Situated within the North Rhine-Westphalia area of the nation Dortmund proudly boasts its standing because the nation’s soccer hauptstadt. Nonetheless, this former industrial big additionally has a lesser recognized facet the place you’ll be able to uncover a nice various cultural scene, stunning inexperienced areas to chill out in cool hip neighbourhoods just like the Kaiserviertel plus there’s a implausible food and drinks scene. On this information to the finest issues to do in Dortmund, you’re going to get a really feel of what this metropolis has to supply, from its unimaginable soccer and industrial tradition, to one of the best locations to eat & drink in Dortmund.
1. Westfalenpark
A well-liked leisure spot within the metropolis is the broad swathe of greenery comprising Westfalen Park. Masking an expanse of 70 hectares it is likely one of the largest internal metropolis parks in Europe. Among the key locations to go to contained in the park embrace the Florianturm or the TV and Radio Tower, residence to the German Rose Society. The Kaiserhain pond, the Forest-of-the-Mills pond with its central open air stage are different locations to go to. The park is strewn with stunning flower beds, fountains, geese, many sorts of birds and wildlife. A super place to hike, trip a bicycle or just benefit from the serenity of nature on a park bench.
Handle: An d. Buschmühle 3, 44139 Dortmund
2. Florianturm
The Florianturm is a key spotlight of a visit to Westphalen Park and is the landmark TV and Radio Tower. In-built 1959, on the time it was the best free standing construction in Germany, standing tall at 720 ft. It has a development design resembling a concrete chimney, with a tapering high. At numerous ranges alongside the tower there are numerous options, like a revolving restaurant, higher and decrease remark decks and operation rooms. It’s the good place to achieve an aerial view over Dortmund.
Handle: Florianstraße 2, 44139 Dortmund
3. Museum Ostwall
The current residence of Museum Ostwall is a seven storey tower, often called the U-Tower. It’s the museum of recent and modern artwork in Dortmund. The museum’s assortment was began within the 1940’s and was moved to the present location round 2010. Among the treasures of the gathering embrace work, sculptures, images and objects of curiosity. Items from the gathering that aren’t to be missed embrace works from Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc, August Macke and Alexej von Jawlensky. The Gröppel Assortment is one other museum spotlight. Graphics from Joan Miró, Chagall, Dali and Picasso, additionally grace the museum.
Handle: U-Dortmund, Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse 2, 44137 Dortmund
4. Brewery Museum Dortmund
The Brewery Museum of Dortmund is a museum devoted to the historical past of beer brewing in Dortmund, a practice that dates again to the nineteenth century. Beer tastings and excursions can be found. The museum is open all days besides Monday, though museum excursions happen on Sundays. Among the fascinating displays on provide embrace the prospect to view classic brewing tools and curios from the heyday of beer making. Classic beer dispensers that disbursed a beer a day to manufacturing unit employees, bottling machines , packaging and outdated commercials are all on show. Dortmund was the house of greater than 30 breweries with the glory days of beer making occurring within the 1950’s. Anybody within the course of and historical past of constructing beer, will discover this an enlightening expertise.
Handle: Steigerstraße 16, 44145 Dortmund
5.Deutsches Fussball Museum
place to begin your footballing pilgrimage is the Deutsches Fussball Museum in Dortmund. This huge shrine to the nation’s ardour and obsession is a spot of pilgrimage not just for German soccer followers. Inside a futuristic constructing subsequent to the Hauptbahnhof is an emotional multimedia and typically interactive tribute to the sport and Germany’s function in shaping its historical past. Find out about stars comparable to Franz Beckenbauer, relive historic matches or fancy your self a commentator. The treasure chamber holds replicas of the 4 World Cups and three European trophies gained by the Mannschaft (Germany’s nationwide staff). On-line tickets are a few euro cheaper.
Handle: Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, 44137 Dortmund
6. Stadium tour on the Sign Iduna Park
In the event you can’t get tickets to a Dortmund sport, the subsequent neatest thing is to get a tour of the stadium, the Sign Iduna Park. The Sign Iduna Park on Strobelallee is Germany’s largest soccer stadium with a capability of precisely 81,365. The stadium is also known as the “temple of German soccer” because of the proximity to the pitch, the acoustics because of its full roofing and the distinctive ardour the followers within the Ruhr have for the attractive sport.
