The end To remember what happened the year is over, you could of course go into the basement. Or go to the bathroom. Stylish but it seemed to go for re-opening of the Dortmund U. As in several other places in the Ruhr here
the conclusion of Ruhr.2010 was committed. So I called Karl if he did not want to come along.
"Tomorrow is the cultural capital passed," Karl said, "then everything is back to normal."
"Yeah," I replied, "but TODAY.. There is celebrated the completion Since we have to go"
. "Today, I can not let us meet tomorrow at the U, then you can better see what that means. Cultural capital to end"
came Sunday so Saturday we were at the Dortmund main train station, it's made in the forward area renovation pitiful attempts.
"All the energy that one for the completion of U needed, one has withdrawn from here, "said Mr. Wolf.
Mr. Wolf had Charles, who was in contrast to me very sociable, the train met. By its own account, he was a former deputy public university leaders the city of Dortmund and knew still well with the structures. After all, he had begun
1975 , "to distinguish it from the inside to leave."
Although I was angry that Mr. Wolf disturbed the togetherness with Karl and him that even by very fierce looks felt, had he followed us to the U. Relativity: He went ahead and took it all in advance "Today there is nothing more to see.. But what was shown yesterday, is actually only a noisy nothing had happened. Just like the whole Capital of Culture. "Arrived
On U, was actually nothing more to see.
" Since the left behind the glass doors was until yesterday the
Ruhr.2010-Visitor Center "said Mr. Wolf." However, it is in November was finished and it was also mentioned in any promotional brochures, have in the past three weeks just by chance a couple of passersby into lost - and tourists let alone "We looked through the glass panes A broom leaning against a wooden table.. .
"Here, right by the entrance to the subway was," Mr. Wolf continued his leadership. "Now he's back barricaded with plywood because it yesterday of course, had barely opened. Although danger to life and life was. Everywhere open power cable ".. The escalators are also failed constantly, due to short circuit Nevertheless, would the people like nothing good is pushed through the building and looked helplessly on contemporary art," As have no idea of, for we are here in the Ruhr area and not in a metropolis. "
Karl and I looked at each other and rolled their eyes. now features former teacher of the people still on the city tap.
" With sausage, beer, cotton candy and mediocre
dance groups can significantly the people here more start - and then everything gabs too. ", he said," And a yellow balloon
is easily accepted as art. This last one was appropriate. "Mr. Wolf pointed to the ground." Although this was far and no shaft. Maximum for the U-Bahn "
" That was symbolic, "said Charles, it was now too colorful." To commemorate one of the most popular cultural capital campaigns. Alone, 20 000 volunteers have maintained these balloons as they used their rabbits. "
" Exactly, "was Mr. Wolf," is backwards. All have climbed in the summer on the slopes, have seen the yellow balloons and thought, Oh, how nice, what we here used to have. And a few days later everything was gone - just like the coal for years. And something new has never come. Tourists certainly not. "
Karl and I were slowly fed up. Sure, we wanted to see the end of Capital of Culture. But not so top pedantic defeatist. We would rather have it flavored with a bit of fine irony, and on the end with a ray of hope had. But life is just not a request program
. For us, Bochum, certainly not.
