North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany
Where to stay in Dortmund
Dortmund is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, home to about 601,000 people. This guide covers 6 hotels and 1 apartment building in Dortmund, with about 398 rooms between them. 1 of them carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 7
- Best months
- May, June and September
- Nearest airport
- DTM10 km · Dortmund Airport
- Currency
- EUReuro
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Language
- German
About
About Dortmund
Dortmund is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city of the Ruhr as well as the largest city of Westphalia.
The city pops up first when people think of the Ruhr valley, and that's no surprise. It is the largest Ruhr city, the third largest by population after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the geographical centre of the North Rhine-Westphalia state. Worldwide, the city is foremost known for beer (pale export/lager beer called Dortmunder) and the famous sports club Ballspielverein Borussia 09, Borussia Dortmund or BVB for short. But there is another gentler side to this former industrial powerhouse.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Dortmund
See
- Alter Markt
- Altes Stadthaus
- Dortmunder U
- Hohensyburg and Casino
- Kokerei Hansa
- Marienkirche
- Ostwall Museum
- Reinoldikirche
- Schloss Bodelschwingh
- TV Tower
- Zeche Zollern
- Adlerturm
Do
- Bergmann Kiosk
- Borussia Dortmund
- Deusenberg
- Lake Phoenix
- Salsa Open Airs at Dortmund Westpark
- Dortmund Concert Hall
- Fletch Bizzel Theater
- Theater Dortmund
- Juicy Beats Festival
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Dortmund
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Hotel Dortmund hotel | 190 | 91/100 6,043 reviews |
6 more places to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| Bob W Dortmund Stadtmitte apartment building | 42 |
| Holiday Inn - the niu, Ember Dortmund hotel | |
| Hotel Majestic Dortmund Central hotel | |
| Hotel Pearl Dortmund-Nordstadt hotel | |
| Hotel Unique Dortmund City hotel | |
| Leonardo Royal Hotel Dortmund hotel | 166 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Dortmund
12 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Freischütz | 8.5 km | |
| Best Western Hotel Dortmund Airport | 7.5 km | |
| Boutique 102 Dortmund City | 0.5 km | |
| Hotel Ambiente | 4.7 km | |
| Hotel Unique Dortmund Hauptbahnhof | 0.7 km | |
| L'Arrivée Hotel & Spa | 7.4 km | |
| Mercure Dortmund Centrum | 0.3 km | |
| Mercure Hotel Dortmund Messe & Kongress | 2.2 km | |
| Parkhotel Wittekindshof | 3.2 km | |
| PLAZA INN stays design Dortmund PLAZA Hotelgroup | 2.8 km | |
| Radisson Blu Hotel Dortmund | 2.2 km | |
| Ring Hotel Drees | 1.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Dortmund
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dortmund are May, June and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Dortmund: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dortmund Airport (DTM), about 10 km from the city centre in a straight line; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS, 55 km) and Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO, 71 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Getting around in Dortmund is easy. The centre of Dortmund is not that big for a city of half a million. It is entirely feasible to walk between both ends of the centre. Dortmund is in the VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr), a regional co-operation of local and regional transport that allows seamless transfers across cities and transport modes with the same ticket. The backbone of public transport is the Stadtbahn, a system of fast metro-style trams, that cross the city centre underground in three tunnels.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
DTM · Dortmund Airport
DUS · Düsseldorf Airport
FMO · Münster Osnabrück Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Dortmund
Eat
Traditional meals in the region are Pfefferpotthast (kind of Goulash with a lot of beef), Balkenbrij, Heaven and Earth (Himmel und Äd; black pudding with stewed apples mixed with mashed potatoes), Currywurst and Pumpernickel with Griebenschmalz (German lard with crispy pieces of pork skin). In summer the people like to eat a Dortmunder Salzkuchen (Bread buns with caraway fruits, salt, meat and onions). Also a special meal in the winter is Reibekuchen (fried potato pancake served with apple sauce).
Stay safe
Dortmund is a relatively safe and welcoming city on the whole. As it is not a big tourist destination, it does not suffer from rampant pickpocket issues. Due to the decline of its prominent heavy industries, Dortmund and most of its neighboring suburbs (Castrop-Rauxel, Waltrop, Witten) are less well-off than other major cities in Germany, and socioeconomic disparities are some of the most glaring in the country. But this has surprisingly not translated to widespread crime. Some poorer neighborhoods in the northern quarters of the city may not look appealing, but being wary of your surroundings will suffice during the day.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Dortmund
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
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Questions
Dortmund: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Dortmund?
By published guest score: Leonardo Hotel Dortmund (91 / 100 · 6,043 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Dortmund?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dortmund are May, June and September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 24 °C; July is the wettest, with about 87 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Dortmund?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dortmund Airport (DTM), about 10 km from the city centre in a straight line; Düsseldorf Airport (DUS, 55 km) and Münster Osnabrück Airport (FMO, 71 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Dortmund?
1 place in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Dortmund?
euro (EUR).
Nearby
Destinations near Dortmund
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.