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Introducing Magdeburg
Sometimes, just turning the corner in Magdeburg can take you back 100 years. Generally, Saxony-Anhalt’s capital is a city of wide boulevards and huge concrete Plattenbauten apartment complexes, where a recent injection of euros hasn’t completely disguised an underlying poverty. However, the moment you step onto tree-lined Hegelstrasse, you find yourself on pristine cobbled footpaths, surrounded by restored terrace buildings from the early 1900s.
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Looking north, you see Magdeburg’s famous medieval cathedral. Continue south to Hasselbachplatz and you remain in an enclave of pretty-as-a-picture historic streets. It looks like a film set plonked down in the middle of GDR-town, as the patrons in the trendy bars here would probably agree.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
