Alpincenter Bottrop, indoor ski slope, Dortmund, Germany.

Advantages: sort of real snow and two excellent slopes
Disadvantages: none, well cold....

This indoor ski/snowboard slope is located just to the West of Dortmund and the North of Essen. Dortmund has an airport and Bottrop is very easy to reach via train or car, Bottrop is also quite close to the border of the Netherlands so if you are on holiday there I recommend popping over for a day. Once you get into Bottrop the Alpincentre is very well signposted. Now this is one of the best indoor ski/snowboard slopes with real snow that I have ...
...staff do speak English if you get stuck or need help of any sort. As you pull into the car park you can go either right for the top car park (which is nearly allways full) or left to the lower level car park. If you use the lower car park then here are some directions to get you into the main enterance hall. As you face the main building there is a slope on the left side which takes you to the flat escalators, travel on these all the way to the top ... Read review

It was probably the worst day out i have had in a long time. The German's and the Dutch lack any form of manners, which is a problem when queing for the awkward rubber conveyor belt which is working but needs a facelft and some paint. Oh thats the glamourous ski lift by the way. I felt as though i was being discrimnated against because im british and was not made welcome. Finally the slope itself, it was long but a thin covering of powder snow over sheet ice was hideous and not worth waiting the thirty minutes to get back to the top. All in all a disapointing day and i have not even mentioned the food or the price (it wasn't cheap).