Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, urban development project FREIHEIT EMSCHER, former mining areas on the Rhine-Herne Canal and Emscher are being transformed into an urban center with commerce and industry, residential areas as well as green spaces and leisure facilities on the waterfront, former RAG flotation ponds at the Gungstrasse

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