Dortmund

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Introduction

With 600,000 inhabitants Dortmund is one of the larger cities in Germany. It is part of the larger Ruhr Area agglomeration and an important city within this area.

Dortmund has a history of being a heavy industry city; to Germans the name evokes images of smoke stacks and hardened faces of steel workers and coal miners. This image especially comes alive in the songs of German Rock poet Herbert Grönemeyer and in the movie "Männer wie wir" (Men like us) by director Sherry Hormann. Dortmund is also famous for its football (soccer) team, Borussia Dortmund.

With the decline of the steel industry in the Ruhr area the face of Dortmund has been gradually changing, shifting towards services and high technology.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

Westfälisches Industriemuseum - Zeche Zollern II / IV

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Events and Festivals

Highlights are the football games of Borussia Dortmund and the music and show stars coming on stage in the Westfalenhalle.

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Weather

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Getting There

By Plane

Dortmund Airport (DTM) is a medium-sized airport about 10 kilometres from the centre of the city. Easyjet flies to Barcelona, Budapest, London, Krakow and Thessaloniki, while Air Berlin flies to Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Nuremberg, Mallorca and Tenerife.
Wizz Air flies to Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Gdansk, Katowice, Kiev, Lviv, Poznan, Sofia, Timisoara, Warsaw and Wroclaw and Germanwings flies to Istanbul, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Salzburg and Split.

For much more flights, including intercontinental flights, you can also check the Düsseldorf International Airport.

By Train

Deutsche Bahn (DB) has trains to and from Dortmund. Dortmund Hauptbahnhof (main trainstation) is one of the bigger ones in Germany, with connections througout Germany and international connections as well.

By Car

Dortmund is on the A1, A2 and A45 autobahns (motorways). The B1 runs right through the city and is the link between the A40 to Essen and the A44 to Kassel.