Visit the enormous Monument to the Battle of the Nations memorial (Völkerschlachtdenkmal) and Forum 1813 museum commemorating the centenary of the defeat of Napoleon in Leipzig in 1813. The Battle of the Nations Memorial (Völkerschlachtdenkmal) on the outskirts of Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is the largest monument in Europe. It opened in 1913 on the … Read more
The free Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK) is a top fine arts gallery with one of Germany’s largest collections of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculptures from the Middle Ages to the present. The Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig (MdbK) / Museum of Fine Arts is one of the largest museums of visual arts … Read more
Johannes Vermeer: On Reflection is a special exhibition of ten paintings by the Dutch master in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany, from September 2021 to January 2022.
Flights to Dresden Airport in Saxony are mostly from other larger German cities, holiday destinations and very cheap tickets additions to connecting intercontinental flights. Connecting flights are available from Dresden Airport (DRS) to around 400 destinations in more than 100 countries but the number of non-stop flights and destinations are far more limited. Cheap flights … Read more
The Rhine (Rhein), Moselle (Mosel), Main, Danube (Donau), and Elbe Rivers offer the best luxury riverboat cruise vacation trips in Germany.
The War Museum (Militärhistorisches Kriegsmuseum) in Dresden offers a very rare glimpse in Germany into warfare, military history, and fighting equipment. The museum shows how the military, armies, and war influenced politics and society, and vice versa. Some of the most famous large items in the museum include a V2 flying bomb, Germany’s first submarine, … Read more
Long-distance intercity buses rather than trains offer the fastest and cheapest public transportation between Berlin-Schönefeld Airport (SXF) and Dresden. Several coach companies provide transportation on this route including Flixbus and Student Agency. Frequent direct buses take around 2 hours from Berlin Airport to Dresden while the train is around an hour slower and always require … Read more
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. However, the discovery of … Read more