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World Heritage Day 2025: Free tours and cultural highlights in the region!
June 1, 2025 marks UNESCO World Heritage Day; Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland offer free guided tours and exciting events.
World Heritage Day 2025: Free tours and cultural highlights in the region!
On Sunday, June 1st, the 20th UNESCO World Heritage Day will be celebrated, with the motto “Educate, connect, inspire”. This special day in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland invites you to explore the vastness of the cultural heritage. Süddeutsche.de informs that numerous world heritage sites are opening their doors to offer visitors a varied program.
A highlight in Saarland is the Völklinger Hütte, which features an “Arts Trail”, guided tours for children and time travel through different eras. You can also experience a sound walk. Admission for the guided tours is 5 euros, while the exhibition “The True Size of Africa” has a reduced price of 9 euros.
Diverse offers in Rhineland-Palatinate
The Schum sites in Rhineland-Palatinate, which include Speyer, Worms and Mainz, also offer a rich program. Here the tours are free and visitors can visit the Jewish Museum Rashi-Haus in Worms. Musical performances in the Judenhof, including a performance by the Jewish community choir, promise a special experience. Another highlight will be the short concert “Faszination Domorgel” in Speyer Cathedral.
The Shum sites are named after the initial Hebrew letters, which is an interesting connection to history. In Mainz, information is provided, among other things, with free tours of the old Jewish cemetery “Judensand”, whereby male participants must wear headgear.
Additional events in Saarland
In Bingen, visitors can expect a rich program on the Rhine, which includes a discovery tour, exhibitions in the museum and a historical crane demonstration. Admission to all events in Bingen is free. The oldest city in Germany, Trier, on the other hand, offers an exciting audio walk tour about its Roman past, which offers a high level of entertainment value, especially for families, with the “Porta Nigra Rally”.
On the same day, the Völklingen Ironworks will also receive increased attention as part of World Heritage Day. The history of the UNESCO World Heritage Site is particularly honored here. The Völklingen Ironworks, which in earlier times employed up to 17,000 workers, is the subject of, among other things, the film “The Iron Treasure”, which was produced by SR journalist Sven Rech. Saarbrücken newspaper reports on the first broadcast of the film on September 30th, with a preview that will take place on September 15th in the Gebläsehalle of the Völklinger Hütte.
Admission to the preview is free, although available seats will be limited. Visitors who come to the preview should arrive in the Gebläsehalle in good time to learn about the stories and the significance of the Völklinger Hütte.