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: Germany in September solo
by european83 22 July 2010
If you head towards Hannover you will pass an area with lots of smaller medieval towns. Marburg(quiet medieval) and Göttingen are nice…
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RE: Weird/interesting day trips out of Berlin?
by TMPACA 29 April 2010
Daytrips from Berlin: 85 km far eats you can make cheap shopping in Poland The beaches at the Baltic sea in the north, pretty nice village…
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RE: Travel by car around Spain, Italy, France, Germany
by arizona 15 March 2010
Adding to #6 , if your itinerary 'touches' Wolfsburg (e.. from Berlin to ...), you'll find a special car event [here|http://www.autostadt.de…
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