Berlin
A 75-year-old scale model is the only reminder of the plans for constructing a new southern curve featuring a steep banking on the AVUS circuit in Berlin.
Sport
Explore Europe's forgotten arenas with our captivating collection of abandoned sports venues.
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Ruhr Area
Until well into the 1980s, racing cars ruled the oval-shaped Almaring, a 750-meter circuit in Germany's Ruhr area.
Hauts-de-France
The cobblestone section from Wallers to Hélesmes plays a starring role every year in Paris-Roubaix. But until a hundred years ago, wagons packed with coal thundered above the cobblestone strip.
Grand Est
The French Vosges is full of deserted ski slopes due to the lack of snow. Fifteen ski areas have been closed in recent years, yet they have left some traces.
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In the early nineteenth century, the industrial revolution swept across continental Europe and one steelworks after another rose from the ground. Europe had hundreds of blast furnaces, but since the mid-twentieth century, Europe's steel industry has been slowly going downhill.
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