Germany’s Ruhr—from coal mines to culture

18/12/2022 30 min
Germany’s Ruhr—from coal mines to culture

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For over one hundred years, the Ruhr region was the grimy, polluted heart of Germany’s coal and steel. Today it has no coal mines. Instead, it is a cultural hub more than fifty museums and is a centre for green energy innovation. How did they do it?