Germany; North Rhine-Westphalia; Ruhr area; European Capital of Culture "Ruhr. 2010". Action "Still Life Ruhrschnellweg".The Ruhr Area is the 2010 European Capital of Culture. One of the central; cross-city actions is the "Still-Leben Ruhrschnellweg" festival. The motorway Ruhrschnellweg (A 40); parts of motorway A 52 and highway 1 between between the cities of Duisburg and Dortmund are closed to motorized traffic and released for "people without a car".here: bicycling and walking on the A 40 motorway in Essen; in the background the headquarters of Evonik Industries RWE (left handed). Essen; July 18th 2010.