Lünen, with nearly 89,000 inhabitants, has extremely good traffic connections which means that expeditions into the neighbouring Münsterland and the Ruhrgebiet are also possible. It lies at the intersection of the B54, B61 and B236 federal roads and it has its own approach roads to the A1 and A2 motorways. The Kamen interchange is only 13 km away. The town also has good train connections to Dortmund. The airport of Dortmund is just a few minutes away and Düsseldorf Airport is just 90 km away.

Life is good here. Time seems to stand still in the narrow little streets. In contrast there ist the hustle and bustle of the inviting pedestrian precincts of the hospitable lively shopping town. Visitors can enjoy life in town. Whether it be in the typically Westphalian style: With a Pils and a Potthast stew, or in a cosmopolitan manner with Peking duck and pizza - the local restaurants spoil their guests with the best of what the country, the river and the sea have to offer. The museum of the town of Lünen is the home of comprehensive collections of dolls, toys and ceramics. It is located in the former servants' quarters of the Schloss Schwansbell.

More than fifty percent of the area of the town is protected areas and natural reserves, recreation grounds, parks and meadows.

Mentioned for the first time around 890, the town of Lünen developed into a fortified Hanseatic town in the 13th century and a town charter was awarded in 1341.

Since the last coalmine closed in 1992, Lünen is now working on the structural change.