Ruhr Residence 2018

Ein Prosit der Gemütlichkeit

Skewered sausages, huge turkey legs and of course lots of beer are available at the Wurstfest in New Braunfels – the largest German Volksfest in America. Here one celebrates the German culture quite traditionally in…

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MAPPING SHENZHEN Arrived at the train station Darfen I go in search of the famous “artist village”. But first, I am led past a seemingly infinite arrangement of identical entrances. Only in detail, the facades…

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Stadt I Natur

At least ideally, the closeness to nature is not in contrast to the way massively new construction projects change urban space. It is the everyday places where this paradoxical closeness becomes visible.

Opa

“Opa” (grandpa) is a popular term in the German Belt Area. It stands for the German virtues: hard working, always being in time and tidiness. You can rely on “Opa”. At the Wurstfest you will…

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BEHIND THE WALL

The “artist quarter” Dafen lies hidden behind a monotonous development and turns out to be a labyrinth full of workshops, studios and galleries. Here every square meter is dedicated to the art or the production…

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DEXIA TOWER

Der Rogier Tower, früher unter dem Namen Dexia Tower bekannt, befindet sich im Quartier Nord, dem zentralen Geschäftsviertel der belgischen Hauptstadt und ist leicht an seiner Turmspitze zu erkennen, die sich aus drei auf unterschiedlicher Höhe geneigten Dachelementen bildet.  Da die Dexia Bank in Folge der…

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Opa`s Smoked Meat

There is one thing in German culture: sausages. Even in Texas. In 1947, Opa’s Smoked Meat started as a small smokehouse in Fredericksburg. It is a family business that has grown over decades and built…

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in the streets

London, Paris, Wien und Brüssel sind bekannt für ihren hohen Anteil an Menschen ohne festen Wohnsitz. Viele obdachlose Menschen scheuen die Übernachtung in Notunterkünften wegen Überfüllung und aus Angst vor Gewalt. Im letzten Winter wurden…

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BAISHIZHOU

In the midst of the urban Baishizhou district, where the houses are so close together that daylight reaches only the upper floors, there is a peculiar mood of light, punctuated by direct sunlight. The neighbourhood…

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