Nestled around the river Rhine, Düsseldorf is the capital of one of Germany’s industrial heartlands, North Rhine-Westphalia. It has a population of around 640,000, but in terms of area, it is smaller ...

Germany's Ruhr area used to be a Social Democrat stronghold, but the populist AfD has risen to popularity amid the region's economic decline. In one city — Gelsenkirchen — individuals are resisting ...