Lünen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia within the greater Ruhr area. The town's venues serve the densely populated industrial heartland of western Germany.
Lünen's Heinz-Hilpert-Theater seats 700 in this northern Ruhr city of 85,000 on the Lippe River. The venue serves community and touring needs while Dortmund's major venues sit 15km south. The post-mining transformation shapes cultural investment in this Westphalian town.