Vielleicht gibt es diese Seite ja auch auf DeutschWuppertal, Germany (the 'u' being pronounced as the 'oo' in 'good')
Although Wuppertal is often called the capital of the "Bergische Land" (mountainous territory), it is an utterly provincial town. The city is home of almost 400.000 people, but that does obviously not save it from being extraordinarily boring for pretty much of the time. Nevertheless Wuppertal is worth a visit, especially if you do not want to enjoy the sun, for he does not shine in Wuppertal. Instead there is plenty of rain, enough for millions of potential visitors. Therefore there are two things you need to have, when staying in Wuppertal for some time. The first one is a towel and the second one is an umbrella. The latter you do not have to bring yourself, because you will be able to purchase it in practically any store you walk into.
The first thing you should do after ariving in Wuppertal is to go and have a look at the "Schwebebahn". This is a kind of tram hanging down from rails which are mounted about ten meters above Wuppertal's big river, called "Wupper" (Thus the name "Wuppertal", Valley of the Wupper, because large parts of Wuppertal are built on the not exactly slight slopes at both sides of the river). If you translate the name "Schwebebahn" into English you end up with something like "Floating Railway" which is exactly the last thing the Schwebebahn actually does. Instead it is a rattering monstrosity that carries some 50.000 people per day from point A being somewhere in Wuppertal to point B being somewhere else within that town making as much noise as possible.
If running into trees is your way of having fun, then Wuppertal is the right town for you to go to. In 1929 more than 10 small cities have been joined to build a big town which was then supposed to be called Wuppertal, being the only name everyone could cope with. Between all these urban settlements there have always been (and still are) woods dividing one small center from the other. Thus it is easy to understand why there is no point in Wuppertal from which you have to walk more than ten minutes to reach a major assembly of trees.
As for the people living in Wuppertal: they are crazy for staircases. For every inhabitant of that town there are at least four or five of them, leading everywhere you just do not want to get. In the old days, when there were no cars, using the stairs was of course the shortest and easiest way to visit your neighbours, but meanwhile people use the car even to get the roles for breakfast. No-one there uses a bike, because cycling in Wuppertal is almost as impossible as swimming in the Wupper.
(C)1999 Richard Brauer
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