The heart of the "Wuppertaler Bühnen" (lit. Wuppertal stages) beats in the listed opera house, which appears in a few moments to your left. It was opened in 1905 and rebuilt after the war in the style of the 50s. Today it has been magnificently renovated and is, among other things, the home of Pina Bausch's internationally acclaimed dance theater.

Only a few meters away you find the house of the Engels family. Together with the Museum of Early Industrialization, it is one of the most important sights of Wuppertal, where you can learn all about the co-founder of Marxism and Wuppertal's leading role in the age of the industrial revolution.

Especially for tourists from China the visit is a highlight of every trip to Germany. The monumental statue of Engels in the Engels Garden, which the Republic of China donated to the city, is evidence of this.

By the way, by far not all Wuppertalers were always proud of the famous son of the city. There was for example also a controversy about another monument on the square, which the Austrian sculptor Alfred Hrdlicka had created in the 1970s. He called it "Die starke Linke" (lit. The strong Left) – and that was too much for some, especially since the sculpture ended up being considerably more expensive than planned – and a dispute broke out between the artist and the city.