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A40: Still-Leben Ruhrschnellweg, Germany - 18th July 2010
I already wrote that Essen or the Ruhr area in general is European Capital of Culture 2010? The Ruhrgebiet consists of many different cities that kind of flow into one another and make up a "city" with over 5 Mio inhabitants. Through this area, the A40 connects the cities as a fast way to get from one point to another. If there isn't too much traffic at the time. Today, 60 km of this Autobahn from Dortmund to Duisburg-Häfen hvae been completely closed to motorized traffic and instead one side is for bikes and inline skates and on the other side 20 000 tables built a long row and some groups have staged events like dancing, music, painting... It's called Still-Leben Ruhrschnellweg (still-life Ruhr(the river) Schnell(fast)weg(way/lane) which is an alternative name for the A40) To the left is the bus lane, to the right the ingress ramp. Someone didn't think very clearly when they chose this very exposed place for the urinals. Children can let a bloon fly: And this is supposed to be the world's biggest "Arschleder". (ass-leatherand this is a proper term, something coal miners just to slide downinto the pit on, the Ruhrgebiet became what it is because of all the coal mines) And here a secondary school is cooking with solar energy. On the other side there seems to be a bicycle-jam. Some people are even decorating with coal: The Gänsereiter (goose riders) are a company of riders that can also be seen at the carnival in Freisenbruch. They wear blue shirts and red scarfs, and dark blue hats sometimes with goose feathers. The tables are all marked like this and can be bought on the Hellweg stores for €49.99 (one table + 2 benches). Down there people are challanged to do bench presses and kick boxing for small prizes. Things have relaxed enough that people can actually enjoy their ride.
Posted Jul 18, 2010, 4:59 pm Last edited Jul 18, 2010, 5:03 pm by Apperveilchen [Quote]
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