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Destinations > Germany > Saxony > Dresden

All our experiences in Dresden

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All our experiences in Dresden

Ausstellung im Residenzschloss Dresden

Dresden Residence Palace – a highlight of a city visit to Dresden

In the heart of Dresden’s city centre lies the Renaissance building of the Residenzschloss. It is home to some of the city’s most beautiful and interesting museums, and here you can visit the world-famous Historic Green Vault.

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Feldschlößchen Stammhaus

Feldschlößchen Stammhaus – beer and food in Dresden

The former machine house of the “Aktienbrauerei zum Feldschlösschen” is located in Budapester Straße. Here you can not only drink the beer of the Dresden brewery, but also enjoy good hearty food.

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Standseilbahn in Dresden

Ride on the Dresden funicular railway

Dresden not only has an aerial tramway, here a funicular railway also runs up the Loschwitz slope of the Elbe.

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Semperoper

Semper Opera – visit to one of the most beautiful opera houses

The Semper Opera House, an opera house that many visitors to the city on the Elbe know from the outside, is located on Theaterplatz in the historic city centre of Dresden. You can also take part in guided tours of the building.

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Bautzner Strasse Memorial Dresden

A little off the beaten track, in the Neustadt district, is one of the most impressive and depressing places I have visited so far, the Bautzner Strasse Dresden Memorial, a former “Stasi” prison.

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Striezelmarkt

Christmas market in Dresden – Striezelmarkt

Every year around the end of November the oldest Christmas market in Germany opens its gates; the Striezelmarkt in Dresden. We went on an excursion to this traditional Christmas market in Dresden.

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metropolis on the Elbe

Dresden – impressions from the metropolis on the Elbe

We went for a little stroll through Dresden, a metropolis on the Elbe. We’d like to share our impressions. Especially when it gets dark the scenery becomes fascinating.

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Dresden Frauenkirche

Dresden Frauenkirche

Dresden is home to the Frauenkirche (Chruch of Our Lady). The original name “Unserer Lieben Frauen“ (Our beloved ladies) got shortened over the years to become the term that is used today: Frauenkirche. It is one of the most visited sights in Dresden.

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Golden Horseman stands on the Neustadt market and is one of the landmarks of Dresden.

Golden Horseman on the market square Neustädter Markt

The statue of August the Strong shimmers golden across the Elbe. The Golden Horseman stands on the Neustadt market and is one of the landmarks of Dresden.

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Procession of Princes - Mural in Dresden

Procession of Princes – Mural in Dresden

The Procession of the Princes is a wall picture of enormous size that depicts a cavalcade. It can be found on Augustusstreet on the outside of the sable of the Dresden Castle (Residenzschloss).

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Zwinger Palace Dresden

Zwinger Palace Dresden

Right in the heart of Dresden is what might be the most well-known building of the Baroque period – the Zwinger Palace Dresden. It is a must-see for every visitor and it is pretty in every season.

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Blaues Wunder Dresden

The bridge “Blaues Wunder”

The Loschwitz Bridge in Dresden is also called the “Blaues Wunder”. She connects Blasewitz and Loschwitz with each other. On 1.9.1893, construction began on the fifth Dresden Elbe bridge, which until 1912 was still called the König Albert Bridge.

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castles in the Elbe valley

Small castles in the Elbe valley

The three Elbe Castles are located on the Elbe hillside in Dresden. They are called “Albrechtsschlösser” by the public and are part of the World Cultural Heritage Elbe Valley (2007 – 2009).

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Overhead Railway in Dresden

Overhead Railway in Dresden

The world’s oldest mountain overhead railway can be found in Dresden. It was opened on the 6th of May 1901 and runs between Loschwitz and Oberloschwitz. The cart climbs the elevation gain of 84 meters in only four minutes and 30 seconds.

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