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Dortmund Germany Travel Information
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| Central Station |
 Dortmund Central Railway Station is one of the most important traffic hubs anywhere in Germany. Diagonally across from the station, on the other side of the road, you see the new City and State Library. And beyond the BikePark area, Dortmund's highest commercial building - the Harenberg Centre - reaches for the sky. |
| Westenhellweg |
Dortmund's "golden mile" lies along the Westenhellweg precinct. The shopping public from Dortmund and surrounding district appreciate the wide and varied range of affordable goods in the city centre. |
| Alter Markt |
This is where the big city pulse beats during the day and on warm summer nights. One of Dortmund's top addresses for shops and events, the "Old Marketplace" has the highest density of restaurants and beer gardens in Dortmund. |
| St Reinholdi's Church |
Around Dortmund's most famous church, which dates from the 13th century, you will find a constellation of particularly handsome buildings, old and new. Each year at Advent, the church square and its surroundings turn into a bustling Christmas Market ranked as one of Europe's largest. |
| Pylon |
Dortmund, city of steel. The silhouettes of the blast furnaces and many old and new buildings made of steel both mark tradition and point to the future. Representing this contrast, outstanding in its own right: the pylon. A slender construction near the venerable Church of St Reinholdi that ranges above the underground station of the same name. |
| Friedensplatz (Peace Square) |
"Friedensplatz 1" is, in fact, the City of Dortmund's official address. Inaugurated in 1989, the new Civic Hall is home to the Mayor's offices and the City Council - but, equally, its rooms are open to Dortmund's general public. Other properties belonging to the city are grouped around the Town Hall: The Stadthaus (= administration block) and the listed building in which the Dortmund Agency is housed. |
| Rathaus (City Hall) |
A large glass cupola crowns Dortmund City Hall, one of the most impressive modern town halls in Germany. Interesting exhibitions and events are held in the Citizen' Hall the whole year round. And whilst the politicians row with one another in the first floor, many a couple have sealed their vows in the first floor! |
| Stadtheater (Theater Dortmund) |
Opened in 1966, the Opera House at Theater Dortmund continues to delight the public with a truly broad spectrum of different productions: opera, operetta, ballet and musicals as well as concerts given by the Philharmonic Orchestra. The unique atmosphere of the Opera House, the attractive programmes and the convenient central location all go to ensure a perfect "night at the opera". |
| Museum - MKK (Dortmund Museum of Arts and Culture) |
At the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, you will find exhibitions dealing with everyday culture and works of art from earliest history through to the present day. It is housed at Hansastrasse 3 in an art déco design rebuilt by architects Werner Lehmann & Partners from 1987 to 1983 and restructured by Würth & Winderoll Architects from 1997 to 1999. This imposing building is a stylish residence for the oldest museum of its kind in the Ruhr and lies in the town centre just across from the main railway station. The first collections started as long ago as 1883 - collections of the precious, the rare, the typical and the everyday - and as such present a wonderful opportunity to stroll through the centuries in just a few paces. |
| Dortmunder Harbour |
Looking back on more than 100 years of history, the Dortmunder Hafen - the largest canal port in Europe for environment friendly waterway transport - has ten docks and eleven kilometres of quayside. Its main feature is the Old Harbour Authority Office which is now home to an exhibition about the history of Dortmund harbour. Yet the "old" Dortmund harbour will soon be part of the "new" economy. The e-port-Dortmund fulfilment centre is to be set up here as part of the Dortmund Project and focus on innovation and growth potential in the e-commerce and IT sectors of the future. |
| Borsigplatz |
"Borsig Square" in the north part of town is the birthplace of premier football club Borussia Dortmund . For over ninety years now, the colours of the Dortmund strip - black and yellow - have dominated Dortmund's largest junction with a traffic roundabout. |
| Westphalia Halls |
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focal point of the Westfalenhallen exhibition and events centre is the
world famous Westphalia Hall I with its roofed-over oval which is 6,400
square metres in size and which has room for 16,500 spectators. This "arena
for world champions" has already hosted over fifty European championships
and over thirty world championships. But what sets Westphalia Hall I apart
is its unrivalled atmosphere. Or as Chris de Burgh once said: "It's
the best place in the world to make music". Year in, year out, the
Dortmund Westphalia Halls Trade Fair and Exhibitions Centre stages over
twenty regional, national and international tradeshows and exhibitions.
