Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen is an Eldorado for local patriots of the defiant kind. It invariably appears on nearly every ranking list dealing with the future ability of German cities. Gelsenkircheners die earlier and break off their school careers more than others. This is confirmed. You can think that's tragic, but you shouldn't. Such a situation unites not only the people born there, but above all, it gives people who move there (or anywhere, so here as well) a special affinity with the sought-after (and found) home city. You may call it love. Football represents an obvious aspect of this, and only strengthens the ties more by means of evidential tragedy. But Gelsenkirchen also has much else to offer. Solar Technology is researched here, as well as the mining past. You can find cultural centres and anchor points on the route of industrial culture, and a place where creatives call themselves "Insane Urban Cowboys", can't be all wrong.
Wolfgang Kienast