From semi-legal beginnings of the electro scene in the former Union-brewery to the Dortmunder U with video screens and a great Pink Floyd exhibition, from the new FZW and indie concerts to fine jazz in the domicil. A walk through Westphalias pop-history.
It used to bubble in the Südhaus and now on all levels, where international art and domestic art associations are hosted in the heart of Dortmund.
At home in the Dortmunder U, the rooftop disco turns into a home for everyone who wants to dance and look out at the same time at night.
Leisure center west (=Freizeitzentrum West) admittedly doesn't sound even close to the punk that is going here. But Dortmund's bustling concert location is indestructible.
Sir Hannes Schmidt in vinyl paradise: the leadsinger from "the Idiots" has been running his filled-to-the-brim record store for over 30 years now.
The Union district is home to the city's most exciting record stores. Black Plastic is almost right across from Idiots Records. If you're lucky you might even run into a little live concert.
It starts late, but the nights at the Marlene-Bar are still long enough to track down some design hits and the peculiar men's room.
It has been voted umpteen times to the country's best venue; even the renowned Down Beat-Magazin voted it under the 100 best jazz venues world wide.