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Have you heard of Essen? No? That’s not too surprising. Essen is a major German city, but not known for attracting tourists. However, it has been awarded the title of European Capital of Culture 2010, as a representative of the entire Ruhr metropolitan area. Learn what most tourists are missing out on! Besides, you just gotta love a city whose name is the same as the German word for “food”.

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Perfect your German with GermanPod101.com! Strukturwandel, structure change, is an issue common to all cities of the Ruhr metropolis. These cities made their money with coal and steel industries, being a major agent also in the Wirtschaftswunder, but now these industries are going down. Cities have to attract new industries and a new use has to be found for the remains of mines, coke and steel plants. The entire area also has to fight image problems.