Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord is a former steelworks in the Meiderich district that connects blast furnaces, gas chambers and steel frames with meadows, paths and water surfaces. The site extends over a sprawling area where industrial buildings stand next to trees and pipelines wind through green spaces.

The site produced steel and iron between 1901 and 1985, when operations stopped due to economic changes. Landscape architects began reshaping it in the early nineties, preserving the industrial structure while adding green areas.

The industrial complex still carries traces of its working days, when molten iron flowed through the halls visitors now walk through. On weekends the old factory halls fill with theater performances or concerts, while families stroll between the blast furnaces and children play on rusted catwalks.

Visitors can explore the entire area on foot, as paths connect the main structures and lead to viewing points on the blast furnaces. Sturdy shoes are recommended since metal grates and uneven surfaces appear on many routes.

A former gasometer now houses Europe's deepest diving pool with artificial reefs and sunken objects at 43 feet (13 meters) depth. Concrete storage units now serve as climbing walls where athletes ascend between rusty steel beams.