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A buzzing metropolis feeling as well as idyllic kilometre-long cycle paths to soothe the mind and work the body? Does…

“You have to go through Leipzig” – Leipzig looks back on a long tradition as a trading and trade fair city. Its cultural…

The Leipzig region has a lot to offer for vacationers and tourists, from diverse cultural offerings to attractive cities…

Environmental protection and the protection of endangered species are the top priority of the Zoo Leipzig. As the…

With around 15,600 cultural monuments, 80 per cent of which were built in the 19th century during the Gründerzeit era,…

When the first people gathered after the peace prayers in St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig as early as 1982, nobody could…

Love Leipzig, love its food: for centuries the people of Leipzig and visitors to this cosmopolitan metropolis have been…

The trend towards more regionality in the food retail trade is not abating. This is shown by current studies, according…

Coffee and Leipzig are inseparable. It was in the Saxon metropolis were the first palm court musicians of Germany…

Leipzig’s musical roots go back to the early 13th century, when margrave Dietrich appropriated an existing church, which…

In 1723, Johann Sebastian Bach took up the office of Director of the St Thomas Boys’ Choir in Leipzig. This marks the…

Leipzig is one of Germany's most popular and fastest-growing cities. No wonder, because rarely do you find such a…

Leipzig can look back on an eventful history. Around 1165, Leipzig was granted city rights and market privileges and…

... a major commercial centre! In 1497 Leipzig was granted the imperial trade fair privileges by Emperor Maximilian.…

Leipzig boasts a large number of sites of interest where famous composers lived and worked, in a concentration that is…

The city of Leipzig has always been considered one of the most important cities when it comes to books. Between the 19th…

In west Leipzig, an unparalleled 90-hectare (222-acre) monument to industrial architecture has been preserved. Known as…

The Colditz Story: ‘His heart would sink a little deeper’ and he ‘had to commend his soul to Almighty God’ – this is how…

An eventful day with lots of fun and adrenaline in the beautiful Leipzig New Lake District: that's what the Markkleeberg…

Paradise is on your doorstep - If you are interested in beaches and relaxing, but also action and culture, Leipzig’s New…

A city couldn't be more diverse: comparisons with the global metropolises of Paris and Venice make Leipzig a universally…