The Landschaftspark in Duisburg was a steel mill and blast furnace in the previous century, but is no longer used and has fallen into disrepair. It is now an unusual public park, a heritage site commemorating the industrial past of the German Ruhrgebeit, where my husband grew up. Surprisingly, it is a source of unusual doors.
I don’t normally like graffiti, but I found these doors interesting and attractive in a run-down sort of way.
And this windmill was closed and no longer working, a giant silhouetted against the sky. It also had a door, keeping out the tourists.
While we were visiting there was also a concert going on, so we wandered through the old buildings, climbed the hill, found geocaches, all accompanied by a faint techno-beat in the background.
It was an interesting juxtaposition of the modern and the historic, of old and new technologies.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post and then sharing it, between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time), on the linky list at Norm 2.0’s blog.
Follow my European trip with this and previous posts:
September 6, 2018: Birdhouse Cache
August 30, 2018: Achtung, Baby!
June 13, 2018: Thursday “Tors”: Brandenburg
I’m always fascinated by “ruin-porn,” for lack of a better word. Maybe not surprising, though, having grown up near Detroit.
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There’s some similar stuff near Buffalo where I grew up!
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Such an interesting series of photos. The old building, the new graffiti– difficult to know what to make of it all. Thanks for sharing here.
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I sort of felt that way too. Walking through the ruins of another world. What to make of it all?
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Certainly not something we see often around here. Is it rare to see old industrial buildings preserved as heritage sites there?
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No, it’s not rare. This area is a lot like our coal mining and steel-producing areas in the US. My grandfather worked for Bethlehem Steel in PA for many years and we’ve also visited that abandoned plant. AFAIK it’s not a park in the same way but the places remind me of each other.
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