Realizing the potential of what is there and discovering what is new The former climatic spa of Wassenberg, located in the international ‘Maas Schwalm Nette’ nature reserve, was granted town rights as early as 1273 due to the favourable strategic location of its castle. Over time, a green belt with a special topographical structure developed…
Gartenschaupark Rietberg (Rietberg Garden Show Park), which developed out of the Regional Garden Show of 2008, captivates with its variety of extensive lake landscapes, areas of undisturbed vegetation, splendid herbaceous borders, range of play and leisure activities for the whole family, large sandy beach, high ropes course, 18-metre look-out tower and “art in the park”.…
In June 2011, Lund City Park celebrated its 100th anniversary. This date marked the opening of the City Park as such in 1911, after substantial redesigns and investments made in the wake of the Industry, Crafts and Arts Exhibition on the site in 1907. Ever since 1911 the park has been much beloved and used…
Visitors to the Grugapark can relax in the green spaces, discover interesting information in the exhibition gardens and glasshouses, and also enjoy an attractive recreational and cultural programme. Three generations of Essen’s population have experienced the Grugapark as a place for brilliant displays of flowers, Sunday outings, concerts, play and fun, firework displays and festivals,…
The centre of Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord is a disused blast furnace which today is a much visited industrial heritage site. Covering an area of approximately 200 hectares, the park comprises various areas of abandoned industrial sites and wastelands. The extremely diverse terrain is due to the many changes carried out to its topography, the different…