Welcome to the Art Fabrik Hotel in Wuppertal!

The building, which today houses the Art Fabrik Hotel, was once a factory which belonged to the family of Friedrich Engels. It is said that Friedrich Engels supported Karl Marx financially with money which was made from the factory so that Marx could finish working on the famous communist manifest.

A few years ago Roswitha and Erich Bethe put an unusual concept into practice – one that would see the former factory transformed into an art hotel whose income could support 6 childrens’ hospices as well as the Bethe Foundation and provide a platform for local artiest.

Art-restaurant
You like to have meal in a very special scene? Then visit our art-restaurant with its unique ambiance and culinary coddle yourself. Here you can experience how art, music and food perfectly fit together! Artists brought in their ideas and arranged each chair and table individual and a piano man plays every evening. Just have a good time!
If you visit our art-coffee, which is in the artists studios, you could have a café au lait while watching how a new piece of art is produced. There you can have a look through a soundproof window at factory workers in a cold rolling mill.
Wellness
Come to our Persian hammam and relax in a different way. Like in 1001 nights indulge yourself with oriental massage and cosmetic applications. You can have sauna or the mermaid basin. After that beauty program you can finish the day in the cosy atmosphere of the tearoom with snacks and drinks. You just have to wish!
Art and charity
In our hotel you can see every three month a new vernisage from contemporary artists. We don´t take any fee, so that every income of sold paintings goes to the 6 children´s hospices of the Bethe donation. Every vendee can have a contribution receipt from one of the hospices he likes. So he can remove from the tax office at a value at least 30% of the bought picture or sculpture.
Discover Wuppertal
You shouldn’t miss the famous suspension railway, even more known since Tuffi, the elephant, jumped out. He is doing well. We although recommend you the Heydt-museum, the zoo and the adventure bath Bergische Sonne as well as a climbing centre 300 m away from the hotel.