Tag Archives: West Germany
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 »
How Schengen killed the love of travel (and why it’s never coming back)
Traveling by road just got a lot more comfortable but a little less romantic – Getty Unlike many revolutions that have redefined the landscape, this one began with the stroke of a pen and a series of firm handshakes, rather than the shouting of slogans, the crashing of prison walls, the roar of bulldozers or… Read More »
Franz Beckenbauer was a player ahead of his time who enabled football to evolve with him
A groundbreaking defender and football’s best thinker
Franz Beckenbauer leads West Germany to second World Cup victory as captain and third as coach in 16 years – AP In the Monty Python sketch of The Philosophers’ Football Match, first published in 1972, two of history’s great thinkers go up against each other in a battle of wits. The Greeks – Aristotle, Epicurus,… Read More »