Ask Angelika Season 3 Episode 13 - Essen

 In this episode we learned a few things about Essen. As always Steven got to read some German sentences about it and tried to translate them into English.  Here are the 2 links Steven mentioned: https://youtu.be/JrlneD0Hw2k https://www.essen.de/aktuell/portalaktuell.de.html  And here are the sentences again: Der Name Essen kommt von dem alten Wort ‘Astnide’, was ‘Ort im Osten’ bedeutete. The name Essen comes from the old word 'Astnide', which meant 'place in the east'. Essen ist eine Großstadt im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen.  Essen is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In Essen leben 585.000 Menschen. 585,000 people live in Essen.   Essen wird oft als Einkaufsstadt bezeichnet, weil es so viele Einkaufszentren und Geschäfte gibt. Essen is often called the shopping city because there are so many shopping centres and shops. 2010 war Essen die Kulturhaupstadt Europas. In 2010 Essen was the cultural capital of Europe. Und 2017 erhielt Essen den Titel Grüne Haupstadt Europas. And in 2017 Essen was awarded the title of Green Capital of Europe. Essen bleib(t) sauber! Essen stay(s) clean!