Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Neuss am Rhein

Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposing Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. It is primarily known for its historic Roman sites, as well as the annual Neusser Bürger-Schützenfest. Neuss and Trier share the title of "Germany's oldest city", with Neuss celebrating 2000 years since its foundation in 1984.
The Basilica of St. Quirinus   also called Minster-Basilica of St. Quirinus of Neuss Is a Catholic basilica that was erected in the city of Neuss in the western part of the present state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany between 1209 and 1230. The basilica is one of the best examples of Romanesque churches in Germany. It has a strong Lombard influence but in principle shows the first signs of Gothic. In its bell tower the first semicircular arches appear. This form of arch becomes centuries later in one of the marks that marked the Gothic style.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Krefeld

Krefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the river Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine. Krefeld is accessed by the autobahns A57 (Cologne–Nijmegen) and the A44 (Aachen–Düsseldorf–Dortmund–Kassel).
Burg Linn
The oldest fortress on the Lower Rhine is located in the historic Krefeld suburb of Linn. The former country castle belonging to the Electorate of Cologne has its origins around 1200. She became the property of the City of Krefeld in 1926. The beautiful water castle is well preserved and includes a bailey, hunting lodge and tithe barn. In the accompanying Landscape Museum it is possible to view excavation finds from the days of Roman rule in the 5th century and the time of the Frankish princes. The special items included in the exhibition are the gilded articles buried along with the princes in the largest continuous and well-preserved burial site in Gellep-Stratum. A further attraction is the mediaeval barge from the time of Charles the Great. Concerts and readings are regularly held in the great hall of Linn Castle. The castle grounds, including the surrounding park, provide an impressive backdrop for events of all kinds.

Germany ( North Rhine-Westphalia) - Wuppertal

Wuppertalis a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the river Wupper valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land. Wuppertal is known for its steep slopes, its woods and parks, and its suspension railway, the Wuppertal Schwebebahn. It is the greenest city of Germany with two-thirds green space of the total municipal area of Wuppertal. From any part of the city, it is only a ten-minute walk to one of the public parks or woodland paths.

The Wuppertal Suspension Railway  is a suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.

Its full name is "Electric Elevated Railway (Suspension Railway) Installation, Eugen Langen System" (Anlage einer elektrischen Hochbahn (Schwebebahn), System Eugen Langen). It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging cars in the world and is a unique system.

Designed by Eugen Langen to sell to the city of Berlin,^[3] the installation with elevated stations was built in Barmen, Elberfeld and Vohwinkel between 1897 and 1903; the first track opened in 1901. The Schwebebahn is still in use today as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually (2008).

The suspension railway runs along a route of 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi), at a height of about 12 metres (39 ft) above the river Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 kilometres or 6.2 miles) and about 8 metres (26 ft) above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 kilometres or 2.1 miles). At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes The Wuppertal Suspension Railway operates within the VRR transport association and accepts tickets issued by the VRR companies.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Oberhausen

Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg (c. 12 km) and Essen (c. 13 km). 
The Rathaus Oberhausen is since 1930 the seat of the Council and the administration of the city of Oberhausen.
The old town hall was built 1873/1874 at the later Schwartz road, but after a few decades, was enough the three-storey building is no longer the demands of the fast-growing city. Since the beginning of the 20th century there were plans to build a larger town hall in the vicinity of its predecessor, which gradually and increasingly urban planning intended as "City Hall Quarter" to an upscale bourgeois residential area according to the concept "city as a park" developed.  a tendered in 1910 architectural competition was won by the design by Friedrich Pützer, after its plans in 1911 on the corner of Grillo and Schwartz road the first Savings Bank Building was built in Oberhausen. However, his design for the new town hall came not for execution. First, the delayed first World War the realization; after the untimely death of Pützer in 1922 disappeared the plans in a drawer and one first contented himself with a often referred to as "Notbau" extension of the old town hall.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Mönchengladbach

Mönchengladbach formerly known as München Gladbach is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorfand the Dutch border.
View from Mönchengladbach.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Haltern am See

Haltern (also: Haltern am See, Haltern at the lake) is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the Lippe and the Wesel–Datteln Canal, approx. 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Recklinghausen.
View from Haltern am See.

Greetings from Germany

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Ennepetal

Ennepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in 1949 out of the former municipalities Milspe and Voerde. It was named after the river Ennepe, which flows through the municipality.
Glienicke Palace (German: Schloss Glienicke) is located on the peninsula of Berlin-Wannsee, near the Glienicke Bridge, on the B1 across from the Glienicke Hunting Lodge. It was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Prince Carl of Prussia in 1826, The building, originally merely a cottage, was turned into a summer palace in the late classical style. Particularly striking are two golden lion statues in front of the frontage, which were also designed by Schinkel. The lions are versions of the Medici lions from the Villa Medici. In the palace are antique objets d'art, which the Prince brought back from his trips. The palace's park is now called the Volkspark Glienicke. The palace and park are UNESCO World Heritage sites as part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin since 1990.
UNESCO

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Tönisvorst

The city Tönisvorst is located on the Lower Rhine in the west of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is a central district town of Viersen in the administrative district of Dusseldorf . It consists of the two originally separate capitals St. Tönis and Vorst - with the latter in terms of area is the largest district, but less than a quarter of the inhabitants of houses - as well as the settlements Lasch hut and Kehn .
View from Tönisvorst.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Leverkusen

Leverkusen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine. To the South, Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the North is the state capital Düsseldorf.
The Morsbroich Museum (German: Museum Morsbroich or Morsbroich Castle Municipal Museum (Städtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich), is a German museum of modern art situated in Leverkusen, 20 km north of Cologne. The Museum Morsbroich was the first museum in North Rhine-Westphalia explicitly exhibiting works by famous international post-war painters, sculptors and installation artists. It presented artists such as Yves Klein, Lucio Fontana, Louise Nevelson, Andy Warhol and Robert Motherwell. During the last 50 years it collected 400 paintings and sculptures and 5000 prints by contemporary artists.

Nature in Germany.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Willich

Willich is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the cities of Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach and Krefeld, about 30 kilometres from the border with the Netherlands.

Interview on Village - author Loni Kreuder.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Übach-Palenberg

Übach-Palenberg is a town in the Heinsberg district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town is located at the border with the Netherlands, at approx. 10 km east of Heerlen and 15 km north of Aachen. The river Wurm flows through the area. The town has an area of 26.106 km². More than half the area is agricultural.
View from Übach-Palenberg

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Münster

Münster  is an independent cityin North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland. Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
Views from Münster.

Germany(North Rhine-Westphalia) - Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg, andMunich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area. The metropolitan area encompasses over 405 square kilometres (156 square miles), extending around a centrepoint that lies at 50° 56' 33 latitude and 6° 57' 32 longitude. The city's highest point is 118 m (387.1 ft)above sea level (the Monte Troodelöh) and its lowest point is 37.5 m (123.0 ft) above sea level (the Worringer Bruch). The city of Cologne lies within the larger area of the Cologne Lowland, a cone-shaped area of southeastern Westphalia that lies between Bonn, Aachen and Düsseldorf.
Thinker - Victor Hugo

Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) (Latin: Ecclesia Cathedralis Sanctorum Petri et Mariae, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Petrus, English: High Cathedral of St. Peter) is a Roman Catholic church in Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. When the present Cologne Cathedral was commenced in 1248, the site had been occupied by several previous structures, the earliest of which may have been a grain store, perhaps succeeded by a Roman temple built by Mercurius Augustus.

View from Cologne.