Leipzig
With about 100 resident artists, this sprawling industrial site, which grew around a 19th-century cotton mill, is a hub for contemporary art collectors,…
Must-see attractions in Saxony
Leipzig & Western Saxony
Flanking Chemnitz' most beautiful square, the historic Theaterplatz, this lovely art museum stages large-scale temporary exhibits, sometimes drawn from…
Eastern Saxony
Zittau's grand Church of St John has medieval roots, but the current version was designed by celebrated Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who…
Leipzig & Western Saxony
Around 2.5km south of the centre, this small but choice museum occupies the 1903 Villa Esche, which was Belgian artist Van de Velde's first commission in…
Eastern Saxony
Crowning Görlitz' skyline, this Gothic church is especially famous for its Sonnenorgel (Sun Organ), fashioned by Silesian-Italian Eugenio Casparini in…
Saxon Switzerland
The National Park Centre has ho-hum exhibitions on local flora, fauna and how the sandstone formations were shaped, but the evocative visuals of the 17…
Leipzig
The 'Spring Symphony' is among the works Robert Schumann composed in this house where he and his wife, pianist Clara Wieck, spent their first four years…
Stadtgeschichtliches Museum - Neubau
Leipzig
A modern extension to the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum, the nearby Neubau presents quality temporary exhibits, and is included on the combined ticket …
Leipzig & Western Saxony
Chemnitz Natural History Museum's most interesting exhibit, the Versteinerter Wald (petrified forest), can be admired for free in the atrium; some of the…
Eastern Saxony
Overlooking fountain-studded Neustadt square, the weighty Salzhaus was originally a 16th-century salt storage house and now brims with market stalls,…
Leipzig
This museum documenting Wagner's formative years in Leipzig, opened in his former school in 2013, provides a detailed overview of the composer's…
Leipzig & Western Saxony
The renovated DAStietz building harbours the Neue Sächsische Galerie, which presents postwar works by Saxon artists.
Leipzig
This pretty pond surrounded by trees backs onto Leipzig's opera house and is a charming place to wander.
