Germany 2022 part VIII - Industrial heritage

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July 23rd 2022

Published: April 2nd 2023

Coal, steel and rust This blog entry is going to be the last one we publish from our trip in Germany in 2022. The sites it covers chronologically both belong in the first week or so of our trip, not in the end. But hopefully nobody who reads this care about that. To us it makes more sense to put them together in one blog for a few other reasons. Those reasons are mainly => They are UNESCO wo... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Escalator for transport carts

One of the upper levels

Massive pipes

Perhaps not so beautiful

Völklingen Ironworks is by most people seen as having less aesthetic value than Zollverein Coal Mine.

To many it is an eyesore

Völklingen Ironworks is probably often referred to as an eyesore

Abandoned heavy industry site

If you are into abandoned heavy industry sites Völklingen Ironworks is a piece of heaven

Maybe 30 meters up

The highest level accessible to visitors is perhaps 30 meters up

Rewarding views

It is a bit of a climb up the stairs to reach that level. But once up there the views of the steelworks is quite rewarding.

Rusting pipes

Escalator for transport carts

Huge and compact

The site is very compact.

A big maze

Much of Völklingen Ironworks is like a big maze with walkways going in various directions and in various levels.

We think this is a generator where the heat from the furnaces was used to generate electricity

Indoor area

Pipes of various sizes

Coal storage area

Rusting steel pipes

If you are into enormous rusting steel tubes and pipes you will love this place

Something a bit funny at the end

A café in Völklingen Central Station with a name that is an homage to Harry Potter

2nd April 2023

Chrome Hearts Beanie
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You have great writing ability. You provide us with helpful advice that is also quite simple to understand. It's quite beneficial to me. Chrome Hearts Beanie

3rd April 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
Thanks for the kind words. And thank you for reading the blog. /Ake

3rd April 2023

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Industrial pasts
We find industrial design very interesting but have never thought to visit facilities like this when travelling. I'm glad these sites are getting another life - large scale restoration and repurposing makes me very happy :)

3rd April 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

They were awesome
It was awesome to see those sites. I am really happy that they are open for public. /Ake

5th April 2023

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

"the most beautiful coal mine in the world".
and a stunning Supersized Faucet to boot. Germany is well known as a manufacturing giant so only fitting that they keep such sites as museums when their use is expended. Great blog & love this pic!!!

6th April 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

"Look at the size of that thing"
What really amazed me about these sites was the size of things. Pipes, faucets, fans and so on. /Ake

7th April 2023

Rainyb
Lorraine Brecht

Interesting!

8th April 2023

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

The Industrial World
Wow, what an interesting blog. There is beauty is looking at these towers and railways. Thanks for taking us along.

17th April 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Thanks
I am glad you liked it. It is aomewhat different from most other blog entries so it is not sure that people actually find it interesting. /Ake

23rd April 2023

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Industrial Beauty
Very interesting Ake. I imagine such huge industrial sites are not automatically on people's sightseeing agendas, but I can certainly see how they would be fascinating. Nice to step off the typical tourist trail for a while 😊

25th April 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

World heritage sites draw people
Since both sites are world heritage sites I assume make a lot of people go there. But you are right in that many of them probably normally wouldn't visit such sites

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