Wainy316 Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 What is it like as a city? Heading over for a game in Feb and wondering if I should just go for the match and use somewhere like Köln or Düsseldorf as a base or is the city of Dortmund itself worth spending time in? Can't find much info online and my German mates seemed a bit meh about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Koln and Dusseldorf are very close like you said and well worth using as a base. Koln is beautiful as is Dusseldorf but we found the latter had the better night life. I think the highlights in Dortmund are the German Cookery Book Museum. In all seriousness though its not a particualry interesting city. Some nice small pubs etc but nothing special. Any more questions let me know. I've done exactly the same trip and stayed a night in a 3 cities. Edited December 12, 2015 by sexbelowsound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1986 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 I go and watch Schalke a few times a year and we usually stay in Dusseldorf, but we prefer Cologne. Cologne is more expensive an option, but you can get some good deals and travel around is cheap. In terms of nightlife, Dusseldorf is very central and there is one main strip, but in terms of beers Cologne has its own type of lager (Kolsch) and lots of the bars do their own type so thats a good night out on a beer tour of the city. Either way you will be sorted for evening activities after the football, although I do hope Dortmund lose Which game weekend are you going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Oh. Be warey of drinking the black beer that the barmaids bring around in half pints. I ended up looking like Mesut Ozil the next morning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1986 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Alt Beer (Dusseldorf) is nowhere near as nice as Kolsch if that helps your decision making process! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted December 12, 2015 Oh. Be warey of drinking the black beer that the barmaids bring around in half pints. I ended up looking like Mesut Ozil the next morning! Cautionary tale for anyone ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 12, 2015 Author Share Posted December 12, 2015 Cheers lads [emoji106] I'll prob go for one of them two then, looks like Düsseldorf and Koln are both at home too so depending on timings might be able to get 2 games in. although I do hope Dortmund lose [emoji6] Which game weekend are you going on? I hope they lose too, I'll be in the away end with Hannover [emoji4] It's the weekend of 13th/14th Feb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1986 Posted December 12, 2015 Share Posted December 12, 2015 Dusseldorf's Esprit Arena is decent, but doesn't sell out (sounds familiar) but we've been a couple of times and tickets are dead easy to get. Cologne you need a membership to get tickets for I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 12/12/2015 at 14:45, Wainy316 said: Cheers lads I'll prob go for one of them two then, looks like Düsseldorf and Koln are both at home too so depending on timings might be able to get 2 games in. I hope they lose too, I'll be in the away end with Hannover It's the weekend of 13th/14th Feb. It's a shame you're not going the previous weekend when it is Koeln Karneval! I'd recommend Koeln over Duesseldorf (lived on the outskirts of the latter for 9 months a few years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 Got this next week, not actually staying in Dortmund. Friday night Dusseldorf then off to Dortmund the following day to meet the Hannover lot for pre match beers. Following the game we will travel to Aachen for a night there, sounds like a cool old student city and has the spot where Germany, Holland and Belgium meet. On Sunday we'll be going to watch Alemannia Aachen play then back to Dusseldorf for a 9pm flight out. Looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 On 12 December 2015 at 14:45, Wainy316 said: Cheers lads I'll prob go for one of them two then, looks like Düsseldorf and Koln are both at home too so depending on timings might be able to get 2 games in. I hope they lose too, I'll be in the away end with Hannover It's the weekend of 13th/14th Feb. and who are the away team ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: and who are the away team ? Erm Hannover, did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 33 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: Erm Hannover, did I miss something? it was a play on " I'll be in the away end with Hangover " ... this is why Jimmy Carr is on TV and I'm not I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: it was a play on " I'll be in the away end with Hangover " ... this is why Jimmy Carr is on TV and I'm not I guess Ha yep that's still a whoosh over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Great weekend, and managed to get a few rounds of 'Nigel Spink, rolls the ball to Platty...' in on the train to Dortmund's ground (we'd had a few). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1986 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Glad you had a good weekend, I am off in April for the Schalke Dortmund derby, and a few other matches. What did you think of Dusseldorf? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Düsseldorf was pretty good for drinking, a very high concentration of bars in the old town. I was so glad to be at the Aachen game whilst that Villa horror show was taking place yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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