The heart of the industrial Ruhr district

Dortmund's location within Germany

Dortmund is the largest city in Germany's Ruhr district, formerly the coal-mining, steel and heavy industrial heartland of the country.  In World Cup terms it forms one of a cluster of 3 venues in relatively close proximity in the north west of the country - the other two being Gelsenkirchen, just 20 miles away, and Cologne, 60 miles down the road.

Driving to and from Dortmund to several of the other venues will therefore be quite manageable, while the trip to cities in the east and south (e.g. Berlin, Leipzig, Nuremberg and Munich) will be a much longer trek.

The German autobahn network criss-crosses the Ruhr district and provides excellent links to the other venues.

From other World Cup venues to Dortmund:

World Cup City	Distance in km	Distance in miles	Main motorways en route
Berlin	484	303	A2
Cologne	96	60	A1
Frankfurt	230	144	A45, A5
Gelsenkirchen	32	20	A43, A42
Hamburg	339	212	A1
Hanover	211	132	A2
Kaiserslautern	328	205	A1, A3, A565, A61, A63
Leipzig	464	290	A2, A14
Munich	592	370	A45, A3, A9
Nuremberg	440	275	A45, A3
Stuttgart	414	259	A45, A5, A6, A81

See also Expedia.co.uk for Dortmund hotels, flights and rental cars.