The concerts were held on the street, in parks, in concert halls and opera houses as well as shopping centres, kindergartens and churchs.
Nearly all the 53 towns and cities in the Ruhr metro region took part in the ‘Sing – Day of Song’ event as part of its 2010 cultural capital status, organisers said on Saturday.
One of the largest choirs was expected in front of the Bochum town hall where around 1,300 singers were expected to show up.
Among the songs sung across the region was Herbert Grönemeyer’s regional hymn Komm zur Ruhr – come to the Ruhr.
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