The excursions let you have an in depth have a look at the stadium’s amenities which might be in any other case off the bounds. These embrace the VIP areas, tunnels that result in the pitch, membership museum, press room, and extra. The stadium tour can be an opportunity to to witness the southern terrace, often called the “Gelbe Wand”, “Yellow Wall” the place 24,454 followers make themselves heard on this stand.
These excursions are run at particular occasions of the day. Though there isn’t a particular have to register for the excursions prematurely, it’s higher that followers do the identical if they’ve particular requests. All of the tickets might be bought on-line and it isn’t attainable to decide on a date when matches are held. One can anticipate the tour to final for round 90 minutes within the primary model, whereas it could prolong to 120 minutes within the PLUS model.
Handle: Strobelallee 50, 44139 Dortmund
7. Discover industrial heritage on a skywalk tour by means of Phoenix West, a former metal works in Dortmund
For over 160 years, the economic complicated of Phoenix West was an icon for town of Dortmund and the area of North Rhein-Westphalia, whose financial system was based mostly on coal and metal. Metal manufacturing in Dortmund ended with the closure of Phoenix West in 1998 and Phoenix East in 2001. The previous blast furnace works are a reminder of Dortmund’s wealthy industrial historical past.
You possibly can get pleasure from wonderful views of the complete Phoenix West industrial heritage complicated and the dramatic Dortmund skyline, because of a 26-meter-high metal footbridge constructed over the outdated blast furnace fuel line. You may as well see the stadium, the Florian Tower in Westfalenpark and in addition the Bergmann brewery. The Skywalk and the complete Phoenix-West plant are presently solely accessible as a part of guided excursions. Guided excursions happen on fastened dates, the variety of individuals is proscribed. Tickets might be bought from town of Dortmund’s tourism portal. The present worth for a tour is 15 euros per individual, however expertise has proven that the excursions are at all times booked out rapidly.
The place to eat and drink in Dortmund
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8. Head to Dortmund’s Kreuzviertel
If in case you have time to kill earlier than the sport and wish to get a snapshot of what native life is in Dortmund, positively make a while for Kreuzviertel which lies on the best way to stadium. It’s a vibrant neighbourhood brimming with hip cafes and eating places, numerous unbiased outlets plus an excellent focus of bars.
We stopped by kieztortchen, a cute cafe with a really good out of doors terrace which serves actually good desserts plus nice espresso.
In the event you’re on the lookout for a present with a distinction, then the idea retailer Unterhaltung is a superb place to drop by. One can find a complete vary of things right here, from designer luggage and rucksacks to espresso desk books, candles, native natural chocolate, craft beers and gin – you can be spoilt for selection.
We didn’t have time for meals however locals beneficial Babuschkas Kitchen (Kreuzstraße 69, Dortmund) for his or her hearty Ukrainian meals, from pancakes with completely different fillings to dumplings and borscht all served in vibrant, cheerful interiors.
9. Tip: Get pleasure from a snack and/or a beer at Bergmann Brewery in Phoenix West
Dortmund and beer. It’s like foot and ball or fish and chips. Dortmund was as soon as residence to a number of breweries which earned it the moniker ‘Bierstadt’. Whereas the individuals of Dortmund now not spend their month-to-month wage packet on the pub, beer nonetheless performs an essential function within the metropolis. Whereas there was a marked decline in breweries, in 2005 a brand new unbiased brewery was born that now dominates the scene in Dortmund: Bergmann beer.
Matching the Ruhrpott DNA, the beer is marketed with the slogan ‘Laborious work, sincere reward‘. Whereas the miners are now not right here, the tradition of the feierabend after-work beer continues to be fashionable which is why Bergmann constructed a brewery proper subsequent to the outdated blast furnace plant on PHOENIX West in Hörde.
As a customer, you can’t solely participate in excursions of the pitch-black painted brewery – and naturally have a sip or two. There may be additionally a meals truck on website Thursdays by means of Sundays .
This publish was produced with the type assist of Germany Tourism and Ruhr Tourismus GmBH however all views, opinions are completely my very own.
