{"id":12623,"date":"2023-01-24T09:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T08:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/?p=12623"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T10:36:11","slug":"fun-facts-about-north-rhine-westphalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/en\/fun-facts-about-north-rhine-westphalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun facts about North Rhine-Westphalia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Germany&#8217;s most populous federal state is diverse and pretty crazy. And so often, it\u2019s misunderstood. But on the other hand, it\u2019s so flexible that it moves with the times. Here are 32 Fun Facts about the Western megalopolis.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NRW is the federal state with the most traffic jams.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Pader is the shortest river in Germany. It is only 4 kilometers long.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cologne Cathedral was the tallest building in the world from 1880 to 1884.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A beluga whale \u2013 and they are considered very clever \u2013 swam up the Rhine to Bonn in 1966.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The largest indoor plunge pool in Europe is located in the North Landscape Park in Duisburg and holds 21 million liters of water.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>D\u00fcsseldorf has the third largest Japanese enclave in Europe.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1024x487.jpg\" alt=\"Dusseldorf, Japan Quarter\" class=\"wp-image-12749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-883x420.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1536x731.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-293x139.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-770x367.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1400x666.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1024x487.jpg\" alt=\"Dusseldorf, Japan Quarter\" class=\"wp-image-12749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-883x420.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1536x731.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-293x139.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-770x367.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan-1400x666.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/dusserdolf-japan.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riccardo Russomanno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are 300 wild horses in D\u00fclmen.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More beer is brewed in Dortmund than in Munich.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The largest cinema in Germany is not part of a multiplex. The Lichtburg in Essen has 1250 seats and dates back to 1928.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>D\u00fcsseldorf has the only pedestrian traffic lights in Germany that also show a yellow phase.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The UN Secretariat for the Conservation of the European Bat Population is based in Bonn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Centro in Oberhausen is the largest shopping center in Germany. But there&#8217;s more to it than just shopping: there&#8217;s also a concert hall, aquarium, cinema, theatre, Legoland and leisure harbour.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Hamm-Uentrop sits the largest Hindu temple in all of continental Europe.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bielefeld-Senne has the largest prison in Germany with 1569 places.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On July 21, 1950, Franz Althoff had the female elephant, Tuffi, ride the suspension railway to promote his circus. In the Wuppertal suspension railway, the otherwise well-balanced Tuffi got too busy in the overcrowded gondola. After less than two minutes of travel, she broke through the wall of the suspension railway carriage and fell ten meters deep into the Wupper. Luckily, the animal was almost completely unharmed because it landed in a muddy spot of the river.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"886\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1024x886.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Facts NRW: an elephant in the hanging train in Wuppertal\" class=\"wp-image-12743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1024x886.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-883x764.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1536x1329.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-293x253.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-770x666.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1400x1211.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1024x886.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Facts NRW: an elephant in the hanging train in Wuppertal\" class=\"wp-image-12743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1024x886.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-883x764.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1536x1329.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-293x253.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-770x666.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi-1400x1211.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/wuppertal-tuffi.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riccardo Russomanno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A Krefeld is a matter of interpretation. The mixed beer drink &#8220;Krefelder&#8221; behaves as follows: in the region around Krefeld, Altbier is taken and mixed with malt beer, the same on the left bank of the Lower Rhine. In Dusseldorf, you know Krefelder Altbier with Cola. In some other regions, a Pilsner mixed with cola can also be referred to as a Krefelder.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gelsenkirchen has a cemetery for Schalke fans only.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bonn is the largest city in Germany that has never had a club in the Bundesliga.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pope John Paul II was an honorary member of Schalke 04.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the all-time Bundesliga table, five of the top 10 clubs are from North Rhine-Westphalia. Borussia Dortmund (2), Borussia M\u00f6nchengladbach (5), Schalke 04 (7), 1. FC Cologne (9) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (10).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wild flamingos live in the Zwillbrocker Venn in M\u00fcnsterland.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Fact NRW: Flamingos at Zwillbrocker Venn\" class=\"wp-image-12741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-883x374.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1536x651.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-293x124.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-770x326.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1400x594.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Fact NRW: Flamingos at Zwillbrocker Venn\" class=\"wp-image-12741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-883x374.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1536x651.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-293x124.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-770x326.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo-1400x594.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/zwillbrocker_venn-flamingo.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riccardo Russomanno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The world&#8217;s first youth hostel opened in Altena in 1914. This is in the M\u00e4rkisches Kreis.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Lower Rhine is the largest resting area for arctic wild geese in Western Europe.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seen from space, Siegen is the greenest city in Germany.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The lederhosen-wearing exchange student \u00bbUter\u00ab on the Simpsons comes from D\u00fcsseldorf in the original US version. The creators not only thought that all of Germany wore lederhosen, but also that &#8220;Uter&#8221; was a common German boy&#8217;s name.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cologne\/Bonn Airport has the only runway in Germany on which NASA space shuttles can make an emergency landing. They need these orbits because they would break apart if they landed in water. When the first shuttles took off into space in the 1980s, 60 emergency landing strips were built worldwide, which had to be at least 2.3 kilometers long and 40 meters wide.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Around 80 percent of all clothing ties made in Germany come from Krefeld, the city of velvet and silk.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"silk from Krefeld, a fun fact from NRW\" class=\"wp-image-12747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-883x646.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-293x214.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-770x564.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1400x1025.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"silk from Krefeld, a fun fact from NRW\" class=\"wp-image-12747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1024x750.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-883x646.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1536x1124.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-293x214.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-770x564.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1-1400x1025.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/krefeld-ties-1.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riccardo Russomanno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Because of a transposed digit, the Rhine was thought to be longer than it is for half a century. The error was noticed in 2010. It is only 1230 kilometers long instead of the assumed 1320 kilometers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>US detective Magnum&#8217;s favorite beer in the series of the same name was Alt from D\u00fcsseldorf.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The country&#8217;s first parking meters were in Duisburg and were introduced in 1954.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In 1949, when Germany did not yet have a national anthem, the Cologne carnival song \u00bbWe are the natives from Trizonesia\u00ab was actually played on official occasions. Unbelievable, but true. This line is also found in the song: \u00bbWe are not cannibals \/ but we kiss all the better.\u00ab\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NRW has the most inhabitants of Germany with 17.926 million people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1024x386.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Facts in NRW\" class=\"wp-image-12745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1024x386.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-883x333.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1536x578.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-293x110.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-770x290.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1400x527.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1024x386.jpg\" alt=\"Fun Facts in NRW\" class=\"wp-image-12745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1024x386.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-883x333.jpg 883w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1536x578.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-293x110.jpg 293w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-770x290.jpg 770w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW-1400x527.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/funkygermany.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/NRW.jpg 1750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Riccardo Russomanno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany&#8217;s most populous federal state is diverse and pretty crazy. 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