Places of interest
Dresden is a very popular tourist destination and there are many sights to choose from. Click here for more information on sightseeing in Dresden.
The Frauenkirche can be visited during the day (please refer to the below information). The Church is open to all and offers guided tours. Foreign language audio guides are also available for a small charge. There are several services and devotions, concerts and sacred music events, some of which are free of charge. Please refer to the Church’s website for more detailed information.
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Date |
Time |
Service |
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Wed, 23 May 2012 |
10:00-12:00 |
Open Church |
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12:00-13:00 |
Devotion with organ music followed by a guided
tour (in German only – free) |
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13:00-18:00 |
Open Church |
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18:00-19:00 |
Devotion with organ music followed by a guided
tour (in German only – free) |
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|
20:00 |
Dresden Organ Cycle – concert (tickets) |
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Thurs, 24 May 2012 |
10:00-12:00 |
Open Church |
|
12:00-13:00 |
Devotion with organ music followed by a guided
tour (in German only – free) |
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13:00-14:00 |
Open Church |
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18:00 |
Ecumenical Service |
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|
20:00 |
Dresden Music Festival: Ian Bostridge
& The Orchestra of Enlightenment (tickets) |
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Fri, 25 May 2012 |
10:00-12:00 |
Open Church |
|
12:00-13:00 |
Devotion with organ music followed by a guided
tour (in German only – free) |
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13:00-18:00 |
Open Church |
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18:00-19:00 |
Devotion with organ music followed by a guided
tour (in German only – free) |
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19:00 |
EVA Peace Academy 2012 (more info) |
Residenzschloss (Royal
Palace)
Situated in Dresden’s historic
center, the Residenzschloss Dresden hosts the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen
Dresden (Dresden State Art Collection).
The
New and Historic Green Vault are prime destinations for art
lovers from all over the world.
Please refer to the websites for more detailed information and for opening
times.
Die Gläserne
Manufaktur (Volkswagen Transparent Manufactory)
This vehicle production site made out of
glass is situated in the middle of Dresden. It is well worth visiting this
factory to gain an insight into high-class car production of VW’s Phaeton. Individual guided tours can be booked
on the factory’s
website.
The current exhibition “Rome 312 –
Experience the Ancient Metropolis” invites you to travel back to ancient Rome in
the 360° panorama, an impressive circular painting. For further
information and opening hours please visit the assisi Panometer website.
Deutsches
Hygiene-Museum (German Hygiene Museum)
Europe’s only museum of the human being. The museum’s highlight is The
Transparent Man – an exhibition and images of the human being in modern
sciences. Please refer to the
website for more detailed information and for opening times.
Deutsches Uhrenmuseum Glashütte (German Watch Museum Glashütte)
Travel in time from the beginnings of
watch manufacturing in Saxony to the present day.
Please refer to the website for more detailed information, location and
for opening times.
Staatliche
Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen (Meissen GmbH State Porcelain manufactory)
One of Germany’s leading luxury brands
worldwide. Experience major production
stages in the display workshop.
Please refer to the website for more information, location and opening times.
Shopping:
Shopping in Dresden is varied: main shopping districts are between the Prager
Straße and the Altmarkt. The shops
around the Frauenkirche offer traditional and contemporary pieces of arts and
crafts.
Food and Drink:
The city center is full of restaurants,
wine bars and pubs and cater for a variety of tastes. A famous street for popular pubs is
Weisse Gasse.
Saxon wine is becoming more and more popular and gastronomic specialties
such as Kartoffelsuppe (potato soup) or Eierschecke (cheese cake with custard)
are worth exploring as well.
Music:
Dresden is also famous for its
relationship to music. There is
usually a festival or concert going on somewhere.
Please see below for a selection of events in Dresden between 23 and 26
May 2012.
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
Tickets |
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Wed, 23 May 2012 |
19:00 |
“L’elisir d’amore” – Gaetano Donizetti (Italian with German subtitles) |
Semperoper |
For more info and tickets click here |
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Thurs, 24 May 2012 |
20:00 |
“La Traviata”
– Giuseppe Verdi (Italian with German subtitles) |
Semperoper |
For more info and tickets click here |
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Sat, 26 May 2012 |
18:00 |
Opening of “La clemenza
di Tito” – Mozart (Italian with German subtitles) |
Semperoper |
For more info and tickets click here |
|
Sat, 26 May 2012 |
21:00 |
Dresdner Musikfestspiele
– concert with Patricia Kopatchinskaja “Sounds of
the Danube” – traditional music by the young Moldovan violinist |
Volkswagen Transparent Factory |
For more info and tickets click here |