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Essen-Nord · fifth floor · fictional address

Oben

Oben means “up here”: an old storage floor under the roof. Courtyard and slag heap below, windows and sky above. In between, 94 steps or a lift.

The room: tall steel windows, old oak floor, mats in two rows
The hall in the morning. No mirror, no background music, no scented candles.

Getting here

  1. 0 minTram stopGet off, cross at the lights and walk along the slag heap. When you see the chimney, you're on the right track.
  2. 6 minCourtyardGrey steel door, bell marked “Blau”. Bikes go in the covered rack on the left.
  3. 8 minStairs or lift94 steps up to the fifth floor. The goods lift works too, step-free to the door.
  4. 10 minCloakroomShoes off, jacket on the hook, phone on silent.
  5. 12 minMatMat, block and blanket are ready. Windows on three sides. You are up here: oben.
Slag heapObenTram stop6 min on foot
Site plan, schematic. The address is made up.
Brick courtyard with a bike rack and a grey steel door, the studio's large windows at the top
The courtyard. The windows at the very top are us.
Concrete stairs with a black steel handrail, daylight falling through a skylight above
94 steps. Take them and you're already warm.

What's up here

Room
180 m², old oak floor, steel windows on three sides. 22 mats, no more fit under the roof.
Equipment
Mats, cork blocks, wool blankets, straps. Wiped after every class, blankets washed every week.
Changing rooms
Two separate ones and one for everyone. Lockers with a number code.
Showers
Two, with hot water at 6:30 too. Towels are ready.
After class
Tea from the pot by the window. Water is always there.
Access
Lift to the door. Into the hall there is a 2 cm threshold: tell us and we put the ramp down.

Opening hours

Mon–Fri
6:30–22:30
Sat–Sun
8:30–19:00

The door opens 15 minutes before the first class.

Contact

hallo@blau.example

We reply the same day, usually between two classes.

First time here?

Come ten minutes early. We'll show you around before we start.

Trial class for €10