August Horch Museum

Zwickau's top attraction is this amazing car museum that will enlighten and entertain even non-petrolheads. Housed within the original early-20th-century Audi factory, gleaming and imaginatively presented exhibits range from old-timer gems like the 1911 Horch Phaeton to the latest Audi R8. And, of course, there are plenty of Trabants (three million were produced here until 1990) and other cars that gave communism a bad name. You can walk inside an early gas station, inspect Audi founder August Horch's original wood-panelled office, stroll down a 1930s streetscape and even learn how Trabants were made. English-language audioguides are available for €2.50. The museum is about 2.5km north of the Altstadt; take tram 4 to Kurt-Eisner-Strasse.