Luggage storageDortmund

Luggage storage at the station and airport

Plenty of travellers land in Dortmund with hours to spare and a bag they'd rather not drag through the Ruhr's museums.

The city's transport hubs and a few cultural venues do offer lockers or cloakrooms, while several attractions and neighbourhoods don't. Dortmund Airport does not provide any official luggage storage facilities for security reasons. The AirportExpress is operated exclusively by Dortmund Airport and does not accept standard VRR public transport tickets. The luggage lockers at Dortmund Hbf can be used for a 24-hour duration, with smaller lockers costing 4.00 EUR and larger ones 6.00 EUR. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 per bag per day at 20+ locations across Dortmund.

Some top Stasher locations in Dortmund include:

• Restaurant, 4 min walk from Dortmund Hbf
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• Self-service locker, 35 min walk from Glückaufstraße 56 - Dortmund · open 24/7

Most points cluster around Dortmund Hbf, Dortmund Innenstadt and Thier Galerie Dortmund. Local hosts include restaurants and self-service lockers. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to €12,000. Stasher storage in Dortmund can be booked through the website or app.

Getting between the airport and the city

The AirportExpress runs non-stop between Dortmund Hbf and Dortmund Airport in about 25 minutes. A single ticket costs €10.00 for adults and €2.00 for children under 14, while under-6s travel free. From the station itself, the Konzerthaus Dortmund is only a 10-minute walk via the city centre exit, which is useful if you're heading straight to a performance with a bag you need to check.

Bag rules at Dortmund's attractions

At the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, anything larger than DIN A4 — along with backpacks and jackets — must go in the cloakroom, and suitcases and trolleys can't be stored at all due to space limits. DASA requires coats, jackets, larger bags, sticks, and umbrellas to be left in lockers, and bags shouldn't exceed DIN A4 format.

Dortmunder U bans umbrellas, backpacks, packages, and bags larger than roughly 20 x 30 cm from exhibition areas, so keep to small bags or use its cloakrooms and lockers. Konzerthaus Dortmund permits only bags up to DIN A4 in the concert hall and charges €1.50 to store coats and rucksacks in the cloakroom.

The Brauerei-Museum Dortmund takes a more relaxed approach, providing lockers for backpacks, umbrellas, and walking sticks while small bags and jackets may be taken inside. The Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Dortmund requires visitors to store jackets and bags larger than DIN A4 in the cloakroom, but does not provide storage for suitcases or trolleys.

Exploring Dortmund with luggage

Dortmund is the largest city in the Ruhr area, known for its industrial heritage, cultural institutions, and football culture. The German Football Museum sits close to Dortmund Hbf and is easy to reach from the station. The Dortmunder U cultural centre is accessible via the Westentor (Dortmunder U) stop on bus lines 43 and 44. Dortmund Innenstadt itself has no general luggage storage facility, but the Thier Galerie Dortmund shopping centre does offer lockers for visitors, so you can drop a bag while browsing the Westenhellweg shops. Signal Iduna Park and the Westfalenpark are also among Dortmund's key attractions, so if you're heading to either one with a bag, it's worth dropping it first at the Dortmund Hbf lockers or the Thier Galerie lockers.