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Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg June 24th 2022

From Ruhr area to Koblenz In late June we set off for our long summer vacation. This year we decided to spend the better part of it by travelling around in Germany. We have visited Germany several times before. We have been to Berlin in 2009, in 2014 and in 2017. In 2019 we travelled around a bit and visited Cologne, Hamelin, Hamburg and a few other places. Ake also went on a trip to Germany in 2017... read more
Donkey's Way
Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain
Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg September 25th 2014

Duisburg Germany 23 September 2014 We wanted to see more of the Industrial Rout of Germany. The area we were travelling in, from Dusseldorf, to Duisburg, Oberhausen and Essen have been the industrial powerhouse of Germany for centuries. Through its coal mining, power generation, steel making etc, was also the region which manufactured much of the ammunition and war-power for the 2 World Wars. Since those days, it has been a leader in manufacturing, particularly of items made of different metals, but not limited to this. The innovation coming out from this region has been extraordinary and used by much of the world. As we know, the industrialisation era has diminished and so this region in Germany has been left with massive infrastructure that is no longer used - smelting works, coal mines and all that ... read more
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Germany - Tom with his map
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Germany  - now a bar
Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Germany - 180ha of park

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg September 5th 2012

Da war ich doch etwas erstaunt. Was ist denn das? Eine begehbare Achterbahn am Südenende von Duisburg. Interessant. Falls sich jetzt jemand fragt, ob man auch den Looping durchlaufen kann, dem sei gesagt, das es nicht klappt *lach* - Ein interessantes Ding - Wieder ein bisserl wackelig aber ich denke ich hab meine Höhenangst besiegt. Da kann ich stolz auf mich sein ;-)... read more
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Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg August 10th 2011

So folks, interesting week in Germany. We drove from Switzerland towards Stuttgart where Ina and Noel, friends from Uni were staying on holiday. Spent two nights at Ina's parents enjoying huge amounts of food then had to leave or we would be rolling home. Next stop Amsterdam. Noel came with us for a road trip...but we made it to Duisburg when Dan heard a rumbling noise from the front passenger tyre. He knows when something isn't right and got us off the autobarn ASAP. Unfortunatly for us it was a Saturday afternoon ad everything was shut! Hung around and explored the imediate area untill Monday where we found a Turkish Mechanic who aggreed to help us. Lucky for us it is Ramadan at the moment and part of the religion is that you dont refuse anyone ... read more
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Rotweil

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg August 30th 2010

Vroeger dan de rest ontbijt ik in de B&B. Als ik de deur achter me toetrek is het een hondenweertje. Ruim op tijd kom ik in het station aan. Hier is nog altijd niemand te bespeuren. Ik bemerk 2 heren aan een koffieautomaat. Hun das verraad dat ze van de Bahn zijn. Tegen zijn zin antwoord de man dat ik niet hoef te reserveren voor te fiets, het is niet zo druk. Ik neem men ticket aan de automaat en de fietskaart krijg ik later op de trein van de conducteur. Voor de fietsen is er een ruime wagon voorzien. Het stukje over het perron is genoeg om me te doorweken. Ik zet me op een klapstoeltje. De fiets aan de haak, men spullen hang ik te drogen. Na een goed uur zijn we in Lübeck ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg February 28th 2009

So we went to our first event overseas called “Enzyme Incubation”, a celebration of all things Enzyme Records so I was happy to be going to this so early in our adventure. Let me set the scene for you...it’s about 9pm at night, there are giantically tall german “gabbers” everywhere - some decked out in camo army pants, bomber jackets, at least half of them are skinheads (this is girls included), smashing their beer bottles on the ground just for the fun of it...and we had to follow them to the event because we weren’t sure where to go. Oh my gosh, I was so scared! The venue was called Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen...it looks like a warehouse converted club/concert hall...it’s massive for a club but a small-ish venue for a concert. We had VIP tickets so ... read more
TOO MUCH TO HANDLE RUFFNECK!!!!!!!!!!
Mad Dog & Anime
Gabbers!

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg October 24th 2008

Duisburg/Deutschland, 30-11-2007. The overnight train from Warsaw to Duitsburg had a 70 min. delay which suits me fine because it means a full hour off the waiting time for my conexion to Amsterdam, still three hours to kill here in Duisburg, though. Arriving at Duisburg I was actually quite surprised at the enormous amount of Fahrgaeste - commuters, you know. - running to catch their train. I feel like I am in a chicken house that has been invaded by a fox with the chicken running wildly in absolute despair. I watch this crazy mayhem for a while before entering a small cafeteria for a cup of hot coffee. Outside the station I see the pigeon population of Duisburg waking up to a slight rain. Are they off better than those commuters I saw just minutes ... read more

Europe » Germany » North Rhine-Westphalia » Duisburg June 17th 2008

Sturzelburg = Duisberg, 66.56kms, Total 2167.44kms, Ride time 3'58"" I'm not sure what to make of today, there was no rain for a change last night, and we woke to Blue Skies, however my backside felt like it had knives in it for the first 10kms, and it was hard to get into the mood of the day. At about the 15km mark, I managed to take the wrong turn to Dusseldorf, so we ended up crosing the Rhein and heading directly into town, rather than crossing it on the other side. Christie and I had a bit of a spat in Dusseldorf, just one of those one small thing lead to the other things, to be honest it all started with hre water bottle falling off her bike I think, and escalated to her ... read more




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