
Industrial panorama of the Ruhr area

Brown coal

Industrial Panorama of the Marl Chemical Park

Kite flying on the coal tip

Industrial Bauhaus architecture

Distant view of the Oberhausen Gasometer

Industrial Ferris Wheel

Bauhaus industrial architecture

Zeche Zollverein, Essen

Zeche Zollverein, Essen

Industrial Bauhaus architecture, The Förderturm - winding tower

Defunct coking plant

Industrial ruins and industrial nature.

Industrial nature

Industrial nature

Sunset walk on the coal tip

Sunset from coal tip, view from Halde Schwerin

Bauhaus architecture at the Ruhr museum

Coal plant interior

The totem pole art installation, Halde Haniel. Prosper-Haniel was Germany's last black coal mine in operation. It closed in 2018. Today a large part of the industrial complex has been transformed into a nature reserve and leisure area. The summit of the Halde, the 131 meter high coal tip, offer stunning views over the Ruhr area.

The bike bridge "Erzbahnschwinge"

Sunset over the Ruhr river

This stretch of dilapidated railroad track inhabited by lizards is perhaps the most unusual nature reserve in the area.

Open gate

The medi Ruhr castle built in the 13th century