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This 6-day annual festival, founded in 1954, is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world.
The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is a German film festival for short films held in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 1954, it is one of the oldest short film festivals in the world and one of the major international platforms for the short form. The festival holds an International Competition, a German Competition, an International Children's and Youth Film Competition, the MuVi Award for best German music video, and, since 2009, the NRW Competition for productions from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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The largest disc-type gas holder in Europe which is now an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It hosts varying exhibitions aimed at the general public (often including light and sound installations). A panoramic elevator inside the Gasometer can be used to travel to a floor level below the roof. From there, a stairway on the outside leads to three panoramic platforms mounted on the Gasometer's roof. People with disabilities can ask the staff to use the other elevator on the outside of the Gasometer, which directly leads to one of the platforms.
460-metre-long stress ribbon bridge which is also a landscape sculpture; its spirals and wild colours allude to the popular children's toy "Slinky". At night it is illuminated by LED fields in 16 colours.
former home of the late Paul the oracle octopus.
A large H0 model railway installation depicting the Ruhrgebiet at its industrial zenith between 1965-1970.