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Hamm
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Europe : Central Europe : Germany : Western Germany : North Rhine-Westphalia : Ruhr : Hamm
Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
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- Maximilianpark [1]: The former coalmine Maximilian was transformed into a leisure park with the coalmine washery having been turned into a walk-in-sculpture in the shape of a Glass Elephant. By entering a lift inside the elephants trunk, visitors can reach the top floor of the transformed building, allowing a panoramic view of the surrounding area. As of 2010, the elephant also includes a collection of mechanically moving constructs called garden of kinetic objects, mimicking e.g. animal movements. The park also contains various remnants of the sites industrial heritage, playgrounds, a butterfly house, a park railway (operated by a railway club [2] during limited operation times) and a bistro.
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