... has about 88.000 inhabitants. The quality of life in the town of Lünen is shaped by the cultural and entertainment facilities, sports facilities and leisure facilities being available in the Rhine-Ruhr region and the city of Dortmund, the possibilities of extensive trips to explore the surroundings with the castles and manors in the Münsterland and the recreational facilities in the nearby Sauerland.

The annual "Cinema Festival" in Lünen, regular art exhibitions in the castle Cappenberg, jazz sessions in the local jazz club, the obelisk of Niki de Saint Phalle in the Hanseatic Hall of the Town Gallery and the concerts as well as the performances in the Heinz-Hilpert Theatre are some of the much acclaimed cultural highlights the town of Lünen is renowned for and by which it is putting its own accents within the cultural attractions in the region.