Editing Dortmund (section)

===Recreation===
[[File:Dortmund rombergpark.JPG|thumb|200px|Botanischer Garten Rombergpark]]
[[File:NRW, Dortmund - Fernsehturm Florian 01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Florianturm]], Westfalenpark]]
[[File:Juicy Beats 2013.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Juicy Beats Festival, Westfalenpark]]
The [[Botanischer Garten Rombergpark]], or informally Rombergpark, is an extensive municipal [[arboretum]] and [[botanical garden]] located in the south of the city center of Dortmund. With its total area of 65 hectares the Rombergpark is one of the largest botanical gardens in the world. The garden was established in 1822 as the Romberg family's English landscape park. In 1927–1929 it was acquired by the city and under city planning director Richard Nose enhanced by a small herb garden. The park and castle were badly damaged in [[World War II]], but starting in 1950 director Gerd Krüssmann rebuilt it as an [[arboretum]], adding some 4,500 species to the park. Today the garden contains a historic English landscape park with monuments; an arboretum containing thousands of species of woody plants, including some of the largest trees in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]; a terrace with [[palm tree]]s; and four [[greenhouse]]s (1,000 m<sup>2</sup> total area) for [[cactus]] and [[succulent]]s, [[fern]]s, [[tropical plant]]s, and [[camellia]]s, [[jasmine]], and [[lemon]]s.

The [[Dortmund Zoo]] is the zoological garden with 28 hectares next to the Rombergpark and was founded 1953. With 1,800 animals belonging to 250 species, the Dortmund Zoo is the second largest in the Ruhr Valley. It is specialized in the keeping and breeding of [[South America]]n species and is leading in the breeding of the [[giant anteater]], the [[tamandua]], and the [[giant otter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dortmund.de/de/freizeit_und_kultur/zoo_dortmund/tiere_im_zoo/top_10_arten/index.html|title=Top 10 Arten – Tiere im Zoo – Zoo Dortmund – Freizeit & Kultur – Stadtportal dortmund.de|website=Dortmund.de}}</ref>

The [[Westfalenpark]] is Dortmunds's most popular inner-city park. The park is 72 hectares in size and is one of the largest urban gardens of Germany. It was first opened in 1959 as the second [[Bundesgartenschau]] ([[Abbreviation|abbr.]] BUGA) in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. With the National Rosarium with 3,000 different rose varieties, theme gardens, an environmental protection centre, the German Cookbook Museum, a geological garden, cafés, and recreation areas, it provides numerous opportunities for a day of diverse activities. Dortmund's Westfalenpark is also a popular location for events in the Ruhr area- with parties, festivals, events, theatre, music, and flea and garden markets. One of the best views across the whole Ruhr valley is offered by the visitors platform and the revolving restaurant in the 209-metre-high [[Florian tower]]. Another summer attraction is the chair lift, which opened in 1959 and runs on Sundays between a "Mountain" and "Valley" station 500 metres apart.<ref>Charles & Brigid Quest-Ritson, "The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Roses", Dorling Kindersley 2003, p. 419</ref>