Dortmund

Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Population: 587,288 (1 January 2004).

Traffic

Dortmund Airport is 10 km from the city outside of the suburb Holzwickede.

Related Topics:
Dortmund Airport - Holzwickede

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The central train station (Hauptbahnhof) is the third largest long distance traffic junction in Germany.

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Dortmund Harbour (Hafen) is the largest canal-harbour in Europe; almost as large as the one in Duisburg, the world's largest inland port.

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Dortmund also serves as a major European and German crossroads for the autobahn system. The Ruhrschnellweg follows old Hanseatic trade routes to connect the city with the other metropolises of the Ruhr Area (das Ruhrgebiet). Additionally the city has an extensive subway, street-car, and bus system.

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The H-Bahn at Dortmund University is a unique hanging monorail built specifically to shuttle students and patients across the university's campus which is now also flanked by research laboratories and other high-tech corporations.

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