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Mountain range in Germany
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Bergisches Land is a low mountainous region in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its natural areas are dominated by woods, rivers and grasslands and a large number of artificial lakes. Its lush green setting has long been a popular day trip and short stay destination for the city dwellers of Bonn, Düsseldorf, Cologne and other large cities in the region. The three main cities in Bergisches Land, Remscheid, Solingen and Wuppertal, jointly promote tourism in the region.
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a dammed valley that is used like the seaside by locals.
The region's main long-distance train stations are in Wuppertal and Solingen, served by an hourly cross-country ICE train between Cologne, Hannover and Berlin.
Read in the guideThe southern part of the region, including Bergisch-Gladbach and Gummersbach, belongs to the public transport association Verkehrsverband Rhein-Sieg, while the north with the cities of Wuppertal, Solingen and Remscheid…
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Köln (Cologne) · International · CGN
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an amalgamated city encompassing municipalities with long history and many monuments
an idyllic green town in a valley, known for its ubiquitous linden trees — a household name among Handball fans
a town dating back more than a millennium, home of the Neanderthal, where human remains from 40 millennia before have been discovered
on one end of the Müngstener Brücke, an early railway engineering marvel, with a host of buildings from the industrial revolution, including an imposing town hall
at the other end of the bridge, a town famous since the Middle Ages for the finest swords and knives
home of the Schwebebahn, a suspended monorail over the river Wupper, dating back over a century
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