Gelsenkirchen is one of those German postindustrial cities that is just not on the tourist trail, unless you are a fan of its top-flight soccer club, Schalke. Set in the heart of the Ruhr megalopolis—the coal-mining and steelmaking area in the northwest of the country—the town was heavily bombed during World War II and rebuilt. But one notable prewar building survived and has now been restored, and transformed, at a cost of $97 million. This is Gelsenkirchen's city hall, known as Hans-Sachs-Haus.
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