To coincide with the Manifesta art biennial – which, for its 16th edition, has chosen the Ruhr region as its venue due to its unique historical background as a polycentric industrial area – we will be ...

The Emscher river in western Germany’s Ruhr region was one of the country’s most polluted for decades, so bad that parents spooked children with warnings they could die if they fell into the poisonous ...

The Ruhr region, once the industrial heart of coal and steel production, will host an ambitious project aimed at transforming ...

A hill emerges incongruously from the table-flat landscape east of the Rhine River near Bottrop, Germany. I climb a wide graded path through young birch and cherry trees. The fledgling forest finally ...

“Future in Bloom” is the motto of the International Garden Exhibition 2027 in the Ruhr region, which will take place from April 23 to October 17, 2027. This International Garden Exhibition will be the ...

Düsseldorf is not insignificant by any means. As things stand it was the fourth busiest German airport in 2025 with 21 ...

In books, paintings and plays of social protest, the Ruhr Valley was long pictured as a brutally black furnace of heavy industry, as ugly as the coalpits on which it is built. It has also been ...

A city's industrial past can leave unsettling imprints on the present. Large abandoned structures and forgotten facilities are very appealing not only to the voracious real estate market but also to ...