Location advantages

10 good reasons to choose the Metropole Ruhr
The Metropole Ruhr is more than just a place where companies can locate and which offers successful settlement packages and company development concepts in an attractive natural setting. The region is more

The location in a nutshell

Multilingual overview with major facts and figures
The Metropole Ruhr is one of the largest conurbations in Europe. Once the industrial pulse of the continent, today the Metropole Ruhr is a technological, commercial, scientific and cultural centre at more

Data, facts and figures

Important facts
A quick glance at the profile and current situation of the Metropole Ruhr - as reflected by the following important data, facts and figures about the region.The 'Zahlenspiegel der Metropole Ruhr' more

Development funds

EU, national and NRW development funds, together with competitions with relevance to the Metropole Ruhr
The state government of NRW, the national government and the European Union provide interesting subsidy and funding options for start-ups and companies. These may constitute immense financial start-up more

The trading estate market

Spaces and areas for ideas
A key factor in the economic development of any region is the amount of space available for trading, offices and industry. Up until the 1980s the Metropole Ruhr, particularly in the Emscher zone, was more

Real estate reports

Key facts about the real estate market
The polycentric structure of the Metropole Ruhr means that it can offer a wide range of investment opportunities in an extremely broad spectrum of sectors and real estate market segments. In 2007 more

Science & Research

Europe’s densest research network
 “Every research project starts with amazement. Then something hits you.”German behavioural researcher and zoologist Wolfgang Wickler can be encountered day in, day out in the Metropole Ruhr more

Hidden Champions

Medium-sized companies: no. 1 in their segment - worldwide
Global market leader – no mean achievement. But one that it is not hard to find in the Metropole Ruhr. Because although the region is not a classic medium-sized company area, it nonetheless boasts an more

City and district profiles

The Metropole Ruhr consists of 53 cities, towns and parishes. An insight into the variety of this urban landscape is provided by the city and district profiles, in which each municipality introduces more

Quality of life

Living in the Metropole Ruhr
What was once seen as a drawback, now increasingly offers strategic advantages: the poly-centrality of this conurbation. The heart of the Metropole Ruhr is no centralised city with a concentration of more