Zollern II/IV. Coal mine (1898). Part of the Westphalia Industry Museum. Dortmund. Germany.

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Dortmund

Football (soccer) is a major Dortmund passion. Borussia Dortmund, the city’s Bundesliga (premier league) team, has won the national championships an impressive eight times. So it's actually quite appropriate that Dortmund was chosen as the site of the German Football Museum, which opened in 2015. Other attractions include several treasure-filled churches and high-calibre art museums.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Deutsches Fussball Museum

    Deutsches Fussball Museum

    Dortmund

    This vast shrine to the nation's passion and obsession is a place of pilgrimage not only for German football fans. Inside a futuristic building next to…

  • Museum am Ostwall

    Museum am Ostwall

    Dortmund

    The 4th and 5th floors of the Dortmunder U creative complex are home to the Museum am Ostwall, an art-world star thanks to its far-reaching collection of…

  • Dortmunder U

    Dortmunder U

    Dortmund

    You can see it from afar – the golden ‘U’ atop the tower once used for beer storage by the now defunct Union Brauerei. Once one of Dortmund’s largest and…

  • Zeche Zollern

    Zeche Zollern

    Dortmund

    The Zollern II/IV Coal Mine was considered a 'model mine' when operation began in 1902. It boasted state-of-the-art technology and fantastic architecture,…

  • Reinoldikirche

    Reinoldikirche

    Dortmund

    Dating to 1280, the Reinoldi church is named after the city’s patron saint. As the story goes, after Reinold was martyred in Cologne, the carriage…

  • Marienkirche

    Marienkirche

    Dortmund

    Marienkirche is the oldest of Dortmund’s churches, and its Romanesque origins are still visible in the round-arched nave. The star exhibit here is the…

  • Brauerei-Museum Dortmund

    Brauerei-Museum Dortmund

    Dortmund

    Dortmund is not only famous for its football team but also has a long tradition of beer-making. This museum is in the machine and production halls of the…

  • Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Steinwache

    Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Steinwache

    Dortmund

    This municipal memorial uses the original rooms and cells of a Nazi prison as a backdrop for a grim exhibit about Dortmund during the Third Reich. Over 66…

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