How do you get from Dortmund airport into town?

AirportExpress bus, 25 min, €10. A day ticket on local transport is EUR 7.60 24h ticket (1 person) VRR Preisstufe A, whole Dortmund city area. Cheaper option: Bus 440 to Aplerbeck, then U-Bahn to centre, EUR 3.80 VRR EinzelTicket Preisstufe A.

What does a day in Dortmund cost, not counting the flight?

About £49.25 a person for the day: local transport, lunch, dinner and a drink. Paid attractions are listed separately because most people do one or none, and an average that includes them is a number nobody actually pays.

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Day trip to Dortmund.
From London Stansted, out and back.

Germany·Sat 24 Oct

130 kg

CO2e, return flights

No same-day return from London Stansted to Dortmund in the next week that we can see.

What a day in Dortmund costs

£49.25on the ground, per person

Bus 440 to Aplerbeck to the city, there and back£6

Local transport£5

Lunch£12

Dinner£26.25

Coffee or a pint£4

Getting there

AirportExpress bus, 25 min, €10, EUR 7.60 24h ticket (1 person) VRR Preisstufe A, whole Dortmund city area (10km)

Cheaper: shuttle to Holzwickede station, 5 min, €3, then a train.

Sat 24 Oct in Dortmund: 10°C, rainy, rain likely, sunset 16:21.

Christmas markets in Dortmund

Weihnachtsstadt Dortmund19 Nov - 30 Dec 2026
Not confirmed yet
No same-day return flight from the UK in the saved winter timetable.
Over 250 stalls, one of the biggest Christmas markets in Europe.
Open: Every day, Mon-Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri-Sat 11:00-22:00, Sun 12:00-21:00
Shuts 14:00 on 24 Dec
Entry: Free entry
Where: City centre, around Hansaplatz

Dortmund on a budgetShow

Getting about costs £11, that is bus 440 to aplerbeck to the city, there and back at £6 and local transport at £5. Buy tickets before you board, as fines for riding without one are steep.

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