For Basics About Dresden
by grishaV1
Are you thinking of moving to Dresden and wanting to know about schools, if you have children, the economics and job possibilities? How about housing, local traffic, nightlife, sports, businesses? Then this is a great website for you: Dresden.de, it will probably have everything you need and wondered about.
Its both in German and English, plus on the tourism page words can be translated to many other languages as well, deutsch, français, italiano, español, český, polski, русский, nederlands, dansk, svensk, norsk, japanese, and more! Its updated often with current info, and is quick and easy to navigate.
Musicians
by bugulma
There were musicians in the center of the city every day. This old man I saw once. It was very interesting to look at him when a tourist group stayed near of him, enjoying at Stallhof and how he looked at them. Almost every day I saw a man, playing accordion, usually Russian music and it seems he is Russian. One day I saw a girl, 11-12 years old, playing flute in the Brullesche Terrasse.
Königstein Fortress
by Leipzig
The Königstein Fortress was first meantioned in a document of 1241. It has been a medieval castle, later a monastery and finally a fortress. In the 16th century it became a state prison and in the following centuries it saw kings and emperors like August the Strong, Tsar Peter I. and Napoleon. The fortress is situated on a tabel mount in a height of 361m (1184 ft). From the walls of the fortress you have a fantastic view of the Elbsandsteingebirge (Elbe Sandstone Mountains). It is an ideal point for both lovers of military history and nature.
Lucky me
by richiecdisc
I was lucky enough to be escorted and driven there by a local, Doreen, but there are frequent trains from Berlin (two hours), Munich (seven hours), Prague ( three hours) and a host of other cities. The bus network is quite extensive and you can even travel by boat on the Elbe River to places like Meissen and the little Switzerland of Saxony.
The old town is best explored on foot and you can even get over to the new town that way but there is a great and inexpensive tram system for outlying areas. This is very extensive and you can get to places as far as Radeberger to visit Saxony's largest brewery!
Dining with an old cannon
by globetrott about Pulverturm an der Frauenkirche
Pulverturm an der Frauenkirche is another garden-restaurant that I tried once for lunch, because their garden-restaurant is a lot more informal than Coselpalais, although they are inside the same building.
The restaurant inside looks also great with old vaults,and they have different small rooms - see their webpage below !
But on a hot summerday it is great to sit outside under the umbrella and dine with a cannon...
There stood once an old powder-tower (Pulverturm) that was taken away in order to be able to build Coselpalais.
The cannon shown on my picture is a replica of a cannon used by saxons in 1686 with a calibre of 24 pounds and a pipe-length of 2,46meters.
The diameter of the muzzle is 15,1 cm
The Saxon army had 72 of such cannons ! I had a salad with fillet of turkey, I do not remember the price, but it was about average for Dresden and a lot cheaper than Coselpalais in the same building, but facing the other side.
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Blue Wonder bridge and restaurant Schillergarten
Herkuleskeule
Dresden Tram - Tram stop info display
Kathedrale St. Trinitatis - Dresden
