Why is Hagen an ugly city and how did this come about?

I've been to Hagen a lot, and I have to admit that the train station district is anything but pretty. But the city center, the parks, and the surrounding nature are beautiful, in my opinion. But I find the suburbs of Hagen, such as Hohenlimburg, even more beautiful. How did Hagen become one of the…

Why is the temperature for snow in the western low mountain ranges always around 1-2 degrees?

I am quite a weather enthusiast, if you can call it that, and I often watch the weather maps. I've noticed that the temperature in the Eifel and Sauerland is always just above freezing, at 1-2 degrees Celsius, when there's precipitation. But it rarely falls below freezing. The precipitation then always falls as sleet. As…

Hotels in Winterberg where you can go swimming for a few hours?

Hello, we are currently in Winterberg for a week and have standard accommodation without anything else. I'd like to go to the sauna and swim a bit. However, there's no thermal bath or anything similar nearby. Probably because all the hotels have it themselves and it would be like a restaurant between all-inclusive hotels. Anyway,…