Signal Iduna Park is the home stadium of Borussia Dortmund (BVB) and the largest stadium in Germany, with a capacity of over 81,000. It's best known for the South Stand — the 'Yellow Wall' — the largest free-standing terrace in European football, and for the club museum, the Borusseum, located inside the stadium grounds.
Getting There
Signal Iduna Park is located at Rheinlanddamm 207-209, 44137 Dortmund, just south of the city centre. The nearest stop, Dortmund Signal Iduna Park, is served by S-Bahn line S5 and several regional trains, a short walk from the stadium gates — about 10 minutes from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. Driving in, there's a large car park directly behind the stadium; on a quiet weekday during our own visit the barriers were up and parking was free, though that's not guaranteed on busier days.
Tour Options and Timing
The self-guided Stadium Walk runs daily from 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30) and costs €12 per person, or €18 combined with Borusseum museum entry — reduced tickets (under-18s, students, seniors, unemployed or disabled visitors with ID) are €8 alone or €12 combined, and children under 5 pay €1. The Borusseum itself keeps slightly different hours: daily 9:30 to 18:30 (until kick-off on home match days), last entry 30 minutes before closing. Options also range beyond the self-guided walk to guided tours, evening tours, food-and-drink tours, and tours with accessibility accommodations, each running on their own schedule. Importantly, the stadium is closed for tours on Bundesliga match days, and for Champions League fixtures it's closed both the day before and on the match day itself — check the schedule before planning a visit. Booking your ticket online in advance is the easiest way to guarantee a slot and skip the line at the gate.
What's on the Tour
The tour covers the lower tiers of the stadium and its famous yellow steel pillars, a defining visual feature of the ground. Visitors pass through the team's locker room, where players' shirts hang at named seats, then walk the same narrow tunnel — the narrowest in the Bundesliga — that the team uses to reach the pitch. The tour also includes the coaches' bench, with leather seats marked with the BVB logo, where the manager and staff sit during matches. Fan sections covered in stickers reflect the supporter culture that defines the ground.
The Borusseum
The club museum sits on the second floor, reached by lift, and covers the history of Borussia Dortmund since 1909 through historic photographs, old kits, memorabilia and detailed stadium models. The highlight is the trophy hall, holding Bundesliga championship trophies, the DFB-Pokal (German Cup), and the club's most prized possession — the 1997 UEFA Champions League trophy.
The Fan Shop
The two-level official fan shop is decorated in the club's black and yellow colours and stocks jerseys, scarves, training wear and souvenirs.
Tips & Lifehacks
Double-check the match calendar yourself before booking. The ticket shop doesn't necessarily stop you from buying a slot on a date that turns out to be a home matchday — tours simply don't run on Bundesliga matchdays, and for Champions League games they're also off the day before. Confirm the fixture list first so you don't book a tour you can't actually take.
Book online before you go. We ordered our tickets online in advance, which meant just showing up and walking straight in rather than queuing at the gate.
There's a car park right behind the stadium. On our visit, a weekday with no match on, the barriers were open and parking was free — likely the case outside matchdays and big events, though it's not an official guarantee, so have a backup plan just in case.
The BVB fan club is right next to the stadium — worth stopping by even if you're not on the tour that day.
The fan shop sits alongside the stadium too and is open to everyone, not just tour visitors — a good stop for jerseys and souvenirs either before or after.
Don't expect food or drink stops on the tour route itself — we didn't come across any café or snack stand inside the stadium during the walk. There's a food van right in front of the stadium if you want a bite before or after. On matchdays it's a completely different story, of course — food stands and bars all around the ground are open and busy.
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