The Ruhr Valley is the large industrial area located north of Düsseldorf. Here some 5.1 million people live in many different cities such as Essen, Dortmund, Duisburg to mention some. They are so closely connected to one another that people sometime sees it as one huge city. However the inhabitants refer to themselves as Dortmunder, Duisburger etc.
The area is famous for the industrialization of Germany, which is part of the reason for Germany's development to one of the most industrialized countries of the world. The huge amount of ore, the early mines and the already developed technology for mining made the Ruhr Valley one of the most thriving areas during the industrialization. The demand of workers attracted people from all around Germany and gave an explosive increase of people to the area, it explains the high density of people in this area today.
Today the Ruhr Valley is different. Much of the industries have been transferred to China, but some still remains. However the high population remains. In the last decades the area has transformed from a highly industrialized area to an area for education and art.
To experience the past and to understand the transformation of this area we went with my German class on a trip there. What we saw was amazing and I can recommend everyone to go there. We went to the Duisburg Landschaftspark. The Duisburg Landschaftspark have been listed on New York Times top 10 list parks of the world and one can understand why. The park is an old coal mining facility intended to let people to remind the industrial past rather than forgetting it.
The area is famous for the industrialization of Germany, which is part of the reason for Germany's development to one of the most industrialized countries of the world. The huge amount of ore, the early mines and the already developed technology for mining made the Ruhr Valley one of the most thriving areas during the industrialization. The demand of workers attracted people from all around Germany and gave an explosive increase of people to the area, it explains the high density of people in this area today.
Today the Ruhr Valley is different. Much of the industries have been transferred to China, but some still remains. However the high population remains. In the last decades the area has transformed from a highly industrialized area to an area for education and art.
To experience the past and to understand the transformation of this area we went with my German class on a trip there. What we saw was amazing and I can recommend everyone to go there. We went to the Duisburg Landschaftspark. The Duisburg Landschaftspark have been listed on New York Times top 10 list parks of the world and one can understand why. The park is an old coal mining facility intended to let people to remind the industrial past rather than forgetting it.
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| Our guide showing showing us the amazing view of the Ruhr |
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| The view on an old complex for melting steel. |
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| It can be seen how the nature has recaptured lost land. |
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| It is amazing how the germans have managed to transfor this old industry to an park. To the left they have created an cinema within the old steel melting area. |
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| The second largest open volume building in the world. |
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| Inside the second largest open volume building in the world. |
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| On the second largest open volume building in the world. |
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| The Ruhr Area has also given place for artists to display their art. This is the Teatreder in Bottropp. |
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| A group photo in the teatraeder |
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| An old coal cleaning complex transformed to an museum and concert hall. |
