Depot

Mittelhalle, Galerie, Parzelle, Studio 2 und Theater im Depot

Address: Immermannstraße 29, 44147 Dortmund
Underground station: Immermannstraße/Klinikzentrum Nord
10-20 minutes from main station by underground, then 5 minutes (walking) way

Attention: Dortmund Central Station is currently under reconstruction, please check with DB if necessary to find out what barriers currently exist.

There is a marked parking space for people with disabilities (space size: 350cm x 550cm) at the depot. The path from the car park to the entrance is 10m long.

The Depot is a certified barrier-free cultural venue. The central hall (Mittelhalle) as well as the theatre and the depot (restaurant) have wheelchair access.

Disabled toilets are located in the depot.

• The depot is accessible without steps.
• All rooms and facilities that can be used and raised for guests are accessible without steps or via ramps.
• The ramps in the central area of the “Multifunctional Hall” have a maximum gradient of up to 9% and a total length of 130 metres.
• All doors/passages that can be used by guests and are raised are at least 90 cm wide.
• The cash desks are at least 110 cm high, the cinema cash desk has a lowered counter that is 78 cm high.

Public WC for people with disabilities:

• The movement areas are:
  • in front of/behind the door at least 125 cm x 140 cm;
  • in front of the WC 220 cm x 140 cm;
  • in front of the washbasin 220 cm x 150 cm;
  • to the left and right of the WC at least 90 cm x 59 cm.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the WC. The grab rails can be folded up.
• The washbasin is accessible from below.
• The mirror can be viewed while standing or sitting.
• There is an alarm trigger.

People with hearing impairment or deaf people 

• There is no visually clearly perceptible alarm.
• There is no inductive hearing system.
• In the restaurant (depot), there are tables with bright and glare-free lighting where there are no lamps or hanging lamps that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact..

People with visual impairment and blind people

• Assistance dogs may be brought into all relevant areas/rooms.
• The entrance is not visually contrasting, but is recognisable by a tactilely perceptible change of flooring.
• All raised areas that can be used by the guest are well lit, i.e. bright and glare-free.
• There are no visually contrasting or tactilely detectable floor indicators.
• The signage is designed in legible and high-contrast lettering.
• The font of the menu in the restaurant is designed in a straightforward and high-contrast font.
• Information is not available in Braille or prismatic writing.

People with cognitive impairments 

• The name or logo of the depot is clearly recognisable from the outside.
• The destinations of the paths are within sight or there are path signs at a constantly visible distance.
• There is no colour or pictorial guidance system.
• There is no menu with pictures and the food is not visibly presented (buffet, counter).
• There is no information in plain language.
• Information is not presented with pictograms or pictures.

Further detailed information on the Middle Hall, Gallery, Plot, Studio 2 and Theatre in the Depot can be found in the audit report.

Kobi room in the Depot

Door threshold/step that cannot be crossed by severely impaired people without assistance (e.g. with a rollator or wheelchair). The depot toilets can be used and are described above under Depot.

Europabrunnen

Address: Europabrunnen, Kleppingstraße, 44135 Dortmund, Germany.
Underground stop: Reinoldikirche, from there approx. one minute (walk) to the Europabrunnen.

From Dortmund main station: approx. 10 minute underground ride. Attention: The Dortmund main station is currently under reconstruction. If necessary, please ask the DB what barriers currently exist.

There is a multi-storey car park in the immediate vicinity: Kuckelke 3, 44135 Dortmund.

MKK – Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund

Address: Hansastraße 3, 44137 Dortmund

6 minutes (on foot) from Dortmund main station. Attention: The Dortmund main station is currently under reconstruction, please check with the DB if necessary which barriers currently exist.

Parking facilities: Alte Post multi-storey car park, Königswall 1, 44137 Dortmund.

The premises of the MKK are barrier-free accessible. They are located on the ground floor. A WC for wheelchair users is located in the immediate vicinity of the exhibition space. The museum does not have its own parking spaces. There is a multi-storey car park not far from the museum: Parkhaus Alte Post, Königswall 1, 44137 Dortmund.

Taranta Babu – Kulturhaus

Address: Humboldtstraße 44, 44137 Dortmund
Underground stop: Städtische Kliniken, 10-15 min (walk) from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof (main station)

15 min (walk) from Dortmund main station. Attention: Dortmund Hauptbahnhof is currently under reconstruction, please contact DB for information on current barriers.

Amalienstraße multi-storey car park, Amalienstraße 10, 44137 Dortmund

There is a step at the entrance to Taranta Babu. There is no barrier-free toilet, but there is a level toilet in the Taranta Babu library – the dimensions can be requested if necessary. (adam@favoriten-festival.de)