BRUSSELS - BELGIUM - 11 APRIL 2006 -- The German city Essen and the Ruhrgebiet became the European Capital of Culture 2010. Here the delegation from Essen when it was annonced they had won. From left Jurgen FISCHER, Dr. Hans-Georg Kuppers, Heinz-Dieter KLINK, Regionaldirector, and sitting behind him Hans-Heinrich GROSSE-BROCKHOFF, Staatssekretar fur Kultur des Landes Nordrehin-Westfalen. PHOTO: ERIK LUNTANG /