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The mother of all Autobahns
Yesterday our friend Gp from Düsseldorf sent us a link to the Ruhr 2010 Events page…we are already busy studying the latest GEO issue on the 2010 Capital of Culture, the Ruhr Metropolis, but frankly...
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essen…tial
If someone had told me a year ago that I would visit Essen, I would not have believed it. Say, Essen was not in my travel imaginaire. A few months ago we realized that the Ruhr region was going to be...
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the mother of all bauhaus
Oh yes I am in the right place. Industriekultur is what I’m longing for. We start from the cathedral, the mother of all collieries and coal-washing plants, Zollverein. I understood more about the...
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Zollverein: archistars must behave
In these hours we are all seeing the shocking images from Duisburg Love Parade stampede. It looks as something went horribly wrong security-wise and I share the view of Dr Motte: such events need...
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the age of reason
In Italy you can buy scratch-and-win cards whose prize is a pension. Something like 4,000 Euro per month. Gaining a pension at 20, 30 or 50, what a dream…many people buy these cards in bars and shops....
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Krupp and down
Today we did a full immersion in yet another German manufacturing legend of the Ruhr: Krupp. The Villa Hügel exhibition illustrates how Essen was shaped by the Dutch-German family and its diversified...
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Villa Hügel, Essen
Goldenen Oktober, indeed. We headed to Villa Hügel, Essen. The train journey was marvellous, in the middle of the woods golden and copper hues. Chestnut, birch, linden, oaks…marvellous.
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gold and amber
Tonight the rain on Essen streets makes the evening traffic and its light glow like amber and gold…
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Neues Museum (in Essen)
Before jumping on my train to Düsseldorf tonight, I could pop over to Essen’s Folkwang Museum. City lights and cosy lights share the scene…and glow like as a gilded Japanese screen. Just like Berlin’s...
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The Siena of coal and iron
The beauty of this place is moving. In its own genre, it is as beautiful as Siena is. Harmony and incredible colors. Towers within the skyline. Each time we come here it is breathtaking!
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