Kreisfreie Stadt Dresden, Germany Travel Journals & Blogs

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- Oct 4, 2023, 7:01pm
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 128 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Altstadt 51.04833, 13.7222251°2’54” N 13°43’20” E
Day 27
Alter Schwede
October 4, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Gleich neben unserem Hotel ist die "Comödie Dresden" und wir beschließen ins Theater zu gehen. Um 19:30 Uhr sehen wir uns tatsächlich das Stück "Alter Schwede" (ein witz- und hitsreicher Skandinavien-Kurztrip mit Songs von ABBA über Avicii bis Ace of Base und Roxette) an und unterhalten uns gut dabei. Wir waren schon ewig nicht mehr im Theater ... hat Spaß gemacht!Read more
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- Sep 2, 2019, 7:30pm
- ⛅ 64 °F
- Altitude: 404 ft
- Germany Saxony Dresden 51.05041, 13.7372651°3’1” N 13°44’14” E
Day 5
Dresden
September 2, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 64 °F
Dresden was bombed to complete rubble in World War II, 1945. The skyline disappeared. For 40 years, the ruins of this church in particular, Frauenkirche, were used as a war memorial and a site of peaceful demonstrations against the East German government.

After the reunification of Germany, they rebuilt a lot of Dresden's beautiful Baroque buildings exactly as they had been. After 20 years of construction, Dresden rose again.Read more
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- Oct 7, 2023, 7:03pm
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 115 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden 51.051547, 13.74022251°3’6” N 13°44’25” E
Day 12
Dresden
October 7, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Fui eu, na benção da ignorância, sem fazer ideia do nosso destino até algum tempo depois de entrarmos no comboio. O caminho (ou, melhor, o comboio) levou-nos até Dresden, capital do estado da Saxónia, já na Alemanha de Leste. Nunca tinha estado em Dresden, e, para ser sincera, sabia muito pouco sobre a sua história. No entanto, foi uma cidade que me surpreendeu muito pela positiva.

Nem todas as cidades recebem um visitante da forma que Dresden recebeu - com a skyline impressionante do outro lado do rio Elba. É uma primeira impressão logo de tirar o fôlego. A cidade foi praticamente destruída por completo durante a guerra e, desta maneira, muito ainda se encontra em cuidadosa e fidedigna reconstrução, ou, então, pouco resta do original. Mesmo assim, é uma cidade fascinante, muito bonita, e com imensa história e arte para descobrir.Read more
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- Aug 9, 2022, 12:11pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 123 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Dresden Frauenkirche 51.051613, 13.74214751°3’6” N 13°44’32” E
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Day 28
Dresden
August 9, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
A day trip to Dresden today. We caught an early train for the hour journey, arriving in a relatively quiet Dresden, as we would later become aware. The Old Town was extensively damaged in WWII bombing but has been amazingly restored. We first passed the Frauenkirche, which was restored using as many old bricks in their original location as possible. This led to a patchwork of blackened and bright bricks. Up on the Brühl's terrace, you can see the ministeries of state across the Elbe. The Fürstenzug (Parade of Princes) was very quiet and we had this 100m mural of all of the rulers of Saxony almost to ourselves.

The Theatreplatz was a little busier as the day woke up. It is surrounded by the castle, opera house and Zwinger, all gothic-restored buildings. Over the bridge across the Elbe was the Golden Rider, a golden statue of Fredrich August I. The whole old town is just a lovely place to walk around. Save for a few continuing restoration works however, there was little mention of the impact of the bombing of Dresden, which was odd given the other German towns and their determination to discuss history.

Back at the Frauenkirche, we grabbed some lunch and a beer, and discussed the plans for tomorrow. Walking back to the station, the town was far busier than when we arrived!

We visited an absolutely SUPERB museum back in Leipzig about the DDR 1945-present day. We spent over two hours there before it closed and it absolutely wasn't long enough (I got to 1985 before the 15 minute closing warning!). One of the absolutely best museums we've visited.

