Unna is a beautiful town in Germany's Ruhr area. Find out about its most interesting spots and events. This blog has been provided by form 6c of Pestalozzi Grammar School.
The medieval market (in Germany you say medieval market) is a market which starts in spring and takes two days. The entry is free. It´s very interesting for little kids, but even older kids and adults like this festival. Everything is medieval. In the...
Information Antenne Unna is a radio station with has been broadcasting in and around Unna since the 30th December 1991.The chief editor is Thorsten Wager. Antenne Unna has a mascot named Scotty. Scotty is a meerkat that lives in the Dortmund Zoo. Antenne...
The Lindenbrauerei (Linden brewery) is a former brewing site in Unna. The brewery produced the ’Linden beer’ till 1979 the former Sudhaus, the Kesselhaus and the Schalander building as well as the chimney with the Fibonacci sequence stand under conservation...
The Town Museum stands next to the city wall in Unna. Its real name is “Hellweg Museum”. It was built in the 14th century but only in 1936 the “Hellweg Museum” moved into the castle. In the “Hellweg Museum” are different exhibitions. They display old...
The light art museum is the only museum of its kind in Europe. The museum opened in 2001. It is in the old cellar of the Lindenbrauerei in Unna. The light art museum is under the town library. You can make a guided tour through the museum. And each year...
The Eulenturm is one of the towers of the city wall. It was built in 1475 and it stands on the south wall. Originally its name is Oelkenthurm, but because of a spelling mistake it was called Eulenthurm. Today it is a restaurant, and under it is the oldest...
The donkey is the symbol of Unna, because the citizens are pig-headed, but they are industrious. As many people had a donkey in former times, the animal became a important symbol in Unna. A map of Unna from 1828 shows that there was an „Eselspfad“ (donkey...
The Christmas market in Unna begins at the end of November and ends two days before Christmas Eve. It`s almost all around the city but especially at the market place. The Christmas market of Unna is versatile. You can buy some presents for your family....
The Donkey The Donkey is a very old emblem for Unna. In 1804 other cities got animals too. For example, Soest has got the cow, Kamen a fish and Werl has got the pig. There are 12 donkeys in Unna- Each of them costs 2.950€. At the marketplace in Unna stands...
Hey Guys! Yesterday we were in Unna at the art school for the youth. It was so cool: ,,Guys visit it!”. We met Sabine Miermeister (she is responsible for the music) and she told us about the school. We went to a group of kids who learned to play the guitar....
Unna is a district town with 59,143 residents. The district includes the towns Selm, Lünen, Werne, Holzwickede, Kamen, Bergkamen, Fröndenberg, Schwerte and Bönen. Moreover Unna has an area of 88.56 square kilometers and was founded in 1032, but Unna already...
If you are in Unna and it´s the 4th, the 5th or the 6th September, you can visit the town festival. There you can see a 100-hour-program on eight stages. More than 100,000 visitors are proof that the town festival is one of the biggest events on the region....
Italian Festival The Italian Festival is a big festival with lots of offers.in German it is called Festa Italiana. It’s the biggest Italian festival north of the Alps. The festival takes place in the city centre of Unna. The Italian Festival begins on...
Every year in autumn you can see the nightlights in Unna. The lights are on an old graveyard. It´s very expensive to come in but it´s worth it. A light crew comes to Unna to install the nightlights. They illuminate the trees and the headstones in different...