Gelsenkirchen: Construction Begins on Water Circus

On the 12th of April things had finally reached the point where the Mayor of Gelsenkirchen, Frank Baranowski, with considerable support from the managing director of the “Gesellschaft für Energie und Wirtschaft GmbH” (company for energy and commerce, also referred to as GEW), turned the first sod of earth in the construction of the new water circus – an adventure playground in the sport and bathing paradise of Gelsenkirchen. Some important features of the project, set to cost two million euros, are the 500-square metre adventure play land and a 100-metre long wildwater stream (as reported in detail in EAP 6/2006) (eap)