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Worth seeing in and around Dortmund

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Westfalenstadion

    Westfalenstadion is a football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund. Officially called Signal Iduna Park [zɪɡˌnaːl ʔiˈduːna ˌpaʁk] for sponsorship reasons and BVB Stadion Dortmund in UEFA competitions, the name derives from the former Prussian province of Westphalia.

    2.7 km · football stadium in the city of Dortmund, Germany · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dortmund–Ems Canal

    The Dortmund–Ems Canal is a 269-kilometre long canal in Germany between the inland port of the city of Dortmund and the seaport of Emden. The artificial southern part of the canal ends after 215 kilometres at Herbrum lock near Meppen.

    3.4 km · Canal in Germany · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Technical University of Dortmund

    The Technical University of Dortmund is a public research university of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located in Dortmund. The research and teaching focus of the university's 17 faculties is on engineering and natural sciences.

    4.4 km · university in Dortmund · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Stadion Rote Erde

    Stadion Rote Erde is a 25,000 capacity football and athletics stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves as the home stadium to Borussia Dortmund II and several athletic clubs.

    2.6 km · football stadium in Dortmund, Germany · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dortmund Stadtbahn

    The Dortmund Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Dortmund and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. Its network consists of eight lines and is operated by Dortmunder Stadtwerke, which is operating under the brand DSW21 since 2005.

    600 m · light rail system in Dortmund, Germany · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Florianturm

    The Florianturm is a telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund. It is named after St.

    2.2 km · Telecommunications tower and landmark of Dortmund(Germany) · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    St. Reinoldi

    The Lutheran Protestant Church of St. Reinold is, according to its foundation date, the oldest extant church in Dortmund, Germany; it is dedicated to Reinold, also known as Renaud de Montauban, the patron of the city.

    100 m · church · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    German Football Museum

    The German Football Museum a.k.a. DFB-Museum is the national museum for German football in Dortmund, Germany.

    500 m · museum in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2015–) · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Petrikirche (Dortmund)

    St. Peter's Church in Dortmund, Westphalia, Germany, is an urban hall church in the High Gothic style.

    400 m · church building in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Marienkirche

    Marienkirche is a church in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany, located in the inner city.

    100 m · church in Dortmund, Germany · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Dortmund

Airports
Dortmund (DTM), 10 km · Düsseldorf (DUS), 55 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 70 km
Stations
Dortmund Central Station, 600 m · Dortmund-Dorstfeld station, 2.9 km · Dortmund West railway station, 2 km · Dortmund-Kruckel station, 7.2 km · Dortmund-Lütgendortmund station, 9.3 km
  • Düsseldorf → Dortmund
    58 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · €7–10
  • Greven → Dortmund
    376 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · €49–70
  • Köln (Cologne) → Dortmund
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 45m · €10–14
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Dortmund

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Dortmund. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inAirports that serve this area, both within and outside it include the following: Dortmund Airport () is the region's international airport, with scheduled service to several European cities and sizeable holiday charter traffic.

From Wikivoyage: Ruhr, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-11.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    258 km
  2. 02
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    609 km
  3. 03
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    611 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    619 km
  5. 05
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    838 km

If you know how people move in Dortmund – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Dortmund

Dortmund is 18 km from Bochum, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Hördecity district of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany4.2 km
  • Nordmarkthuman settlement in Germany1.2 km
  • Wichlinghofenhuman settlement in Germany7.3 km