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Nemorino Says: In 2007 there was an exhibition in the Musiktheater im Revier about Werner Ruhnau (born 1922), who was the chief architect for this opera house when it was built from 1956 to 1959. He was influenced not only by the Bauhaus movement of the 1920s, but also by the medieval...
Nemorino Says: Our tour also included a look at the make-up department, which is a very busy place in any opera house before a performance, especially if the entire chorus has to be made up in addition to the main singers.Work in this department gets really challenging when it happens...
Nemorino Says: One of the highlights of any opera house tour is a visit to the costume department.Hundreds of costumes are kept here, sometimes for decades (the oldest one I noticed was from the year 1968), and the people in charge can always find individual costumes when they are needed....
Nemorino Says: On my second visit to Gelsenkirchen I happened to be there on a day when they were offering a guided tour of the opera house, including the backstage areas that most of us don't get to see very often. Second photo: Here some people from our tour group are standing on the...
Nemorino Says: At the end of our opera house tour we were taken through the workshops where the stage sets are made.For more behind-the-scenes opera house tours, please have a look at my Paris, Karlsruhe, Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main pages.Additional photos: In the workshops.
Nemorino Says: Thus far I have seen two operas here at the MiR in Gelsenkirchen. The first was Puccini's Turandot in 2002, and the second was Verdi's Simon Boccanegra in 2007.Most opera houses, including Frankfurt am Main, play the second version of Simon Boccanegra, which Verdi completed...
Maria250 Says: Plans to construct a new stadium emerged in the late 1990s, as fans and managers sought to move out of the outdated Parkstadion, and create a thoroughly modern multifunctional arena. Following Schalke 04's historic 1997 victory in the UEFA Cup, and the club's upcoming 100th...
Consolidation Colliery Shaft 9
Nemorino Says: This tower at the Consolidation mine above shaft number 9 was built in 1922 and is now listed as a protected historical monument, together with its two engine houses.The other mining buildings in the immediate vicinity have been demolished, and the area has been made into a...
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krisl Says: The park offers you a lot of food and beverage possibilities, all of them are related to certain themes. Most food is fast food style and relatively expensive... (Picnic is allowed) Two facilities are worth mentioning : The 'Warner Brothers Studio cafeteria' and the 'Gotham...
Nemorino Says: I cycled to Gelsenkirchen from the adjoining city of Essen, where I had rented my bike at the main railway station.Unlike most of the other cities in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Gelsenkirchen does not have a bicycle station at its main railway station, but I'm told that some of the...
Nemorino Says: Gelsenkirchen main station is served by numerous local, regional and InterCity trains, typically twenty or more trains per hour.There are no direct trains from Frankfurt am Main to Gelsenkirchen, but numerous connections involving only one or two changes of trains, for...
diocletianvs Says: For our 5-days "Tour of the Ruhr" trip we used cheap Germanwings flights from Zagreb to Cologne. On borders of the Ruhr region there are three large international airports (Dusseldorf, Dortmund and Cologne) so reaching it isn't a problem. After landing at Cologne we rented a...
Nemorino Says: After coal was discovered in 1840, Gelsenkirchen rapidly changed from a small farming town to a center of coal-mining, coke-production and assorted heavy industry. In the second half of the twentieth century the coal-based economy went into a slow decline as the world...
Nemorino Says: This is my nomination for Germany's most conveniently located Adult Education Center. It's right on the same square as the opera house.In August 2007 the Adult Education Center celebrated the 35th anniversary of the opening of their building. Three of the singers from the...
diocletianvs Says: IBA Emscher park dealt not only with the re-use of old industrial buildings but also with new construction, especially in the field of housing and office spaces. One of the best examples of new housing complexes was built in Gelsenkirchen in mid-1990s, at the site of the...
Galerie Architektur und Arbeit GAAG
diocletianvs Says: The concrete - glass cubus of the Galerie Architektur und Arbeit in Gelsenkirchen was built in the courtyard next to one of the old winding towers that served extensive network of underground mine galleries. Close to the winding tower there is a beautiful art nouveau...
vichatherly Says: This magnificent stadium is home to German Bundesliga team Schalke 04.It opened in 2001 and it hosted the 2004 UEFA Champions League final and 5 matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including a quarter-final. It has a league capacity of 61,482 (standing and seated) and an...
Gili_S Says: I spent only one evening here, so I do not know much about this place. What I do know that they have a new Stadium for football here, and if everything going as I plan, I will watch few of the 2006 World Cup games here.Check the city official site at:www. Gelsenkirchen.de
eleutherios Says: You must attend a football match at Auf Schalke Arena when Schalke plays - of course if could manage to find a ticket (60,000 of them are pre-sold before Bundesliga starts in August).You must not miss a Schalke-Borussia Dortmund or Bayern match or a Champions League match...
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Q: I just found out my wife and I have tickets to the US vs Czech Republic game on June 12 (don't ask :) ) Now we are scrambling to...
A: Gelsenkirchen is part of the Ruhr Area, the biggest conurbation in Germany. Connections from Bochum (or other cities there) are frequent. And free with your match...
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The beauty of the post-industrial age
Gelsenkirchen is not the place most people would include in their tourist visit to Germany. When I asked my German friends about this place, their comments were something like "This is not the ugliest...
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Opera and cycling in . . . Gelsenkirchen?!
♪ ♫ Das gibt es nur bei uns in Gelsenkirchen ♪ ♫ In 1958 the Austrian singer-songwriter Georg Kreisler (author of Lola Blau and the hilarious Opera Boogie) made a lot of...
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A typical City of the "Ruhrpott" Area
The FC Schalke 04 synonymous for Gelsenkirchen, one of Germany's famous soccer clubs in the Federal League has as its home the so called "Arena auf Schalke" which has a capacity of more than 61.000......
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For awhile, '05 looked to be magic for Schalke '04 as they went head to head with the big money of Munchen in the Bundesliga. A series of losses tossed those hopes aside, but a season still to be...
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Warner Bros MovieworldHollywood in Germany
Warner Brothers Movie World is a fantastic theme park, located near Bottrop and offers more than 40 attractions. A visit to this park is really unforgettable !!! The park is divided in 5 areas...
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