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7 Best Things to Do in Bethlehem, PA

The Christmas City, with steel-era landmarks, colonial history and a lively downtown.

Historic Walking Tours

Join a Historic Bethlehem Tours walk to hit the key sights and hear the stories behind them, with themed tours for each season.

National Museum of Industrial History

Discover how steel, silk and other industries once ruled Bethlehem, and the engines they produced, in the old steel works.

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Christmas in Bethlehem

The Christmas City decorates early and lights up downtown, with shops full of gift ideas a month before the holiday.

Hoover-Mason Trestle

Walk the elevated trestle that once carried raw materials to Bethlehem Steel’s furnaces, now a park beside the museum.

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Historic Hotel Bethlehem

Stay or just step inside the downtown hotel that has welcomed presidents and other famous guests over the years.

Colonial Industrial Quarter

See how early industries harnessed Monocacy Creek to power a tannery, blacksmiths, sawmills and even a soap mill.

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SteelStacks

Catch a concert or festival at this 10-acre arts complex built around the old Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces.

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