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours (plus evaluation time)
Price: €4.00 per pupil
Participants: min. 18 and max. 36 pupils
Provided: (loan of game materials), game led by a qualified team leader throughout the rally, road book and task map, 3 exciting tasks and a quiz.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de
‘E. Isenstein’ Rally
For adults
Provided with useful, but also false information, the teams compete against one another. The tasks are related to industrial history, architecture, the world of plants and local studies. At the end of the rally your performance will be evaluated based on the points you’ve gained so that a winning team quickly emerges.
Duration: optional 2 hours or 3,5 hours (plus evaluation time)
Price: €16.00 per participant from 15 to 40 participants
€12.00 per participant from participant 41
€ 3.00 per participant from nightfall with head torch
This rally can also be undertaken by bike!
Price: €9.00 per bike
Participants: min. 15 and max. 140 participants
Provided: Instructions, rucksack with required materials per team. special prize for the best team, 2nd place prize for the remaining teams, at nightfall with head torch
The following optional provisions can also be booked: small refreshment between rally and winners’ ceremony (sparkling wine, orange juice, nibbles), packed lunch during the rally, refreshment before or after the rally.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de
Geocaching Rally – adults
Join the 21st century paper chase! You have to find routes, coordinates and information and then solve tricky tasks. In addition to your road book you’ll also navigate using our GPS equipment in order to beat your way through the ‘jungle’ of iron and steel, green spaces and water.
Duration: optional 2 hours or 3,5 hours (plus evaluation time)
Price: €25.00 per participant till nightfall
€28.00 per participant from nightfall with head torch
Participants: min. 15 and max. 40 participants
Provided: Instructions, one GPS per team, Geocache road book and task maps, additional caches. 6 different stations worth seeing, one rucksack per team with required materials, special prize for the best team, 2nd place prize for the remaining teams, at nightfall with head torch. The following optional provisions can also be booked: small refreshment between rally and winners’ ceremony (sparkling wine, orange juice, nibbles), packed lunch during the rally, refreshment before or after the rally.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de
GPS – Treasure Hunt in the old Ironworks
Families - Children and adults
Where once raw pig iron flowed through the works’ casting houses, hunts for buried treasure using the latest technology are now undertaken. The combination of searching for places by using GPS coordinates and the solving of some tricky tasks makes this expedition a source of all sorts of fun for families and adults.
It’s up to you whether you explore the route with your own GPS or with one of ours. When you book you choose between the road books and three levels of difficulty. When you set off on your adventure is up to you: you can collect the road book from the Visitors’ Centre or have it sent out to you in advance by post. But whichever way, a treasure is waiting for you as a reward!
Duration: approx. 2 to 3 hours
Price: €9.50 per participant till nightfall
€12.50 per participant from nightfall
€15.00 hire charge per GPS for the duration of the rally
Participants: min. 2 and max. 30 participants
Provided: one road book (3 different routes/levels of difficulty to choose from) per team, one ‘treasure’ per person
Please note: This rally is also offered in English and French (foreign language supplement: €5.00 per person) and can be individually booked on request depending on availability throughout the year.
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de
Rally ‘Spy alert’ - adults
You move in small teams through the maze of gigantic pipes, metres-high blast furnaces and chimneys on an exciting journey of discovery during which as groups of spies you seek to track down the secret of the works and with a bit of luck crack it. But you need to take care! Careless use of volatile information can quickly give you away.
Duration: approx. 2.5 hours
Price: €16.00 per participant till nightfall
€18.00 per participant from nightfall
Participants: min. 15 and max. 40 participants
Provided specials: Instructions, one rucksack of required materials per team, special price
Booking:
Phone: +49 (0) 203 42 919 19
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Online: www.tour-de-ruhr.de
