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Cycle tour on the trail of transformation

Experience Chemnitz' industrial heritage by bike.

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Chemnitz, Industriemuseum
Zwickauer Straße 119, 09112 Chemnitz
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Together with tour guide Veronika Leonhardt, you will set off by bike on the trail of industrial culture and its transformation in Chemnitz. The tour starts at the Industrial Museum, which is itself a successful example of transformation: production has taken place here since the 19th century and demolition was only narrowly prevented in 1990. Today, visitors can experience around 220 years of Saxon industrial history in the former foundry hall. The "Tales of Transformation" exhibition tells these and many other stories of transformation. Some of these Chemnitz transformation sites are visited on the cycle tour.

Length: approx. 12 km

Meeting point: Chemnitz Industriemuseum

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Industriemuseum Chemnitz

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Tales of Transformation

In its major exhibition ‘Tales of Transformation’, the Industriemuseum Chemnitz compares the development of former industrial hotspots: Chemnitz, Gabrovo, Łódź, Manchester, Mulhouse and Tampere. The exhibition sheds light on the impulses for the future coming from these cities and what they can learn from each other: rapid growth and splendid wealth paired with precarious living conditions - later a radical collapse and the necessary reinvention. The exhibition is part of the main programme of the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025.

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European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.