Essen, Germany

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Essen

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Essen is the de facto capital of Germany's Ruhr region, a former coal and steel city built by the Krupp dynasty and now recast as one of the country's greenest urban areas. Its Zollverein coal mine complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, anchors a city that also holds Lake Baldeney and the Museum Folkwang.

Photo: unbekannt; Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau Karlsruhe / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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