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Merseburger Strasse 107, Lindenau, Leipzig, Saxony, 04177, Germany
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Hi all,
Just wondering what's the distance and time taken to travel on coach between:
1. Leipzig and Dresden
2. Leipzig and Berlin
Thanks! :)
smiles,
francesca
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time and the prices
bugulma: the poster's question is for the BUS (coach=bus). You give the TRAIN.
Don't know about any coach service between these cities.
http://www.viamichelin.com
will tell you the road distance
DB timetable
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/e
the travel time by train and prices.
There are various discounted tickets for return tickets, local trains only (will need more time), etc.
www.viamichelin.com gives you also the travel time by car.
Of course faster than by bus, as buses are not allowed to drive faster than 100 kph (no limit for cars).
For longer trips (not the above ones) you have to include also the minimum breaks required by law for coach drivers.
yeah, sorry
lost the word :-)
volarevolare,
there is no coach service within Germany with a very few exceptions (Berlin-Hamburg). Unless you charter one or have some organised coach trip, bus travel is not an alternative.
1. The distance is approximately 112 km, and will take about 1-1/2 to 2 hours, depending on traffic
2. The distance is approximately 192 km, and will take about 2 to 3 hours, depending on traffic
I dont know about the bus service, but something that has always worked for me is taking rides with people who are driving to Berlin or Dresden.
You can look for the offers here:
www.mitfahrgelegenheit.de
they are safe, cheap, and fast.
for Berlin it usually takes less than 2 hours and costs 10euro.
for dresden in about an hour and a half and costs about 7 euro.
The shop in the Riquet House was well known for chocolate and pralines. Riquet is the name of the trade company which dealt with japanese and chinese goods. Now a cafe/bar is located inside.
Especially the beautiful roof and the two elefant heads at the entrace attracted my attention.
The Riquet House is also typical for Jugendstil
Leipzig as *the* city of books was perfect for housing the German National Library and thus 1914-16 architect Oskar Pusch built the "Deutsche Bücherei" where every book in German language was planned to be collected and available for everyone. After WWII with two German countries and Leipzig being located in the communist East Germany it was only logical that West Germany founded a "Deutsche Bibliothek" in Frankfurt/Main. Both Natinal Libraries existed parallel to each other until the Re-Unification 1990. Only then they were connected.
The building is very interesting for fans of architecture. The facade shows elements of Art Deco and Art Nouveau. The entrance hall is decorated with Art Nouveau style mosaics of young reading women. A staircase leads up to the impressive Grand Reading Hall where you find 60'000 books on wooden shelves.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 8 am - 10 pm, Sat 9 am - 6 pm
Deutscher Platz 1
Tram 2, 16 (stop Deutsche Bücherei)
In one of the side wings you find the German Book and Script Museum (Mon - Sat 9 am - 4 pm) where you can see old print machines and scripts.
Well, lots of ideas here. Its railway station (I arrived by rail) is the biggest in Europe and is located quite conveniently on the Ring Road, which encircles the old town, where almost all the sights stand. It also has an airport, Leipzig-Halle, though I believe there are few direct flights from abroad. Good roads are for you if you plan to go by car, but the roads in the holiday season are often conjested (we travelled in the region by car in July), as, I think, in most of Europe.
The gilded walls of the Old Stock Exchange stand out distinctly just behind the Old Town Hall. The place was built in the 17th century, and was used during the many trade fairs that Leipzig was famous for, as the tradesmen concluded their deals here.
The place is no longer in use, but has a beautiful hall which is used for hosting concerts.
The tallest building of Leipzig, lovingly called "wisdom tooth" (Weisheitszahn) by Leipzigers, used to be part of the city's university. Nowadays, it's owned by some company, but I don't know which one.
It was built in the late 1960s to look like an open book, but recognizing this demands some fantasy! Instead, it's nickname is rather fitting... At the moment, the building finds itself in a new environment - another old university building is just torn down and thus provides an interesting view of the gleaming skyscraper and the remains of an ugly communist block.
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