Is Dortmund safe for solo female travelers?
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How safe is Dortmund for solo female travelers?
How safe is Dortmund for women?
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Based on 17 local experiences
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Dortmund is basically safe. However, I would avoid deserted streets after dark. I would also avoid large groups of men. If you're not obviously carrying expensive items, there's little risk of being robbed. Public transportation is very safe.
Posted: July 5, 2025Not safe overall, especially in the city. Thats where I live. There are many drunks and agressive football fans around everywhere, its a catastrophe. People arent friendly either and our neighbours were drug dealers, its a pain.
Posted: May 24, 2025Dortmund is fairly safe, however in the city center and around the main train station you can find sketchy people and the number of homeless people and drug addicts is constantly rising. At night I prefer not walking but take rental scooters, my bike or public transport to get home.
Posted: April 4, 2025
Claudia
When you are in the centre of Dortmund, you will be safer than in some dark, small streets. I would always take care of myself and my personal things, no matter where in Dortmund i am. If you are with some more people, the possibility for having bad experiences is smaller!
Posted: March 30, 2025There are some strange people, and one should definitely be a little careful. But I tend to come home in the middle of the night, and have still never felt seriously unsafe. I’d still recommend taking a friend with you if you wanna go out at night. :)
Posted: February 24, 2025Safety map
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Monica
Dortmund
Can host for:
3 days
About me
I like to meet new people and I'm mostly interested in finding new long term best friends to travel with for the upcoming years! How my vacation time could look like: 1) I like to take a train/plain early to arrive during the day, because I want to reach my accommodation during daytime, just in case we'll miss a train etc. 2) I like to stand up between 8-10 am and get a great vegetarian German/Polish breakfast wich looks like this: a full cup of coffee with a little bit of milk, sliced bread with different kinds of cheese or vegetarian sausages, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, a boiled egg with salt and pepper and a yoghurt with for example a sliced banana and a teaspoon of honey in it. As you can see: breakfast is the most important meal, which I never skip. It'll take an hour to prepare and enjoy. 3) after that I like to stark activities like getting to the most important waterfall. I would like to take some pictures or a selfie. But I don't like to spend all my time on my phone. I like to share my time, to share what I like to see, and to share my point of view. So, for me it's important to travel with a person who knows when to take a picture without my permission or without asking. We all want great memories. So do I. 4) Food: time for local snacks during the day. Or time for coffee and cake around 3 pm. If you want to snack, we'll snack on something. If you're interested in that fancy looking pastry -we'll go and check that out for sure. I like to discover beautiful looking restaurants in unbelievably great or fancy locations - and this has not to be expensive. There is furniture hanging upside down? Let's go check the menu. Does the restaurant look like a Brazilian forest? Well, let's check. There are 1036 positive comments? We'll check that. You'll eat there because a grandma cooks cheap but delicious meals? Why not! I always keep an eye open to local food, even tho I'm vegetarian. Eat whatever you want. I mostly have the last meal around 5 pm. Because, after so many trips I knew, it'll be crowded at 6/7/8 am and I don't like busy crowded places where the waiters are rushing through the guests. 5) I like public music events and I like to check out a bar for a last drink. But I'm not interested in partying all night long. If there's a disco where you want to go, let's discuss about 2 hours for our stay there. That's enough dancing and partying for me, but keep in mind, the location must be famous for the reasonable reason like "I'm a Michael Jackson/Christopher Bang Chan fan and he danced there too." As you can see, I'm very flexible ;) we'll always find a compromise. 6) I like to walk whenever possible. If the destination is too far away, we can take safe public transport for sure. But not for 2 miles or just because we're up for 4 hours. 10.000-30.000 steps a day is okay for you? Let's travel! I'm not into climbing mountains but I would, because of some reasons we don't know yet! (For example I woke up in Chech-Republic and thought 'yep I'll join the medium intensive hiking tour to see the gate of Narnia' and it went out well, including hard leg pain but a lucky heart!) 7) let's combine our bucket lists. What's on your list? How can we get all this together? I like to travel with people who are Abel to plan, book and organise too. Because I'm not a travel guide. 8) It's okay to rest, to check messages, to take a nap, to be silent when overwhelmed. We're humans. No-one is perfect. We should feel safe, happy and thankful! Thank you for your attention. 🫰🏻🫶🏻♥️
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Janice
Dortmund
Can host for:
2 days
About me
Hey, my name is Janice I'm 29 years old, live in Dortmund and I'm a cat mom of 4 beautiful furry babies ❤️ I qould like to meet some new people to maybe plan some short trips or just to meet up for some coffee or just host if you need a place to stay I'm open to most activities like hiking, swimming, or just go to a museum and learn something new.
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