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Germany: Borsigplatz in Dortmund

March 19, 2015

Borussia Dortmund is a football club that holds an entire city in its thrall, as well as enjoying widespread popularity elsewhere. Germany's biggest crowd-pulling football club has its origins on Borsigplatz.

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DFB Pokalfinale Borussia Dortmund Fans
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Soccer looms large in Germany. And one of it's best teams is Borussia Dortmund.
The club has its origins on Borsigplatz, among the square's dilapidated buildings and fast-food kiosks. Few German soccer clubs have had to shoulder as much of a city's aspirations for recognition as this one, founded more than a hundred years ago. Its successes as German league champions and Champions League winners helped Dortmund free itself from its coal-mining image.
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DFB Pokalfinale Borussia Dortmund Fans

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Borussia Dortmund holds an entire city in its thrall, as well as enjoying widespread popularity elsewhere. Germany's biggest crowd-pulling football club has its origins on Borsigplatz, among the square's dilapidated buildings and fast-food kiosks.
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