Introducing Wolfsburg
All is not well in the ‘capital of Volkswagen’, but from the outside you wouldn’t realise it. In a scene that could have come from Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis, a huge VW emblem still adorns the company’s nation-sized global headquarters – and the same insignia is repeated in solidarity on almost every vehicle.
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Behind the scenes, the company wants to scale down operations in high-wage ‘Golfsburg’ (as Wolfsburg is nicknamed after one of VW’s most successful models). Conversely, however, more visitors want in. Besides the increasingly successful theme park of Auto-stadt, the town now boasts the Phaeno science centre, a sleek piece of futuristic architecture by celebrity architect Zaha Hadid.
Last updated: Sep 22, 2008
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RE: two weeks-Hannover/Hamburg/Berlin/Prague, ideas/advice please!
by abalada 13 January 2012
You can cut the time short in Hannover and also move a day from Prague to have 2-3 days for [Dresden|http://www.dresden.de/dtg/en/index.php]…
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Re: Amsterdam to _________ to Berlin via train
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In addition to the information on Cologne here is more to look at. There is a [City Guide by photos|www.bilderbuch-koeln.de/Themen/K%C3%B6ln…