Beer Index (Dresden) - €4.50/0.5lRead more
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- Oct 4, 2023, 12:15pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 108 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Altstadt 51.05167, 13.7327851°3’6” N 13°43’58” E
Day 27
Dresden - klassisch
October 4, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Wir treffen mittags in Dresden ein. Im Hotel Elbflorenz können wir schon unser Zimmer beziehen. Wir sind schon neugierig auf die Altstadt und machen uns gleich auf den Weg. Da unser Hotel in Zentrumsnähe ist, geht es zu Fuß.
Wir sind erstaunt über die Bebauung entlang unseres Weges ... es ist kein Altbautenbestand (wie in Wien) sondern glatte, nüchterne Häuser ... eigentlich bis wir zum Zwinger kommen. Hier gibt es gerade Renovierungsarbeiten und auf dem riesigen Gelände ist aufgegraben, es stehen diverse Handwerker-Autos herum und die Gebäudeteile sind nur teilweise von der schwarzen Schmutzschicht befreit.
Weiter geht es Semperoper, Residenz, ... die Gebäude haben alle diese schwarze Patina, die eine gewisse Tristesse verbreiten. Selbst die Stein für Stein wieder aufgebaute Frauenkirche (die frisch geputzt ist) kann nur durch ihre Geschichte begeistern ... der Rest wirkt wie eine Kulisse.
Unsere Begeisterung hält sich in Grenzen und wir kehren mit einem Taxi zum Hotel zurück.Read more
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Traveler Vielleicht sollten wir den armen Dresdnern einen Kärcher Hochdruckreiniger borgen!
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Konzertreise Dresden
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- Mar 15, 2024, 1:16pm
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 118 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Dresden Frauenkirche 51.051796, 13.74129551°3’6” N 13°44’29” E
Day 7
Besichtigung von Dresden
March 15 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Am heutigen Tag wollen wir mit dem Bus und zu Fuss Dresden besichtigen. Es wird uns schnell bewusst, dass es sich dabei nur um einen ersten Einblick handeln kann. Viel zu viel schönes ist und wäre zu sehen. Wir beschränken uns nebst der Rundfahrt auf ein paar Sehenswürdigkeiten wie den Theaterplatz mit Zwinger und Oper, Residenz und Frauenkirche am Neumarkt.
Am Fluss befinden sich die Elbschlösser und wunderschön erhaltene Villen. Es würde sicherlich Spass machen einfach aufs Velo zu sitzen und dem Elbe Radweg zu folgen.
Wir kommen wieder….Read more
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- Sep 25, 2023, 10:58pm
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 111 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Altstadt 51.051991, 13.72976351°3’7” N 13°43’47” E
Day 15
Dresden Day 2
September 25, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Today we joined a walking tour that gave a little history in the time of Augustus the Strong, through to the GDR until current day restoration. The guide also elaborated on the destructions caused by the allied forces bombing of Dresden and what and how the buildings have been restored.

After the tour, we visited the Historical Green Vault to look at Augustus the Strong's collection of jewellery, furniture, and what he had on exhibition in the 1700.

We came back to the accommodation after being bedazzled by the exhibition and amazed at the historical sights around Dresden.

Total walking distance 13.1 kmRead more
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- Jun 13, 2023
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 118 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Dresden Frauenkirche 51.052015, 13.74141251°3’7” N 13°44’29” E
Day 4
Dresden
June 13, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Erster Stopp, süße Altstadt, alte Gebäude (Frauenkirche, Zwinger, Semperoper, Residenzschloss), überall Straßenmusik, romantischer Spaziergang an der Elbe entlang mit Musikbegleitung, Abends sagen wir im Club Kobalt - einer Bar direkt am WasserRead more
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- Sep 25, 2023, 6:29am
- 🌙 7 °C
- Altitude: 121 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Altstadt 51.052137, 13.72985851°3’8” N 13°43’47” E
Day 15
Dresden Day 1
September 25, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
The train journey from Decin to Dresden was very picturesque. We passed farms, orchards, vineyards, small towns with towering church spires and more rock formations.

