European Traveler » Saxony http://www.european-traveler.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Top Museums & Art in Dresden, Saxony http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/top-museums-in-dresden-germany/ http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/top-museums-in-dresden-germany/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:05:42 +0000 Henk Bekker http://www.european-traveler.com/?p=312 The Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (State Art Collections) in Saxony, Germany is magnificent collection of art spread over museums in the Zwinger, Schloss, and Albertinum.


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The eleven museums of the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections) are mainly [...]]]> http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/top-museums-in-dresden-germany/feed/ 0 Visit Top Christmas Markets in Germany http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/christmas-markets-in-germany/ http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/christmas-markets-in-germany/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:46:37 +0000 Henk Bekker http://www.european-traveler.com/?p=305 Every German city has a Christmas market (Weihnachtsmarkt). The best ones include Frankfurt am Main, Nuremberg (Nürnberg), Dresden, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Lübeck, Berlin, and Munich (München).

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Germany is famous for its romantic Christmas markets (Weihnachtsmärkte) held all over the country [...]]]> http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/christmas-markets-in-germany/feed/ 0 UNESCO-Listed Heritage Sites in Germany http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/unesco-heritage-sites-in-germany/ http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/unesco-heritage-sites-in-germany/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:56:27 +0000 Henk Bekker http://www.european-traveler.com/?p=44 http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/unesco-heritage-sites-in-germany/feed/ 0 Cheap Flights to Dresden Airport in Germany http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/cheap-flights-to-dresden-germany/ http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/cheap-flights-to-dresden-germany/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:32:45 +0000 Henk Bekker http://www.european-traveler.com/?p=10 photo credit: jillclardy

Low-cost airlines have cheap tickets and low airfares for flights to Dresden Airport (DRS) from German cities and the Mediterranean. Lufthansa will introduce direct flights from Dresden to London-Heathrow from spring 2010 to provide the [...]]]> http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/cheap-flights-to-dresden-germany/feed/ 0 300 Years of Porcelain in Dresden and Meißen http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/porcelain-in-dresden-and-meissen/ http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/porcelain-in-dresden-and-meissen/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2008 09:36:12 +0000 Henk Bekker http://www.european-traveler.com/?p=5 The Saxon company Meissen and its blue crossed-swords trademark are synonymous with high-quality porcelain as befits the company that initiated porcelain production in Germany and Europe.

 

 

It was long the dream of Europeans to produce porcelain similar to the white gold that was imported at great expense into Europe from China. [...]]]> http://www.european-traveler.com/germany/porcelain-in-dresden-and-meissen/feed/ 0