GAZETTE | Issue nr. 3 | ||
| SAPHIRE NEWSLETTER | ||
| Date: October 2006 |  |
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The GAZETTE |
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Oldenburg - City in Green |
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The city maintains a high-quality, future-oriented infrastructure. As a location for business, industry and service Oldenburg forms the epicenter of the Weser-Ems region in north-west Germany. Figure 1 New Auditorium in the University A survey of the news magazine Focus from 1999 portrays Oldenburg as a "paradise" for those looking to earn their livelihood here. The city ranks tenth among 83 major German cities-far ahead of Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Figure 2 Horst Janssen museum The townscape of Oldenburg is shaped by the university's and technical college's students: cozy bars, low-priced restaurants, hangouts and the bicycle as the number one form of transportation are all part of life in the city. Oldenburg has a lot to offer culturally as well: the State Theater, the Culture Center, the Puppet Theater Laboratory, the Weser-Ems Hall, and a multitude of various museums to name a few.
Figure 3 Staatstheater Well known throughout is the Horst-Janssen-Museum opened in 2000. Every summer the Oldenburg Summer of Culture transforms the city into one large open-air theater.
Figure 4 Schlossplatz The Old City Festival and Kramer Market are further big events of city life, which is rounded off by the many street and district city festivals.
Figure 5 Lappan
Figure 6 Peter Friedrich Ludwig Park
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With over 158,000 residents, Oldenburg is not only a manageable but also a green major city: surrounding forests, extensive parking facilities, the palatial garden and the gardens of the one and two-family homes provide a natural ambience.
Oldenburg 's architectural landscape is shaped by historicism and neoclassicism. Most impressive are the former Peter Friedrich Ludwig-Hospital (that today houses the Cultural Center), the baroque palace of the Grand Duke, and the characteristic cast of small town residences, the so-called Oldenburg "kennels".