Under the official name of “Ruhr.2010” for the first time a whole region has become European Capital of Culture.
It is a region in the west of Germany close to the border to the Netherlands. Here you find 53 towns and cities in a region in past times famous for its coal mines and steelworks. This part of Germany, home to more than 5 Million people from many different countries, is now being transferred into an area with lots of recreational and cultural attractions. And of course this year there will be even more events of all sorts. It is a region of Germany worth paying a visit, a region formed by hard work and football, formed by people of different religions and cultures and last but not least formed by the times of the “black gold” from the Industrial Revolution to the 1960s. You do not only find brand stores in the bigger cities but also Germany’s biggest supermarket with the size of a football/soccer field. In Duisburg Zoo you can even find a part of Australia, the only Koalas in Germany. Starlight Express is a musical understood by everybody and has been played in Bochum for almost 22 years.
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