Following the launch of the Virtual Reality project with our French twin city of Caen (Yes We Can Association and the University of Rennes Sciences Politiques (Caen Campus), we gathered together much information about our own city of Portsmouth and placed it on this blog page.
It looks like it could be the beginning of a really great source of information about Portsmouth. So I have decided to gather information on this page about our Twin City of Duisburg in Germany. This blog project began on Friday, December 11th 2020 and will e updated much in the future.
Our partnership with Duisburg dates back to 1950. Both Portsmouth and Duisburg had suffered terribly in the Second World War. The twinning partnership was one of many such initiatives intended to build bridges and get people to make friends across the sea.
2020 saw the 70th Anniversary of our twinning link.
Due to the worldwide health crisis happening, we could not do anything of substance to mark the event. However, Portsmouth City Council went through their archives and produced a special video to show us some highlights of the 70-year partnership.
Duisburg City Council has a wonderful website which gives much detail about what there is to see and do for tourists in the city.
In this blog, I would like to touch upon the main sights and sounds of the city, but also some of the lesser-known places and activities that take place there.
Duisburg has the claim to the title of the most water-rich city in Germany. It has numerous rivers and lakes. It is a long way from the sea, however, it has a vast commercial port, with many sea-going ships sailing in from the Hook of Holland down to Duisburg to offload their goods and send them on their way. There is an outer and inner harbour.
The Rhine and the Ruhr meet at Duisburg, giving the city an ideal natural port. In 1950 both Portsmouth and Duisburg were heavily industrialised ports. Duisburg was at the heart of the Ruhr District's heavy industry, making it very much a target for the RAF, just as Portsmouth with its Naval base and industries was a main target for the Luftwaffe.
One of Duisburg's most unique feature is the Tiger and Turtle
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