| OBERHAUSEN | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany (10) |
| ESSEN | Major city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany's heavily industrialised Ruhr region, whose Zollverein coal mine was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2001 (5) |
| LEVERKUSEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, north of Cologne (10) |
| DUSSELDORF | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, birthplace of Anne of Cleves (10) |
| COLOGNE | Industrial city in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine |
| DORTMUND | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (8) |
| WUPPERTAL | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, noted for its suspension railway |
| DUISBURG | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that was heavily bombed during World War II (8) |
| HAMM | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia that was severely damaged in World War II |
| MOERS | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine west of Duisburg |
| BOCHUM | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, housing the German Mining Museum |
| MUNSTER | University city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (7) |
| WESEL | City in North Rhine-westphalia, Germany |
| NISAN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia (5) |
| GELSENKIRCHEN | German city in North Rhine-Westphalia that is home to the football club Schalke 04 |
| MINDEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia on the River Weser, scene of a 1759 battle during the Seven Years' War (6) |
| HERNE | Industrial city and port in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, noted for the Cranger Kirmes funfair (5) |
| RUHR | Traditionally, the chief coal mining and industrial region of Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia (4) |
| OSNABRUCK | Industrial city in north-west Germany (9) |
| AMARILLO | An industrial city in North West Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle (8) |
