ma 24 sep 2018
24/09/18 ZECHE WALTROP (DE)
Zeche Waltrop is renovated, the halls are used by several companies, among them Manufactum and Hasebikes, where 50 workers are building custom made bicycles and tricycles for disabled clients.
22/09/18 HOCHLARMARK (DE)
Slag heap Hoheward rises above the landscape. It consists of stones and coal of various Ruhrgebiet-mines, and attracts many people; for sports, hiking, cycling and climbing, or just to enjoy the different
20/09/18 KOLONIE EWALD (DE)
Estate ‘Ewald’. Olde derelict mining buildings next to white newly built houses. Nobody in the streets. A bit further on, a chat with an old man about coalmining, air-pollution and fine dust,
18/09/18 METTINGEN (DE)
Mettingen shaft; here the miners of Ibbenbüren went down to work. In Ibbenbüren there were many miners from the Saarland region in Germany, where the last pit was closed in 2012. .
17/09/2018 ON THE ROAD TO IBBENBÜREN
Ibbenbüren was one the last twe deep coalmines in Germany. It is closed in 2018. Ibbenbüren is known for its high quality antracite.