High-tech in a nos­tal­gic pack­age

The future is created before a nostalgic backdrop in the MICE state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well, with new ideas being generated in conferences and seminars behind venerable walls. High-tech meets history here at digital or hybrid events. Monument protection does not stand in the way of sustainable and global activity at the Lenkwerk in Bielefeld, the Historische Stadthalle in Wuppertal, and the Stadthalle Mülheim an der Ruhr.

The neoclassicist building right on the banks of the Ruhr river is considered the versatile grand dame among the conference venues in the Ruhr region, offering the best energy and cutting edge event technology at the same time. Just as at the Stadthalle in Wuppertal, with an opulent Great Hall with acoustics of world fame, the Mühlheim venue was renovated with a view to preserving the historical building’s authentic charisma. Both buildings are equipped with green electricity or energy-saving use of LED technology for events in the large ballroom or bistro lounge.

While richly decorated columns and arches form a splendid backdrop for trade fairs and business meetings, concerts, or festivities in the Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal, the Lenkwerk Bielefeld sports bends and horsepower all around. The British Army of the Rhine used the premises in the former Luftwaffe uniform office as a supply depot the until 1992. This event location is still young, though the age of the classic and modern classic cars exhibited here is quite impressive. Car enthusiasts are not the only people amazed when they spot the shining classics from Italy and historical 911s, British Bentleys, and legendary Harleys in the historical event hall. The building was entirely renovated and equipped with cutting-edge technology to become the centre of Bielefeld’s Lenkwerk City, a young New Work quarter in East Westphalia.