This year, Blue Sunday starts on a Thursday in August and runs for several weeks. From 26 August to 10 October, despite all the hardships of the past months, a total of 42 North Hessian museums, assoc

appropriate as an experimental environment for new jobs, tourism, leisure, new forms of production and work, and new ways of life. We invite speakers from a wide range of fields related to the management of

"Service water for forests and cities", "Industrial landmark Peter Behrens Building", "Adler Works: concentration camp - factory - historical site", "Frankfurt Main Cemetery - Walking in the footsteps

age. Special highlights this year include giant 3D mappings, a skywalk tour, a light show featuring works by world-famous artists such as Gustav Klimt and Hundertwasser, and various music acts set against

(drinking hall since 1876) once served to prevent the consumption of alcohol by industrial and dock workers during working hours and to provide them with non-alcoholic and healthy drinks. Many industrial buildings [...] they walk along the course of the river Schwale to show how the water in the city once influenced work and, in particular, the cloth industry. Other highlights include trips and tours aboard historic cargo

live music and much more. The programme will be inspired by the leisure activities of historical workers' settlements, including sports, art, music, children's games, outdoor activities and worship. What

marketing. ERIH is happy to support the teams of the various industrial monuments and museums in their work and helps to increase public interest in industrial heritage. Visits to a number of member sites were

often become symbols of change and have adapted to new uses. Moreover, many of the ‘cathedrals of work’ across Europe have become major attractions of cultural tourism, attracting millions of visitors

and above ground provide an insight into the everyday working lives of miners and power station workers who began using Hesse's largest lignite deposit to generate electrical energy exactly 100 years ago

industries addresses precisely what makes up the city's identity. Josep Maria Pey Cazorla introduces the work of "El Generador", a Catalan consultancy, production and management company for tourism and cultural

countries will have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with presentations of best practices, work together during workshops, and learn about the industrial heritage of Łódź, visiting, among others

engage young people and encourage them to discover industrial heritage sites as places to visit or even work. Only this can ensure successful generational change and prevent the loss of extensive local and industry [...] Other topics discussed at the PMG meeting included the call for proposals for a follow-up event to ‘WORK it OUT’ and preparations for the ERIH Annual Conference 2025 in Chemnitz, to which the ERIH YPs will

have to feel and love it. To make this happen, stakeholders are obliged to do everything they can." WORK it OUT puts this very demand into practice. On every European Heritage Day - most recently on 11 September [...] performances garnering an audience of some thousand people and over much more likes. ERIH dance event WORK it OUT

Country since the end of the 19th century, transformed many of our municipalities and regions into work spaces, factories, and the unstoppable movement of goods, creating a landscape universe of great visual [...] witnessing the industrial evolution of the Basque Country, maintain the memory of the companies and the workers who manufactured them. Unique landscapes that deserve to be preserved, explained and disseminated

Sustainable educational work, the re-use of industrial sites (heritage conservation is climate protection), new blood in cultural volunteering and soft tourism are just some of the topics that the Summer

The conference approaches the topic of "Future" from an interdisciplinary bird's perspective. What are the key questions on the way to a diverse, sustainable, and digital society and in what way can a

Henrichshütte Hattingen has an augmented reality installation as well, interpreting the history and work at the ironworks in an artistic way. The music will be provided by "Kai & Funky" from the iconic band

the network, the newly elected ERIH board as of 2024, and a presentation of the working programme (work packages) for the new Creative Europe project SHINE4future, including opportunities for members to

One of the earliest and most prominent examples of a housing estate for workers is New Lanark in Scotland, an ERIH Anchor Point and Unesco World Heritage Site. Established as early as 1800, the site was [...] the most remarkable working-class estates in Europe. Not to forget the Ruhr area with its first workers' settlement Eisenheim in Oberhausen, the Margarethenhöhe in Essen and many more examples. ERIH article

present-day Slovenia. VM also became involved in the Ruhr region at an early stage. The Altenberg Zinc Works in Oberhausen was founded in 1855 as one of the oldest metal-processing plants in the city and was