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North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Nordstern Tower

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Nordstern Tower

Nordstern Tower

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    April 7, 2019

    Great colliery and good beer garden!

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      January 16, 2021

      Only three of the winding towers built by Fritz Schupp during this period have survived, the Nordsternturm is the only one that is open to visitors (but not during the Corona period). The Nordsternturm is an exhibit of industrial culture in the Ruhr area and the backdrop for an exhibition about the site and the phases of its change: floors 11 to 5 of the tower are now used by the Nordstern Museum.

      A sculpture sits on top of the winding tower: 18m high and 23t heavy.

      Man, I'm glad that Markus Lüppertz designed Hercules in 2010 and not a yellow/black garden gnome. After all, he plays free jazz and says: "Art is what you don't understand."

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        April 19, 2021

        Nordstern colliery and the associated park of the former Federal Horticultural Show are well worth a visit. The use, and meanwhile the expansion of the old building for modern companies, beautifully documents the structural change in the Ruhr area. The beer garden, which will hopefully be open again soon, is centrally located and quiet ...

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          Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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