Editing Duisburg (section)

== Culture ==
Duisburg hosts a comprehensive range of cultural facilities and events. A highlight is the annual "Duisburger Akzente",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duisburger-akzente.de/ |title=38. Duisburger Akzente 2017 – Theater, Bildende Kunst & Literatur |first=Duisburg Marketing |last=GmbH |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> a festival focusing on modern social, political and cultural topics.

Besides [[Düsseldorf]] Duisburg is a residence of the [[Deutsche Oper am Rhein]], one of the major [[opera house]]s in Germany. The [[Duisburg Philharmonic|Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra]] is one of Germany's orchestras with an international reputation.

Due to its history as a harbour city and a trade and industrial center, Duisburg offers a variety of architectural places of interest, such as the [[German Inland Waterways Museum]]. Buildings vary from old churches such as St. Johann Baptist in Duisburg-Hamborn, which was built in 900, to [[Modern era|modern age]] buildings such as Micro-Electronic-Centrum in Duisburg-Neudorf, built in 1995. Another subject of interest is the [[Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landschaftspark.de/en/home/index.php |title=Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park |work=Landschaftspark.de |date=23 April 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009}}</ref> an abandoned industrial complex open to the public and an Anchor Point of ERIH, The [[European Route of Industrial Heritage]]. The city center contains the [[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]] Museum,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lehmbruck.cynapsis.com/?part=en |title=Cynapsis – Die Kommunikations-Agentur in Münster |work=Lehmbruck.cynapsis.com |access-date=5 May 2009}}</ref> the municipal theatre<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theater-duisburg.de/ |title=Theater Duisburg – Startseite |access-date=11 December 2016}}</ref> and the shopping street known as the "fountain mile".

The city also contains two [[botanical garden]]s, the [[Botanischer Garten Duisburg-Hamborn]] and the [[Botanischer Garten Kaiserberg]], as well as a number of municipal parks.

On 24 July 2010, 21 people were killed and hundreds injured in the city during the [[Love Parade disaster]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-germany-love-parade-20100725,0,2079922.story|title=Love Parade stampede in Germany kills at least 18 - latimes.com|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=25 July 2010|first=Kate|last=Connolly|date=25 July 2010}}</ref> The [[Love Parade]] was an electronic dance music festival and [[technoparade]].

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File:Theater Duisburg 2013.jpg|[[Theater Duisburg]], venue of the [[Duisburg Philharmonic]]
File:Abtei Hamborn3.JPG|St. Johann Baptist Abbey
File:Duisburg, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord, Erzbunker -- 2016 -- 1229-35.jpg|Landschaftspark Nord (''"Landscape Park North''"), on a former industrial estate
File:Innenhafen Duisburg Blaue Stunde 2014.jpg|Exiting area at the old inner harbour
File:Duisburg – Botanischer Garten - panoramio.jpg|Botanical Garden Kaiserberg
Duisburg, König-Brauerei, 2012-06 CN-06.jpg|[[König Brewery|König Pilsner]] brewery
File:Duisburg, Ruhrort, 2019-12 CN-02.jpg|[[Ruhrort]]
File:NRW, Krefeld-Uerdinger Brucke.jpg|Krefeld-Uerdinger bridge
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