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Travel guide to Ruhr

In 1961 future West German chancellor Willy Brandt declared: “The sky over the Ruhr must be blue once again.” His words were greeted with applause, but his audience was actually falling off their chairs. Because the Ruhrpott, or Ruhrgebiet, is a collection of industrial cities including Gelsenkirchen (where England will play the opening match of… Read More »