About the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum

Traffic warning: A40 closed near Bochum due to new bridge construction from 6 August

From 6 August 2024, the A40 Schlachthofbrücke will be rebuilt. The A40 will be fully closed for 15 weeks between the Bochum-West junction and the Bochum-Harpen junction. Visitors to the Ruhrtriennale must be prepared for increased congestion on the diversion routes.


The story of the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum begins in 1902, when the hall served as an exhibition hall for the Bochumer Verein für Bergbau und Gußstahlfabrikation (Bochum Association for Mining and Steel Casting) at an industrial and trade show in Düsseldorf, the “small world exhibition”. The monumental steel construction was transported from the Rhine to the Ruhr over the winter of 1902/1903 and assumed its function as a gas power station in the heart of the steelworks. The gas power station processed the blast furnace gas and supplied the plant and surrounding settlements with energy for over 60 years. 100 years after its construction in Bochum – on 30 April 2003 – the Jahrhunderthalle, which was extended by a functional porch and is now a listed building, was given a new purpose as an “assembly hall for art” (Gerard Mortier) during the opening of the second season of the Ruhrtriennale.

  • Introductions
  • Catering

Directions and arrival

Jahrhunderthalle Bochum
An der Jahrhunderthalle 1
44793 Bochum

  • Public transport and KombiTicket
  • Directions
  • Travelling by bike
  • Accessibility at the venue

  • Access
  • Accessible toilets
  • Accessible parking
  • Audio description and haptic tour
  • Hearing support
  • Sign language translation
  • Festival team on site
  • Events at this venue
    August
    Mon 12.8.2024
    4 p.m. Junge Triennale, Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
    Tue 13.8.2024
    10 a.m. Junge Triennale, Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
    Wed 14.8.2024
    10 a.m. Junge Triennale, Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
    Fri 16.8.2024
    2 p.m. Junge Triennale, Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
    8 p.m. Music theatre Jahrhunderthalle Bochum
    • 6 p.m. Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum

      Wunderland

    Sat 17.8.2024
    10 a.m. Junge Triennale, Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
    11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Festival Centre An der Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum
    4 p.m. Music theatre Jahrhunderthalle Bochum