The old Frisian town of Emden, situated near the point where the river Ems flows into the Dollert inlet, is the most westerly German port on the North Sea and the largest after Hamburg and Bremen. Lying at the end of the Dortmund-Ems Canal, the port mainly serves the Ruhr (coal, ore and grain; oil terminal). The Ems-Jade Canal also provides a link with Wilhelmshaven. Other important industries are shipbuilding, car manufacture and the handling of North Sea gas. From the outer harbor there is a ferry service to the island of Borkum.
The layout of the town is characterized by its numerous canals (delfte).
The Kunsthalle, in the northwest of Emden's old town at Hinter dem Rahmen 13, was presented to the town by Henri Nannen featuring contemporary art and special exhibitions.
3km/2mi southwest of Emden's old town lies the port (motor launch services from the Ratsdelft; harbor cruises), at the end of the Dortmund-Ems and Ems-Jade Canals.
In the center of Emden, on the Ratsdelft (boat moorings), stands the New Town Hall, built in 1959-62 on the foundations of the old Renaissance Town Hall which was destroyed in 1944 (fine view of the town from the tower). In addition to municipal offices the Town Hall also houses the East Frisian Museum and the Municipal Armory (Rüstkammer; equipment of the old town militia, 16th-18th C.).
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