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Just walk. Everything is so close to everything else that you can't even get lost. And there are several towers that serve as beacons in the night, even during the day. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Ticket office works till 9 pm but if you will be not in time you can buy ticket in the automat. I did it and it's funny process (in this case use your credit card for paying) Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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 1. CallBikes at the Dresden
main station by Nemorino, 1 more photos
In this stripped-down version of Call-a-Bike, you can only check out and return bikes at the main railroad station, and nowhere else. Which is all right if you just want to have a quick look around between trains, but not nearly as flexible and useful as the full-scale Call-a-Bike systems in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Cologne, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe.
Anyway, I tried it out in September 2008 on my first afternoon in Dresden, checking out a bike using my cell phone and riding it all around for just over two hours. This was fine except that every time I wanted to stop and have a closer look at something the clock kept running while I had the bike locked up somewhere. In the end I kept the bike for two hours and two minutes, which cost me EUR 7.38 on my next credit card bill. This is quite a bit when you consider that in Paris I only paid seven Euros for an entire week of intensive cycling on the Velib' bikes.
In Dresden and other cities Call-a-Bike has a daily rate of nine Euros, in other words they stop counting after nine Euros and let you use the bike for the rest of the day.
Recently I filled out an online customer satisfaction questionnaire for the Call-a-Bikes. I gave them generally good marks, but noted that for many trips I would much prefer to take my own bike along on the train -- which DB stubbornly refuses to allow on its long-distance trains, particularly the InterCityExpress (ICE).
Second photo: My CallBike on the Carola Bridge over the Elbe River. Leave a Comment
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NextBike is a private bicycle sharing system that is quite similar to DB Call-a-Bike except that it is partially paid for by advertising directly on the bike -- and it is cheaper. Rental of a NextBike costs one Euro per hour or five Euros for up to 24 hours -- five Euros as opposed to nine for Call-a-Bike.
Online registration for NextBike is easy provided you are willing to give them your credit card number and cell phone number. Registration costs one Euro, which is applied to your first bike rental.
I had already been registered with NextBike for a while, but Dresden was the first place I had a chance to try it out. I checked out a bike at the main station, rode it through the Großer Garten to the Adult Education Center, left it locked up there all afternoon and then rode it back when I was finished with my workshop. On my next credit card bill they deducted five Euros, one for registration and four for the day's cycling.
Aside from being cheaper, I found NextBike to be somewhat less hassle than Call-a-Bike -- though you do need a cell phone for both.
NextBike is currently available in Dresden, Erlangen, Frankfurt am Main and Nürnberg, and they say it will be expanding soon to include nine more German cities and even some in Austria and New Zealand.
Second photo: My NextBike in the Großer Garten (Large Park). Leave a Comment
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According to the city administration, bicycle usage in Dresden for journeys to and from work increased by 40 % from 2002 to 2007.
In the same period, bicycle usage for shopping increased by 60 %, and leisure-time cycling increased by 17 %. The age group from 35 to 54 had the greatest increase in bicycle use and correspondingly the greatest decrease in car usage.
The downside of this is that there has inevitably also been an increase in bicycle-related accidents.
One of the city's bicycle projects is the restoration and rebuilding of the Elbe Cycle Path, which includes some 50 Kilometers in the city of Dresden alone. This path along the banks of the Elbe River was passable until well into the 1950s, but then gradually fell into disrepair during the time of the GDR regime. Since 1990 the city has been restoring and rebuilding this path, which is now passable and also newly signposted. (I tried parts of it on my CallBike in September 2008 and found it very smooth and pleasant.)
Additional photos: More cyclists in Dresden. Leave a Comment
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 1. Cyclist going past the
Semper Opera House by Nemorino, 3 more photos
Like any other self-respecting German city, Dresden has an active chapter of the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC). The ADFC works with local politicians and city departments to improve bicycle routes, install more bicycle parking stands and open one-way streets to cyclists going the other direction. (I am proud to be a member of the ADFC, but of course in Frankfurt not Dresden.)
