Essen is a large city in the western part of Germany. This city is filled with rich history and an incredible number of attractions. For example, Essen is home to the Zollverein coal mine, a former industrial complex with a rich history.

A pedestrian walk around the city immediately makes it clear that the authorities wanted to preserve the historical part of the city center as best as possible. Therefore, walking around the city you get an incredible feeling, as if you have moved from the future to the past. What I mean? When you walk around the central areas you get the impression that this is an incredibly modern city with modernist housing complexes. By the way, if you have been to the Netherlands, namely Amsterdam, then you will understand what I am talking about. And so, you walk through a modern housing complex, cross the road and it’s as if you have moved back in time. Literally in 5 minutes old architecturally valuable buildings, monuments, attractions and so on begin.

Essen is considered a large city for Germany and has just over half a million inhabitants, namely 583,109 thousand people as of 2019. The area of ​​the city is also quite impressive at 210.4 km². Despite the large population, the city authorities have been working for a long time on optimizing traffic and landscaping. Thanks to this, the city is among the ten cities in Germany with the cleanest air.

It is worth noting that if you are going to Essen for several days, be sure to book yourself an excursion. Only with a guide can you really explore the city, so to speak, get to know it better. The guide will tell you about all the historical details, nuances, and what was not written about in the newspapers, and what cannot be found in history textbooks, so to speak, the other side of the city.

It is also worth noting that the video walk was filmed using high-quality equipment in 4K mode and processed in professional video editors.

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