View of Wanne-Eickel Lock

Here you can - despite or maybe because of the industrial environment :-) - take a break and watch the ships approaching the lock, e.g. lying relaxed in the grass or sitting on the sheet pile wall.
Here is some information about the lock from Wikipedia: The Wanne-Eickel lock belongs - from the Rhine - to the fourth of the five canal stages of the Rhine-Herne Canal in Herne. The group of locks, consisting of the north and south locks, lies at channel kilometers 31.20 and bridges a fall height of 8.40 m. The north lock has been out of service since 2003. The Wanne-Eickel lock group is part of two thematic routes on the industrial culture route: Erzbahn-Emscherbruch and canals and shipping.

The lock group, consisting of the north and south lock, is located at canal kilometer 31.20 and bridges a fall height of 8.40 m. The Nordschleuse has been out of service since 2003.The canal stage also includes a pumping station for water retention in the Rhine-Herne Canal.Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleuse_Wanne-Eickel