Dortmund
Dortmund is a city with a population of about 600,000 in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany. It is in the middle part of the state and is considered to be the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of the Ruhr area, which has some 5. Wikivoyage
Population 600,880 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Sankt Reinoldi-Kirche Attraction · 230 m -
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Museum · 260 m -
Sankt Marien Church · 280 m -
Gedenktafel für das Alte Rathaus Memorial · 360 m -
Femlinde mit Freistuhl Memorial · 370 m -
.jpg?width=400)
Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Steinwache Monument · 530 m - Baukunstarchiv NRW Museum · 540 m
-
Apotheken-Museum Museum · 570 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
-
Juicy Beats Festival
July
A summer alternative outdoor festival in Westfalenpark with a total of 14 stages and 50,000 visitors. Public transportation to the site is free with your ticket
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Dortmund); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 90 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
- Reinoldi 150 m
- Glöckner 180 m
- Reinoldikirche 210 m
- Studio 230 m
- Brügmannplatz 350 m
- Kampstraße 360 m
Train stations: Dortmund Hbf 530 m, Dortmund Stadthaus 1000 m, Dortmund Möllerbrücke 1.5 km, Dortmund West 2.1 km, Westfalenhallen 2.2 km, Am Turm 2.4 km, Dortmund-Körne West 2.6 km, Zum Spielplatz 2.9 km, Buschmühle 2.9 km, Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park 2.9 km, Dortmund-Dorstfeld 3.0 km, Dortmund-Körne 3.4 km, Dortmund-Dorstfeld Süd 3.7 km, Dortmund-Wischlingen 3.7 km, Dortmund-Hörde 4.0 km, Dortmund-Huckarde Nord 4.0 km, Dortmund Universität 4.3 km, Dortmund Tierpark 4.3 km, Dortmund Universität S 4.4 km, Campus Nord 4.4 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.