Eight halls offer a total area of 42,000 sq.m.
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| Westfalenstadion |
Like Borussia Dortmund, the home ground itself is one of Germany's finest. Opened in 1974 for the World Cup, Westphalia Stadium was thoroughly rebuilt in the 1990s. This world-class stadium holds a capacity crowd of 69,000 and provides maximum comfort and facilities - i.e. it is already equipped for any forthcoming big events. |
| The Hoesch Works - Industrial Backdrop |
The production plants of the former Hoesch Steel AG stand mute witness to history. If steel production was once a major economic factor in Dortmund, the wider structures of today's Thyssen-Krupp Group have changed things for ever, Nowadays, the industrial heritage site is popular as an authentic location for movies and TV series. |
| Rose Terrace |
Just across from the Dortmund Westphalia Halls, the Rosengarten positively invites you to pause a while. Refreshed, you can then visit the adjacent ice sport centre and Westfalenstadion. |
| Westfalenpark |
Dortmund largest park is famous for its variety. The unrivalled Rosengarten, for example, with more than 3,000 kinds of rose. And you can't miss the Florian Tower with its revolving restaurant. |
| The Florian Tower |
Florian is the tops. Dortmund's highest building celebrated its fortieth birthday in 1999 and was given a facelift and a refit. The view over Westfalenpark across the town and over the Ruhr district and the Sauerland is a must-see for any visitor. |
| Zoo Dortmund |
Twenty-eight hectares of experience parkland and more than 2,500 animals await the visitors to Dortmund Zoo. The focus is on South America with its anteaters, tapirs and various other animals from the Amazon. |
| University of Dortmund |
It was a good 30 years ago that a handful of young people - today there are well above 20,000 students - registered for study at Universität Dortmund. Unique in Germany: the automatic (driverless!) suspension railway that commutes between the North Campus - e.g. AudiMax, library and main restaurant - with the South Campus. |
| Dortmund Technology Park |
The epitome of the structural transformation in North Rhine-Westphalia has to be the TechnologiePark which segues seamlessly into the university campus. And the core of this Dortmund success story is the TechnologieZentrum (Technology Centre) thanks to which thousands of highly skilled jobs have been generated over the last ten years. |
| The German Health & Safety at Work Exhibition (DASA) |
The Deutsche Arbeitsschutz-Ausstellung (DASA) is a hands-on adventure-packed exhibition informing us about the world of work and the value placed on it by society. Integrated into the Federal Institute for Occupational Health and Industrial medicine, the DASA was opened in 1993 and, also, on the occasion of Expo 2000 extended to 13,000 sq. m. Under the banner of "Humans, Work and Technology", the DASA presents an intriguing excursion into the working world of yesterday and today. It looks at the progress made as working conditions have improved but also points to new risks and how to deal with them. |
| Zollern Colliery |
 Although coal is no longer mined in Dortmund, it an industry that decisively shaped the town and its people for centuries. You will find a splendid memorial to the industrial culture of the Ruhr in the west part of town: Das Westfälische Industriemuseum, Zeche Zollern II/IV. |
| Hohensyburg |
At the southernmost tip of Dortmund - high above the Ruhr Valley - the Hohensyburg ruins provide further testimony to Westphalian history. And only a few metres away, people try to write their own history, test their luck, at Hohensyburg Casino, Germany's leading casino. |
| Dortmund South and the River Ruhr Valley |
From the countryside point of view, Dortmund has far more to offer than its visitors may initially expect. One popular excursion is to Dortmund South and the River Ruhr valley on the way down to Hagen. Climb the observation tower and a wonderful panorama spreads out before you. Whilst Kaiser Wilhelm greets you from his statue opposite. |
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