Twin Towns (sister Cities)
Bochum's twin towns are:
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, since 1950
- Oviedo, Spain, since 1980
- Donetsk, Ukraine, since 1987
- Nordhausen, Germany, since 1990
- Xuzhou, People's Republic of China, since 1994
- Ivybridge, United Kingdom
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