{"id":1413,"date":"2015-05-02T16:53:39","date_gmt":"2015-05-02T16:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illumination2.wordpress.com\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2015-05-02T16:53:39","modified_gmt":"2015-05-02T16:53:39","slug":"the-gasometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itayemi.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/02\/the-gasometer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gasometer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eyes wide open at the Gasometer<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Last day in Oberhausen. I didn’t feel it was appropriate not to experience something of the culture (no malls and restaurants don’t count). So despite the fact that I had a train to catch to another city, I felt I had to at least make an attempt. I checked out but then left my luggage with the hotel (“I will be back in an hour”).<\/div>\n
The closest destination I could think of was the Gasometer which was quite visible from lots of places I had been to around the hotel and the office.<\/div>\n
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I crossed the road and headed in the general direction. It was a little farther than I had suspected. I looked at the time. I had an appointment in another city and wasn’t even sure how regular the trains ran in that direction on a Saturday. I decided it was worth the risk. Unfortunately I had to go through in a hurry. I don’t mind spending a whole day in a good museum, but I had a train to catch. Even at that I must have spent about close to 3 hours there. Normally I would read the story\/description attached to any picture\/sculpture I am interested in and try to imagine what life was like then or even imagine myself “into” the scene: like a witness to the conversation.<\/div>\n
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Took some pictures. Below.<\/div>\n
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The museum itself was in a converted cylindrical steel structure.<\/div>\n
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For those up to the challenge, there is a long series of flights up the outside to the top at 110 meters where you can see the whole city laid out below. See pics below. There is a lift for the less adventurous or less fit.<\/div>\n
You can then enter the building and chill out at the amphitheater at the base on cushions while watching a choreographed display of black and white light patterns running up the inside of the tower all the way to the top – set to some relaxing music.<\/div>\n
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110 meters above is my target destination. “Stairways to Heaven.”<\/div>\n
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Is that a submarine?<\/div>\n
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110.45m above ground level.<\/div>\n
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Took a lift back down(on the inside of the vertical steel structure, so you can look down at the people seated or reclining or standing in the\u00a0amphitheater-like space with the cushions where you seat to watch the light display)<\/div>\n
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Below that level are the two bottom levels where the paintings and sculptures are exhibited.<\/div>\n
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Medusa of course.<\/div>\n
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And the Mona Lisa (A copy. The original is in the Louvre Museum in Paris)<\/div>\n
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And because we are always “representing” (something from the Benin Kingdom)<\/div>\n
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Massive painting under glass on the floor.<\/div>\n
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God creating the world.<\/div>\n
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Jesus (under a shroud in the tomb)<\/div>\n
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It was worth every penny of the 9 Euros I paid. I think couple or group tickets might be cheaper but I didn’t check.<\/div>\n
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Outside for the even more adventurous, you can sign up for some tree climbing.<\/div>\n
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The Gasometer website is at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gasometer.de\/de\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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