As a city in the middle, Jülich is already a sought-after “bacon belt” for the cathedral cities of Aachen and Cologne as well as the state capital Düsseldorf. If you want to experience the great art, the large concert halls, the extensive shopping centers or the longest bars in the world, you can get there just as quickly from Jülich as city dwellers within the city limits of the metropolises.
Opencast mines
At the end of 2020, 194.6 square kilometers (0.57 percent of the state’s area) in North Rhine-Westphalia were opencast mines, pits and quarries. According…