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Dortmund U-Tower

The U-Tower or Dortmunder U is a former brewery building in the city of , Germany. Since 2010 it has served as a centre for the arts and creativity, housing among other facilities the .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: cultural center in Dortmund, Germany
  • Also known as: “Dortmunder U – Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität”
  • Address: Dortmund, 44137
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Ostwall and German Football Museum.

Museum
Photo: Mbdortmund, GFDL.
The is a museum of modern and contemporary art in , . It was founded in the late 1940s, and has been located in the Dortmund U-Tower since 2010.

Museum
Photo: DortmunderWestfront, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The aka DFB-Museum is the national museum for German football in , . It opened on 23 October 2015. is situated 360 metres east of Dortmund U-Tower.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is the main railway station in , , . The station's origins lie in a joint station of the Köln-Mindener Eisenbahn and Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn which was built north of the city centre in 1847. is situated 530 metres northeast of Dortmund U-Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Unionviertel and Althoffblock.

Neighborhood
Photo: DortmunderWestfront, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Quarter
is a of , and it has about 15,885 inhabitants. Along with the Nordstadt in the north and the Kaiserviertel in the east, it is part of Dortmund's dense inner city districts.

Dortmund U-Tower

Latitude
51.51505° or 51° 30′ 54″ north
Longitude
7.45312° or 7° 27′ 11″ east
Open location code
9F39GF83+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 415553662
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q762922
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Dortmund U-Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج U”
  • Catalan: “Torre U de Dortmund”
  • Chinese: “U塔”
  • Dutch: “Dortmund U-Tower”
  • French: “Dortmund U-Tower”
  • German: “Dortmunder U”
  • Italian: “Dortmund U-Tower”
  • Macedonian: “Дортмундска U-кула”
  • Spanish: “Torre U de Dortmund”
  • Uzbek: “U-Tower”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dortmund U-Tower”. Photo: MisterWhiskey, CC BY-SA 3.0.