City of Blades
Solingen, which is growing and has more than 160,000 residents, is located in the heart of North-Rhine Westphalia with its 18 million residents and is therefore the second largest city in the Bergisches Land tri-state. Solingen borders to Düsseldorf and Cologne in the west, the Ruhr region in the north and the Wupper Hills in the southeast.
Solingen is very well connected to the regional public transport system, as it is only a 30 minute train ride from Solingen central station to the fairs and international airports in Cologne and Düsseldorf. Solingen has the largest trolleybus network in the whole of Germany and is also connected by the highways A1, A3 and A46 to the rest of North-Rhine Westphalia and Germany.
For companies Solingen offers an extremely competitive environment:
Location
- Direct proximity to the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region with the highest concentration of companies in the whole of Germany
- Plenty of commercial space is available for investment
Distances
- 10 minutes to the superhigh-ways and railway stations
- 30 minutes to the airports and trade fairs in Düsseldorf and Cologne
- 45 minutes to the inland port in Duisburg
- It takes an hour’s drive to reach 18 million people
Further information
- Office space from 7€/m². More than half as cheap as in Berlin, Munich or Hamburg
- Living expenses on average 3x lower than in Berlin, Munich or Hamburg
More information about Solingen, its history and much more can be found in the attached brochure, on the official website www.solingen.de.
Business Location Solingen