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ANALYSIS
As the ICE10 train pulls into the station at Wolfsburg Hauptbahnhof en route from Berlin to Hannover, the Volkswagen Arena comes into view between the trees overlooking the Mittelland Canal and River Aller. Shortly after, the traveller begins to see the Volkswagenwerk, the biggest car plant in the world, and employer of almost 60,000 of the city's 124,000 inhabitants.
Founded in 1938, the city built up around the Volkswagen factory.