 Industrial Museum

The city of Essen (representing the Ruhr) was selected as European Capital of Culture for 2010 by the Council of the European Union.In association football, the Revierderby is the rivalry between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04, and to a lesser extent between either club and/or VfL Bochum, MSV Duisburg or Rot-Weiss Essen ("kleines Revierderby").The Ruhr region has with 22 universities and colleges and more than 250,000  students, the highest density of further education establishments anywhere in Germany.