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Dortmund Travel Guide

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Dortmund [1] is a city in the North Rhine-Westphalia region in Germany.

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Get in

By plane

Dortmund airport (DTM) is home of several low-cost airlines (eg. EasyJet) and serves mainly national and european travellers. There is no direct train or tram connection to the airport, however there are shuttle busses between the airport and Dortmund central station or Holzwickede Station.

  • From and to Central Station: A non-stop shuttle-bus can be found opposite the main railway station. The journey lasts 25 minutes and costs 5€/passenger (6-14 y.o. children €2; younger children free).
  • From Holzwickede Station: A bus service (1€/passenger), runs regularly about every 15 minutes between 5 a.m. and 11 p.m. Trip to the terminal building takes approx. 5 minutes.

By train

Dortmund's central station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof) is the junction of many railway lines in Germany.

http://www.db.de/ (Deutsche Bahn)

By car

Dortmund can be reached using the motorway (Autobahn) A1, A2, A40, A42, A44 and A45, as well as the (Bundesstraßen) B1, B54 and B236

Get around

Public Transport

Dortmund is part of the VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr) a cooperation of the regional transportation companies, giving easy access to public transportation in the whole Ruhr District in S-Bahn, regional trains, subways and busses.

Dortmund's central station (Dortmund Hauptbahnhof) is the junction of the national railroad system with the city subway system und the regional train system. From here you can easily get transport into the center or any suburb via subway and bus or to the neighbour cities as Bochum, Essen, Düsseldorf, Münster, Köln (Cologne), Wuppertal and the rest of Northrhine-Westphalia and Germany by different regional or national train-lines.

http://www.vrr.de/ (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr)

http://www.db.de/ (Deutsche Bahn)

See

Visit the television tower Florian. Take a ride on the H-Bahn.


  • Zoo Dortmund, Mergelteichstr. 80, +49 0231/50 - 28581
  • Rosarium (Deutsches Rosarium VDR), Westfalenpark - An der Buschmühle 3, Tel. +49-231-50-26100 or -26116, Fax +49-231-5026111. This rosarium has a collection of more than 3000 rose species.

Parks

  • Westfalenpark
  • Rombergpark
  • Fredenbaumpark


Museums

  • Museum of Art and Cultural History
  • Museum am Ostwall, Ostwall 7, Tel. +49-231-5023247, Fax +49-231-5025244. This museum hosts art objects from the 20th & 21st centuries.
  • Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde), Münsterstraße 271, Tel. +49-231-5024856, Fax +49-231-5024852.
  • German Cookery Book Museum (Deutsches Kochbuchmuseum), An der Buschmühle. Tel. +49-231-5025741.

Do

Buy

The center of the city is a shopping mile with impressive stores on everything from clothing and shoes over books and media to electronics or jewelry, stretching along the Hellweg, the Rheinoldi-Church in its center.

Other shopping areas as the Indu-Park or along the Born-Straße are located throughout the city.

Eat

If you find yourself in a traditional pub drinking beer and you need some food to accompany your beverage it is the best idea to ask the innkeeper for a "Salzkuchen mit Mett" or a "Mettente".

The "Salzkuchen" is a bagel-like, caraway spiced roll with seasoned mincemeat and onions. The "Mettente", a smoked sausage, normally comes with spicy mustard.

Drink

Dortmund is home of some world famous breweries and you would therefore miss something if you haven't tasted at least some of its "liquid gold".

  • Drink a "Stösschen" in any of the old fashioned pubs. This beer specialty is served in a small glass and can be drunk in about two draughts. The portion varies from innkeeper to innkeeper. Is best relished with a "Salzkuchen mit Mett" (see Eat)


  • Caicco, Kronprinzenstr. 140, Tel./Fax +49-231-9961557

Sleep

Hostel Ruhgebiet [3], 8-bed-dorms from 17€, located in the Kreuzviertel, one of Dortmund's most vibrant areas with many bars and restaurants

Stadthotel Drees [4], 4* city hotel, friendly staff, supernice owners, reasonable prices, near to Westfalenhallen, Westfalenstadion and City

Cope

Dortmund Tourist and Information Office [5], Königswall 18a, Tel. +49-231-18999222, Fax +49-231-18999333, email: info@dortmund-tourismus.de

Get out

Bars

  • Happy Happy Ding Dong
  • Lousiana

Clubs

  • Cosmotopia
  • FZW
  • Spirit
  • Keller
  • Nightrooms
  • Prisma


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