| OBERHAUSEN | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the Emscher River (10) |
| DORTMUND | German city on the Emscher River |
| ESSEN | Industrial city in West Germany, in North Rhine Westphalia on the Ruhr and Emscher rivers (5) |
| COLOGNE | Industrial city in North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine |
| LEVERKUSEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, north of Cologne (10) |
| DUSSELDORF | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, birthplace of Anne of Cleves (10) |
| HAMM | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the River Lippe severely damaged in the Second World War (4) |
| MOERS | City in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine west of Duisburg (5) |
| DUISBURG | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany which was heavily bombed during the Second World War (8) |
| WUPPERTAL | Industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, noted for its suspension railway |
| MINDEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia on the River Weser, scene of a 1759 battle during the Seven Years' War (6) |
| BOCHUM | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, housing the German Mining Museum |
| GELSENKIRCHEN | German city in North Rhine-Westphalia that is home to the football club Schalke 04 |
| MUNSTER | University city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (7) |
| WESEL | City in North Rhine-westphalia, Germany |
| HERNE | Industrial city and port in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, noted for the Cranger Kirmes funfair (5) |
| NISAN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia (5) |
| LUXEMBOURG | Capital of the same-named tiny country bordered by Belgium on the west and north, France on the south, and Germany on the northeast and east (10) |
| RUHR | Traditionally, the chief coal mining and industrial region of Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia (4) |
| HEIDELBERG | City in Badenwurttemberg, Germany, on the River Neckar noted for its castle (10) |
