Saarland
The Reden coal mine's coal preparation plant has partly made way for water basins that regulate the water management of the mining area.
Industrial Heritage
Discover Europe's rich industrial heritage with a journey through its historic sites. From towering steel mills to repurposed factories, explore the monuments to innovation and the legacy of the Industrial Revolution.
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Hainaut
In the 19th century, many Flemish inhabitants commuted daily by train to le Centre (the mining region around La Louvière) to descend into one of the coal mines.
Berlin
Ever since 1923, Tempelhof has seen planes come and go. The airports of Paris, Amsterdam and London disappeared into thin air next to the number of flight movements in Berlin. The terminal quickly became too small.
Iceland
On November 21, 1973, the American plane C-47 SkyTrain made an emergency landing on the beach south of Iceland due to bad weather and fuel shortages.
Berlin
The Zentralvieh- und Schlachthof on Storkower Straße is a textbook example of a repurposed VEB ruin. Pigs, cows and sheep have been slaughtered here since the sixteenth century.
Hauts-de-France
From 1905 to 1988, coal was extracted from the underground in the Charles Ledoux coal mine in Condé-sur-l'Escaut in France.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Constructed in 1933, the Karnin Lift Bridge is a railway bridge in Germany that allowed rail traffic to cross the Peenestrom River, thereby opening up the seaside resorts on the Baltic Sea coast.
Limburg
Until 1991, freight trains rumbled via the Iron Rhine - also called the Steel Rhine - from the Belgian port of Antwerp to the German Ruhr area.
Hauts-de-France
Once a year, this disused railway bridge plays a starring role, namely during the passage of the spring classic in cycling: Paris-Roubaix.
Berlin
Electric street lighting, arc lamps, neon lights,... In 1932, the German capital Berlin was the best-lighted city on earth, according to Mildred Adams, correspondent at The New York Times.
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On the occasion of International Art Nouveau Day, celebrated each year on June 10, a look at how this ornate architectural movement found its way into the most unlikely of places like coal mines, power stations, and railway yards and the long, sometimes heartbreaking battles to save what remains.
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