Ah, of course. That's the northern mine. I visited the two southern mines last weekend, between Cologne and Aachen. Hambach and Inden. Then actually the title of my video is not correct either.;)
The general attitude fascinates me.... On the one hand: they'll happily sit and watch a bunch of pirates load illegal immigrants into rubber dinghies... but be stoked and proactive about some joker wanting to take a few pictures of rocks and trees.
The scale of these mines, there are several of them, is absolutely mind-blowing. And they keep expanding. They excavate down to the level of the lignite. As the excavation progresses, it keeps moving forward swallowing entire towns. The earth...
Nice, that extra information. A few years ago, I was there once, also at that Skywalk. But I couldn't find this place anymore. The viewpoints are also disappearing as the mine progresses.
It seems that in a few years they will start filling the...