The Wuppertal Thread

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We had a show like that in Denmark, The Golden Arrow!
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I think they sold the format to a dozen countries - before satellite TV, who would even notice?

ETA: Jimbopedia says “over 20 countries”, but only mentions The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, France and Italy by name.

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A short bio of Bernhard Letterhaus
(link won’t inbox but works)

remembered by pupils of the school named after him

I saw Wim Wenders’ film Pina for the first time this weekend. I particularly enjoyed the dance numbers filmed out and about Wuppertal

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That was “my” bus stop (see picture) to change from the Schwebebahn into the express bus to work for two years or so while the new central bus terminal was constructed and lines were rerouted.

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Tried to post this a while back but the topic had closed

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Things are a bit too m​o​i​s​t these days.

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Or, the driver’s view:

Interesting to see that the driver gets a video feed from the platform camera at each station stop.

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I really liked the Schwebebahn.

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Yes, the lion has a pizzle.

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The Engels-Haus reopened today after renovations.
(English version of the site has problems at the moment and returns a bland error message.)

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Uh-oh. Icecream truck turf war?

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A thread for all Wuppertalk?

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A thread from which Wuppertalk is suspended.

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[
] Wuppertal (pronounced “Woopertall”) [
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Heh. No.

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