Dortmund – Grüner Salon

I’m the last person to complain about the heat of course, but it has been stupidly hot today, reaching 33°C earlier on which is way above my comfort levels (which are around 7°C to what I consider a balmy 10°C if I’m being honest). That meant I felt the need to pop into this pleasant little bar which is located in a park. There was outside seating, but I wasn’t going anywhere near the sun. The park is actually Nordmarkt, which seems to have a fascinating history of its own, but the heat (which I might have mentioned) did distract me from being too engaged about that.

It was generally busier than this, but I try and avoid getting photos with people in them and it was busier outside. The service was friendly and welcoming, it was a rather laid-back and comfortable little place. There were around five or six beers to choose from, the prices were all moderate and under £5 for a half litre of beer. They do food as well, but I was too hot to think about that.

I went for half a litre of the Allgaüer Büble Bier Edelweissbier as I rather fancied a refreshing Weissbier with that tropical touch of banana flavour. It was refreshing certainly, slightly sweet and didn’t make much difference to cooling me down since the temperatures were so extreme that I don’t think anything short of sitting in a freezer would have helped me earlier. But, I’m not one to complain, but let’s just note that my thermal recalibration was sub-optimal today.