Albertinum was our first gallery visit.
We had an excellent guided tour by a lovely man who said that there were no English tours, only German but because there were only us and one other also very nice lady who could understand English, he did the tour in English.

The Albertinum was an artillery storage that is now an art gallery for the works from late 1800 till now. It maps the change in styles from the early romanticism, impressionism expressionism, new objectivity to contemporary.

The guide pointed out some poignant parts of history that explained some of the works and made me aware that what I thought was blurred photos hanging as art were actually paintings done by Gerhard Richter. He also pointed out a tryptic done be Otto Dix titled The War that was symbolised the crucifixion without the resurrection. Very interesting gallery.

Next stop was a free concert at the Church of the Holy Cross. It was a concert that was both moving and professional. It was the 9 th interfaith peace concert.
There was an orchestra, a large choir and some soloist with mandolin, erhu, violin and clarinet.
There was some classical pieces, some Hebrew, Sufi, and a medley at the end with what sounded like a call to prayer, then finishing with Hebrew and Christian lyrics.

It was moving because it was lovely to see the religious tolerance displayed when a Jewish man conducted the Sufi and both Jewish and Muslim were the presenters. We think the concert was to promote religious harmony across all faith.

Our last stop was a lovely candlelit pub just a little away from aldsatdt that served really good marinated local fish in cream sauce and garlic pasta.

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Traveler Good to know that your uplifting art and concert experiences didn’t prevent you from turning your attention to culinary ones afterwards! It all sounds wonderful: keep it up!
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- Sep 26, 2023, 11:56pm
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitude: 100 m
- Germany Saxony Dresden Friedrichstadt Zwinger Palace 51.053036, 13.73497751°3’11” N 13°44’6” E
Day 16
Dresden Day 3 Old Masters
September 26, 2023 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Today we started the day at the Zwinger art gallery of the Old Masters. We were there for 4 hours and could have been even longer if not for the organ recital that we had planned to go at 3pm. It was just a free 15 minute church pipe organ recital, and the beautiful sounds lulled Ruby and I to a restful nap.
The gallery was well laid out in sequences of periods of painters with an audio guide. Despite the 4 hours there, we had to still rush through the Flemish and Dutch Masters.

Included in our ticket was the visit to the porcelain and mathematics galleries. King Augustus the Strong was a great collector, he loved art, porcelain and clocks, globes, instruments and machines. We came back to the porcelain and mathematics galleries after the organ recital. The porcelain collection was interesting but the clocks and time pieces were truly beautiful.

The day was finished with a meal at Schmidt's, a Michelin star restaurant deep in the suburbs of Dresden, a half hour tram ride away. The food was divine, exquisite and most of all filling. As we had to do laundry, we were already late for our reservation when we got off the tram. We still had a 950m walk to the restaurant. We weren't sure if where Google was taking us so we asked a lady standing at the front of her house saying goodbye to someone. She seemed so helpful and welcomed us straight away into her home. This we thought to mean a short cut out the back of her house. Instead, she enthusiastically beckoned us to come in to see her Chinese antiques, which we gleaned was a collection that her father left her. Then we got the story of how her father went to China and became a professor of music there during GDR, whilst China was under Mao, and Dresden was part of East Germany. She then proceeded to take us down her street with her front door still slightly ajar, to show us the directions to Schmidt's. On the way she wanted us to see her "drawing" gallery and gestured pointing to her watch. We said sorry, but we were late for our reservation already pointing back to our watches. It was really opportune meeting her because she lead us to a short cut. We were almost half an hour late, but it table was still waiting for us. We call people like her our travel angels.

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