The Ruhrgebiet
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
The Ruhrgebiet is an area that stretches on either side of the river Ruhr. Large and easily accessible coal reservoirs have led to a number of industrial towns growing here, the next +100.000 inhabitants
town is never more than ten minutes away (by car).
After cheap coal and steel from abrouad drove almost the entire local
industry out of business, the area was left with a pictouresque landscape of abandoned industrial works, many of which are either torn
down these days or turned into a cultural whatever. See for yourself.
The Ruhrgebiet is famous for the people that come from it, or rather,
for the clishee of those people. A typical person from the Ruhrgebiet
has not much interest in intelelctual activities, drinks a lot of beer, walks around in a dismal fashion and loves football (soccer for americans). These types are still around, but the time they are a changing. Characteristical for the Ruhrgebiet is a high number of people whose families came from Turkey, Italy, Spain or Greece during a German labour shortage in the 1950s and 1960s. As they brought along their culture, the bigger cities of the Ruhrgebiet have a certain multicutural appeal.
Labour immigration has been a sort of tradition in the Ruhrgebiet, as
the massive population boost during the industrial revolution would have been impossible without immigrants from Poland, who basically build the area.
The Ruhrgebiet is these days awash with culture and things to enjoy
as on isn't restricted to the offering of a single town, but has several big towns next to one another to choose from.
town is never more than ten minutes away (by car).
After cheap coal and steel from abrouad drove almost the entire local
industry out of business, the area was left with a pictouresque landscape of abandoned industrial works, many of which are either torn
down these days or turned into a cultural whatever. See for yourself.
The Ruhrgebiet is famous for the people that come from it, or rather,
for the clishee of those people. A typical person from the Ruhrgebiet
has not much interest in intelelctual activities, drinks a lot of beer, walks around in a dismal fashion and loves football (soccer for americans). These types are still around, but the time they are a changing. Characteristical for the Ruhrgebiet is a high number of people whose families came from Turkey, Italy, Spain or Greece during a German labour shortage in the 1950s and 1960s. As they brought along their culture, the bigger cities of the Ruhrgebiet have a certain multicutural appeal.
Labour immigration has been a sort of tradition in the Ruhrgebiet, as
the massive population boost during the industrial revolution would have been impossible without immigrants from Poland, who basically build the area.
The Ruhrgebiet is these days awash with culture and things to enjoy
as on isn't restricted to the offering of a single town, but has several big towns next to one another to choose from.
