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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 am and 6 pm (8 pm). Pharmacies tend to open earlier, at 8 am. Banks and post offices have more traditional hours: most open at 8.30 am, close for lunch at 1 pm, reopening at 2.30 pm until 4 pm. The liberalising of opening hours in Germany means that some shops will stay open much later in Dortmund and surrounding areas. |
| 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 am-10 pm +49 231 189 99 |