Additional photos: More cyclists in Dresden. Leave a Comment
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Close to the "Blaues Wunder" in Dresden-Loschwitz you may take this "Schwebebahn" / suspension railway in order to climb up the hill and have a great panorama-view of Dresden and the surroundings.
This suspension-railway dates back to the year 1898 and was opened in 1901, beeing the first of its kind, climbing uphill by hanging down of the construction.
The total length is just 274 meters and the differnce in height is 84 meters.
Below you may see a link to the web-page of the Schwebebahn with many links to different tramways all over the world. Leave a Comment
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In Dresden-Loschwitz, just about 200 meters from the "Blaues Wunder" you may take also another cablecar to get uphill to the area called "Weisser Hirsch" (white deer) with an excellent panorama-view from the Restaurant Luisenhof.
This cablecar, that looks like an ordinary tram, but is torn uphill by a cable needs 3 minutes to take you up the track beeing just 547 meters long.
The Trains are running on a regular basis
about 4 times every hour.
The restaurant Luisenhof is open :
Monday - Saturday :11.00a.m. - 01.00a.m.
Sunday : 10.00a.m. - midnight. Leave a Comment
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Get cheap flights to Dresden. Airports in the area include Dresden (DRS). When you fly to Dresden you can take in Zwinger, Semper Opera, Frauenkirche, Royal Palace, Neustadt, River Elbe, Hofkirche, Fürstenzug (Procession of the dukes), Brühlsche Terrassen and Kreuzkirche. Check flights to Dresden when you want to visit these nearby places: Freital, Radebeul, Schloß Pillnitz, Pillnitz, Schloß Moritzburg, Radeberg, Weesenstein, Pirna, Dippoldiswalde and Meißen.
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Winckelmannstrasse 6, Dresden - Artis Suite Hotel
Berliner Strasse 25, Dresden - Hotel Prinz Eugen
Gustav-Hartmann-Str 4, Dresden - Apartments Am Altmarkt
Seestrasse 4-8, Dresden - Mercure Parkhotel Goerlitz Dresden
Uferstrasse 17 F Goerlitz, Dresden - Am Blauen Wunder Hotel Dresden
Loschwitzer Strasse 48, Dresden - Art Otel Dresden By Park Plaza
Ostra Allee 33, Dresden - Four Points By Sheraton Koenigshof
Kreischaer Strasse 2, Dresden - Autobahnmotel Dresdner Tor Dresden
Dresdner Tor Wilsdruff, Dresden - A'ppart Hotel Garden Cottage Dresden
Hellerstrasse 59 - 61, Dresden - Landhotel Erbgericht Tautewalde
Tautewalde 61, Dresden - Schloss Eckberg a SNR Hotel Dresden
Bautzner Strasse 134, Dresden - Landidyll Landhotel Baumwiese
Dresdner Strasse 2 Boxdorf, Dresden - Aha Hotel Dresden
Bautzner Strasse 53 Neustadt, Dresden - Mezcalero
Königsbrücker Strasse 64, Dresden
Destinations near Dresden- Freital Travel Guide, 7.91 km / 4.92 miles
- Radebeul Travel Guide, 8.92 km / 5.55 miles
- Schloß Pillnitz Travel Guide, 8.95 km / 5.56 miles
- Pillnitz Travel Guide, 10.03 km / 6.23 miles
- Schloß Moritzburg Travel Guide, 13.77 km / 8.56 miles
- Radeberg Travel Guide, 13.78 km / 8.57 miles
- Weesenstein Travel Guide, 15.32 km / 9.52 miles
- Pirna Travel Guide, 15.82 km / 9.83 miles
- Dippoldiswalde Travel Guide, 19.42 km / 12.07 miles
- Meißen Travel Guide, 21.68 km / 13.47 miles
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