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BdT mit Deutschlanbezug - Sonnenuntergang im Ruhrgebiet

10 reasons to visit the Ruhr region

© picture-alliance/dpa/M. Kusch
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Over decades its disused coal mines and industrial plants have become museums and arts venues, wastelands are green again, and rivers blue at last. The Ruhr, Germany's biggest industrial region, has reinvented itself.