Zonguldak Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
central district and city in Zonguldak province, Turkey
About Zonguldak
Turkey has little coal, oil or gas of its own, and its villages traditionally dwelt in a fug of wood-smoke — or of dry dung fumes when all else failed, which was often the case in the arid, tree-scarce interior. Its reserves were mostly lignite, "brown coal", poor polluting stuff, but in the mid 19th century "hard coal" was discovered in the Zonguldak region. This is what you need to make coke, for steel and glass furnaces, and it could also power the engines of the Ottoman navy. Zonguldak burgeoned into a dusty grubby port, exporting the coal across the Black Sea to mostly domestic markets. (One suggestion for the origin of its name is "Zone Geul-Dagh", a French garbling ofGöldağıthe mountain above.) The city also made cement and steel. And it manufactured lung disease in industrial quant
Top Attractions in Zonguldak
Explore the best things to see and do in Zonguldak:
- ★Karaelmas Mine Martyrs Museum
- ★Mining Museum
Where to Stay in Zonguldak
- 🏨Dedeman
- 🏨Mer Hotel
- 🏨Staron Otel
Zonguldak Travel Guide Sections
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