Dortmund

Westphalian industrial city

Dortmund is a city in western Germany, in the Ruhr industrial region of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Once a center of coal mining and steel production, it has reinvented itself around technology and services.

The city is known for its football club, Borussia Dortmund, and its beer: We caught a match in Dortmund.

city

Westphalia

Historic northwestern German region

Münster · industrial · steel · coal · mining · postindustrial

football

Bundesliga

German top-flight football

Haaland

beer

lager

Cold-conditioned beer

  • exportForeign-bound sale
  • DABDigital broadcast format
  • brewingBeverage preparation process

pilsner · brewery

Categories
Opposites
German football rivalry

DortmundMunich

Bavaria's largest city

Bayern Munich · Real Madrid · Manchester United

Ruhr region vs. political capital

DortmundBerlin

Germany's largest city

Bonn · capital city · seat of government · Brussels · Washington D.C.

industrial working-class city vs. cosmopolitan/cultural center

DortmundMunich

Bavaria's largest city

Heidelberg · Berlin · Baden-Baden · Hamburg · Düsseldorf

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G