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What has moved people in NRW since the start of the new millennium? How has our state changed in these two decades? WDR television dedicates a 90-minute documentary on Friday evening to the events and developments of this period.
Since the turn of the millennium, the state has experienced jubilation and tragedy: the Pope came to NRW and the whole world came to the 2006 summer fairytale. The Ruhr region became a stage in the cultural year 2010 - and the Love Parade in Duisburg became the scene of a catastrophe.
The millennium began with the fear of a global computer crash; 20 years later, a virus that paralyzed the entire world gave us a great leap into the digital age.
The consequences of climate change caused the weather to go crazy: Kyrill swept huge areas of forest bare, masses of snow knocked over electricity pylons in Münsterland and led to the longest power outage in German history, Whitsun storm Ela devastated the country in 2014. Then came the flood; and with it a huge wave of solidarity and charity
