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Dortmund Zoo

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Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Dune Landscape in Rombergpark – Botanical Garden Rombergpark loop from Phönix-West

5.62km

01:28

40m

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2. Großer Teich im Rombergpark – Botanical Garden Rombergpark loop from Dortmund-Hörde

10.4km

02:42

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3. Great Pond, Romberg Park – Rombergpark Botanical Garden loop from Dortmund Tierpark

6.72km

01:47

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Rapunzel

May 1, 2023

About 1,600 animals of 173 species live here. The park landscape with its old stock of trees and the various animal houses make a visit to the zoo an experience for the whole family, whatever the weather.
For the little ones there is a wonderful, large playground, and there are snacks and ice creams on every corner.

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December 12, 2016

Dortmund Zoo is a beautifully laid out zoological garden with over 1200 animals across more than 220 species from around the world. It specializes in the keeping and breeding of South American species, and is leading in the breeding of the giant anteater, the tamandua and the giant otter. The zoo opened 1953 on the site of a former coal mine in the south of the city between the boroughs of Hacheney and Brünninghausen.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dortmund_Zoo
dortmund.de/en/leisure_and_culture/zoo/home_zoo/index.html

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December 12, 2016

A highlight in this zoo: Ailurus fulgens fulgens, the first discovered panda roaming in Nepal, Bhutan, India, and China, is red and more like a raccoon. Not related to its bigger black/white Chinese cousin-in-name-only, it's one of the cutest endangered mammals out there. Dortmund Zoo shows them in a well-managed climbing enclosure and participates in a worldwide breeding and preservation program. dortmund.de/de/freizeit_und_kultur/zoo_dortmund/tiere_im_zoo/zootiere/kleinerpanda.html

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June 19, 2021

The Dortmund Zoo has alpaca and guanaco. dortmund.de/de/freizeit_und_kultur/zoo_dortmund/tiere_im_zoo/tierbestandsliste/saeugetiere.html
The guanaco is considered an ancestral form of the domesticated forms llama and alpaca, with the llama primarily bred as a pack animal and the alpaca as a supplier of wool. zootier-lexikon.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=622:guanako
The alpaca was domesticated in Peru between 5,500 and 6,500 years ago
zootier-lexikon.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=624:alpaka

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Jake the hiker

March 6, 2022

Exotic animals can be seen up close at this beautiful zoo

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Kevin

July 3, 2021

A lot of renovation in the zoo, really great

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P.T.

May 10, 2020

Nice despite Corona restrictions.

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Torsten K

October 8, 2021

Always worth a visit. Little old and small enclosures!

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P.T.

June 17, 2020

A highlight in this zoo.

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Kevin

July 3, 2021

Really a great zoo

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Kevin

July 3, 2021

Always beautiful there

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DieLu

March 1, 2022

Nice zoo.
Super price - performance

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Christine🔹

April 26, 2023

Small nice zoo right next to the Rombergpark

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Ulrike & Werner

July 10, 2025

This zoo has some special features

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Jürgen

March 3, 2023

Nice tour with the VHS through the zoo

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Isi-Sicilia

July 1, 2023

There will be a new dolphinarium and more 🥰

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P.T.

May 9, 2020

Great despite Corona restrictions.

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Thorsten

July 9, 2021

in the all-weather zoo in Münster.

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Jürgen

July 16, 2022

Every walk is different

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Jürgen

September 17, 2022

Again and again

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Dani K

September 17, 2022

A really nicely laid out zoo ... even if there were some construction sites at the moment, it was worth it

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Bossi_78 🥾🚴‍♀️⛰️

July 15, 2024

Beautiful zoo in Dortmund.

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Dortmund Zoo

1. Dune Landscape in Rombergpark – Botanical Garden Rombergpark loop from Phönix-West

2. Großer Teich im Rombergpark – Botanical Garden Rombergpark loop from Dortmund-Hörde

3. Great Pond, Romberg Park – Rombergpark Botanical Garden loop from Dortmund Tierpark

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