Leisure Facilities for Young People
in Mülheim
In Mülheim, most teenagers meet their friends nearly
every day. They often just hang around anywhere, but sometimes they do
something they cannot do every day because, you know, we are just about
14 or 15 years old, and most of us do not have a million to spend in their
free time. For example our cinema. The Union cinema is easy to reach because
it is in the centre of the city. Occasionally, they do some special offers,
like a great film at half price. That´s cool. And, their security is not
very good in controlling if you really stay in one cinema. If you like
to watch a different film, just go to the toilet first, and go into one
of the other cinemas and have fun. I do not know if the boys feel the
same, but us girls like to go to the malls, like the Forum and the Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum.
We visit H&M or Orsay, Colloseum or Cosmopolitan. Although we do not even
buy anything, it is great fun to give yourself a new styling and image.
Nearly everyone has got a hobby in Mülheim. We play an instrument, are
in a sports club, make some easy money, go to one of our lakes, or do
something for our beauty. Some girls are in Dance Club Ritter. Well, you
learn great dances there, like video clip dancing. But the disco there
is horrible. Normal music, wannabe gangsters and children from age 12.
Some are even younger. They call it Late Night Disco, but it ends at 11
p.m. when the normal discos start, and some people even are ashamed to
say that they have been there.
Shopping Centres in Mülheim and Environs
In Mülheim are two big shopping centres. One is in the city centre and
one in Mülheim-Heißen. The name of the first shopping centre is "Forum",
it is in the city. In the Forum are about 120 shops.(for example a pharmacy,
an H&M shop, a shoe shop, a cosmetics shops and so on.) In the "Forum"
is also a cinema, the "Union cinema". From the Forum you get directly
into the city of Mülheim. On one side of the Forum you get to the train
station. From there you can go to Essen, Duisburg and Oberhausen for example.
The second big shopping centre is in Mülheim-Heißen. The name of it is
"Rhein-Ruhr-Centrum". The Rhein-Ruhr-Centrum has got 175 shops (for example
H&M, shoe shops and so on.) In all the RRZ has 100,000 square meters!
When you come by car, you have parking space for 5,500 cars. But you can
also come by train and bus. For young people the RRZ has also a young
fashion mall. The Rhein-Ruhr-Centrum is open from Monday until Thursday
8:30 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday until midnight, Sunday from 9 a.m.
to 10 p.m.
Dancing
We can dance in the city of Mülheim in dancing club Ritter. You can join
a dancing group with a teacher. You learn to dance to the number one in
the music charts, or you can go to the parties with friends or other people.
The parties are on the first or second weekend of the month from 7 pm
to 11 pm. They play good music there. You can speak with other people,
you can dance and you can drink a coke. The teachers are all friendly
to the girls and boys in the dance club.. You meet new people and you
go out. When you are in a dance group it costs 18 Euros per month. In
the rooms is a bar where you can sit.
Tennis
When you want play tennis, then you are right here at the tennis courts.
You don't need to be in a tennis club. A tennis court costs 4.50 to 7.50
Euro for one hour. You can rent a court any time all year through, but
not all day, only from 10 am- 6 pm. In the summer you play outdoors and
in the winter indoors in a hall. The hours in the hall are more expensive.
Outdoors you don't need special shoes. There you can wear any shoes. But
indoors you need specials shoes, because indoors you haven't got an ash
court. Indoors you play on specials floors and therefore you need shoes
with flat soles. But you can borrow shoes in tennis clubs. Now you need
only a tennis racket. But you can borrow rackets, too.
Football
I spend my free time on my hobby. It is football. I play in a football
club. We always play the outside, even when it is raining. I play twice
in a week and on the weekends I have got a football match, most of the
time Sundays. When I have got my training, then I don't need a special
equipment, but when I have got a football match, then I need a special
equipment boots and jersey. The name of my football club is "Rot - Weiss
Mülheim". Every week you must pay another two euros, and every month you
must pay twenty-five euros. I play in the defence. Most of the matches
we win.
The Union cinema
This cinema is in the Forum, a big shopping centre in central Mülheim.
The cinema has eight theatres and you can pick your own seats (fixed price).
Very long films cost extra but the normal price is about 4 euro and older
films cost about 1.50. There is a little shop where you can buy things
to eat and to drink like popcorn, crisps, coke and other things but they
are expensive and so many people buy their things in a supermarket.
Youth clubs
In Mülheim are 3 big youth clubs. A lot of young people go there. There
is a nice atmosphere, you meet a lot of friends there. In the youth club
you can do everything what the young people like.
Bowling
Bowling is great fun. I go to "Joe's Superbowling", which is in the "Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum",
a big shopping mall in Mülheim. You need special shoes and a bowling-ball
to do bowling, but you don't have to be in a club. You can bowl on your
own, in a group or in a team.
Free Time on the River Ruhr
When the weather is good, with no rain and a lot of sun, then you have
have a picnic on the shore at the Ruhr. You can have a Bar-B-Q and the
little children can play on the playground. You can go swimming in the
Ruhr, but you are not allowed to do this. You can go by a boat of the
so called "Weiße Flotte" (White Fleet) on the river but then you must
pay some euros. The boat stops at a lot of different places along the
river. On the river are some clubs, for example a waterski club, a rowing
club and a canoe club. When you are not interested in sports, then you
can go for a walk along the towpath.
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