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Leipzig Travel Guide: 557 reviews and 1,063 photos

I visited Leipzig because I wanted to see AC/DC live! Later I noticed in some books that the city has a lot to offer to a visitor so I decided to stay 2 days there and I didn’t regret it. The Old Town is beautiful, full of arcades, interesting churches(St.Nickolas and St.Thomas) and some nice museums(museum of fine arts and Stasi Museum among them). It was relaxing walking around and enjoy the coffee in some nice cafes like the famous Coffe Baum.

I also visited the interesting ZOO, the monument of the Battle of the Nations, the New City Hall, Schiller’s House and I took several trams just to see the city (I had Leipzig card that gives you unlimited free rides on trams and buses). By the way the concert of AC/DC was great…

monkeys at Leipzig Zoo

Leipzig is located in NW Saxony, 113km west of Dresden, between Berlin and Munich. It has a population of about 500.000 people and its full of parks and a nice walkable Old Town. The old town of Leipzig was badly damaged during World War II but hopefully many of the old buildings have been restored. The Peaceful Revolution against GDR started here in Leipzig at St.Nickolas church.
Leipzig had the oldest trade fair in the world and later in the 18th century centre of a classical literary movement. Many famous people, artists, scientists and merchants lived here like Schumann, Mendelssohn, J.G.Fichte, Goethe etc Johann Sebastian Bach spent his last 27 years (1723-1750) in Leipzig as the choir’s master at St.Thomas church. J.P.Sartre and J.W.Goethe studied in Leipzig. Goethe said about the city “I praise my Leipzig. It’s a small Paris and educates its people”

In our days it’s the center of books with a huge book festival every year but also many other international fairs.

Pros and Cons

Pros:great city for a weekend trip
Cons:it may be boring if you stay more

Last visit to Leipzig: Mar 2009
Intro Updated Feb 24, 2011
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I visited Leipzig because I wanted to see AC/DC live! They played at Leipziger Messe, a place north of the city center,... more travel advice

Pic Nic cafe at the train station - Leipzig

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cafe with nice view from 29th floor - Leipzig

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Comments (7)

Nemorino Mar 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM Report Abuse

I'm glad you saw a good concert and also stayed on for two more days to see the city. I have been to Leipzig several times, mostly for business and/or opera, and always enjoyed it. On my last visit I rented a NextBike on the street.
Turska Feb 25, 2010 at 2:08 AM Report Abuse

I will see AC/DC at Tampere (where we live!) at 1st of June this summer :) Last time was at Helsinki last summer-they came back to Finland quickly this time!This is a promised land of heavy metal,as some have said ;)
hunterV Jul 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM Report Abuse

Helko, Konstantinos! Thanks for your nice description!
Yaqui May 11, 2009 at 11:43 AM Report Abuse

AC DC rocks and so does this lovely city. Wonderful page with lots of great information. Thanks for sharing.
nicolaitan May 5, 2009 at 5:49 AM Report Abuse

great information and nice pictures as expected. took me a while to get here. that coffee house alone appears worth the trip. email to follow.
kat-m Apr 17, 2009 at 5:46 AM Report Abuse

no I did not forget the camera, but frequently went out without it, in another bag etc. its a women thing!kalo pasxa
oriettaIT Apr 17, 2009 at 1:03 AM Report Abuse

wonderful detailed job as usual!!! very interesting page thanks for sharing!!