Last xmas my kids and I stayed over in Wuppertal on the way back home from family just to check out the Schwebebahn and it didn't disappoint! It makes what woul

Last xmas my kids and I stayed over in Wuppertal on the way back home from family just to check out the Schwebebahn and it didn't disappoint! It makes what would otherwise be a relatively ordinary Ruhrgebiet-style German city (ie mostly ugly), a uniquely beautiful walk. It's also awesome that the Schwebebahn is just regular public transport. You can get up into one of the stops, buy an obscenely cheap ticket (like 1 euro per person or something, I forgot), and ride it out. I liked being under it even more than being on it - the combination of the post-WWII buildings with the nature around the river and the early industrial Schwebebahn heavy metal design gives the riverside a very unique, slightly dieselpunk, atmosphere. I wouldn't say it's worth a trip on its own but it was definitely worth a detour for us!