Welcome to Dortmund
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Built on blood, sweat and beers, Dortmund today is one of Germany’s 21st century cities. Located in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of the country, modern Dortmund is vibrant and dynamic, well-known for its excellent shopping, its beer and football. But there’s another, altogether softer, side to this former industrial powerhouse. Dortmund has great theatres and cultural centres, a range of fascinating museums and, with half the city given over to parks and gardens, enough green spaces to sooth the senses.
Facts
| Population | 600 000 approx. |
| Currency | Euro, € 1 = 100 cents |
| Opening hours | Shops generally hold open between 9.00 and 18.00 (20.00). Pharmacies tend to open earlier, at 8.00. Banks and post offices have more traditional hours: most open at 8.30, close for lunch at 13.00, reopening at 14.30 until 16.00. The liberalising of opening hours in Germany means that some shops will stay open much later in Dortmund and surrounding areas. |
| Website | www.dortmund-tourismus.de, www.flydortmund.com, www.ruhrgebiettouristik.de |
| Newspapers | Ruhr-Nachrichten (German), Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (German), Westfälische Rundschau (German) |
| Emergency numbers | Police 110, Ambulance 115, Fire brigade 112 |
| Tourist information | Dortmund Tourismus, Königswall 18a, 44137 Dortmund Open daily, 9.00-22.00. +49 231 18999, www.info@dortmund-tourismus.de |
