Editing Dortmund (section)

== Livability and quality of life ==
[[File:Stadtpanorama Dortmund.jpg|thumb|Dortmund is one of the least stressful cities in the world.]]
In November 2017, according to a study by data of the German National Statistics Office, the National Employment Agency, [[Mercer (consulting firm)|Mercer]], [[Handelsblatt]], [[Numbeo]], and Immowelt, Dortmund was ranked on position seven of the ''most livable cities in Germany for expats''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://frankfurt-expat.com/2017/11/08/ranking-germanys-top-cities-2017/|title=RANKING GERMANY'S TOP CITIES 2017|date=8 November 2017|work=Frankfurt expats}}</ref> In September 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the city of Dortmund, which has been adapting since the collapse of its century-old steel and coal industries and has shifted to high technology biomedical technology, micro systems technology and other services, as the ''hidden star of structural change'' providing a good quality of life for employees.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/21/business/german-election-jobs.html|title=In Germany, Blue-Collar Jobs Provide Bulwark to Populism|date=21 September 2017|work=The New York Times}}</ref> According to ''the 2017 Global Least & Most Stressful Cities Ranking'', Dortmund is one of the least stressful cities in the world. It is ranked 27th out of 150, between [[Copenhagen]] and [[Vancouver]], and is highly ranked in the categories traffic & public transport, gender equality and debt per capital.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/least-stressful-cities-2017/index.html|title=BUSINESS TRAVELLER Revealed: The world's least stressful cities|date= November 2017|work=CNN }}</ref>

''Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes'' and exemplary for structural transformation – This was the title of an article in the online version on ''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'' of the urban livability and new exceptional architecture in Dortmund.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/kunst_architektur/architektonisch-vorbildlicher-strukturwandel-in-dortmund-phoenix-ohne-asche-ld.5884|title=Phoenix ohne Asche, Phhoenixsee|date= March 2016|work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung }}</ref>

In a 2015/2016 survey centred on ''student life in Germany'', Dortmund ranked as seventh-best.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/wissen/bildung/die-besten-studentenstaedte-bid-1.2384474|title=Beliebte Studentenstädte: Wo es sich am besten leben, lernen und feiern |access-date=2 August 2016|date = 25 November 2007|via=RP Online}}</ref>

In a 2012 study of the ''most livable biggest cities in Germany'', Dortmund ranked on position ten between [[Nuremberg]] and [[Stuttgart]] and first of all large cities in Germany due to sport, gastronomy, and shopping opportunities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.servicevalue.de/fileadmin/contents/05_Studien_Tests/2012/20120925_Buergerbefragung_Staedte/Studienflyer_und_Bestellformular_Lebensqualitaet_in_Deutschlands_Grossstaedten_2012.pdf|title=Lebensqualität deutscher Großstädte|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140602163355/http://www.servicevalue.de/fileadmin/contents/05_Studien_Tests/2012/20120925_Buergerbefragung_Staedte/Studienflyer_und_Bestellformular_Lebensqualitaet_in_Deutschlands_Grossstaedten_2012.pdf|archive-date=2 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2009, Dortmund was classified as a ''Node city'' in the Innovation Cities Index published by 2thinknow,<ref name="innovation-cities.com"/> and in 2014 acclaimed as the most sustainable city in [[Germany]].<ref name="www.nachhaltigkeitspreis.de"/>