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AREA:
Saxony
POPULATION:
500.003
TOWN'S LANDMARK:
Church of Our Lady
number of networkhostels:
2
HIGHLIGHTS:
Zwinger, Semper Opera
TYPICAL DISH:
Lenin beer
BIGGEST PARTY:
BRN street festival, 2nd weekend in June
MOST RIDICULOUS SOUVENIR:
VW Phaeton limousine
SUGGESTED DAYTRIP:
Castle Tour:
Cycle upstream along the right hand shore of the Elbe to the Saloppe (Dresden's first waterworks) and up the hill until you come to the park entrance. Cross the park and visit Castles Albrechtsberg, Lingner and Eckberg. Turn right and follow Schillerstra§e to the "Blaue Wunder". Turn left again towards Pillnitz and visit the Pleasure Palace, a combination of both European and Asian architecture, with its magnificent gardens. If you really are fit and active you might want to continue cycling to the Saxon Switzerland Nationalpark (35km).