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ERIH Board meeting in Katowice/Poland
On invitation of the Silesian Voivodeship the ERIH board met in Katowice/Poland and discussed with...
Review of the ERIH Annual Conference 2012
More than 100 delegates from 15 European Countries attended the ERIH Conference 2012 in September...
Welcome
to the European Route of Industrial Heritage, the tourism information network of industrial heritage in Europe.
Currently we present more than 1,000 sites in 43 European countries. Among these sites there are 80 Anchor Points which build the virtual ERIH main route. On sixteen Regional Routes you can discover the industrial history of these landscapes in detail. All sites relate to thirteen European Theme Routes which show the diversity of European industrial history and their common roots.
Anchor Point of the Day
Netherlands Steam Machine Museum | Medemblik
In 1976 mr. C. P. Jongert starts a private steam engine collection. By doing this he lays,...
Do you know...
which place has the most jewellery shops and manufacturers in Europe?
In Birmingham. The jewellery quarter flourished here for centuries : jewellery makers not only worked in small specialised workshops but also in large factories that exported their goods to all four corners of the globe. Rows and rows of jewellery shops featured jewellery from all the leading manufacturers in the country. In the "Museum of the Jewellery Quarter", an anchor point along the European Route of Industrial Heritage, visitors can watch goldsmiths and silversmiths at work in original jewellery workshops.
