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AREA:
Saxony
POPULATION:
529.781
TOWN'S LANDMARK:
Church of Our Lady
number of networkhostels:
2
HIGHLIGHTS:
the baroque old town with the Church of Our Lady, the Semper Opera and the Zwinger
the nightlife in the "Neustadt"
TYPICAL DISH:
Eierschecke (egg-custard cake)
Lenin beer
BIGGEST PARTY:
BRN street festival, 3rd weekend in June
MOST RIDICULOUS SOUVENIR:
VW Phaeton limousine
SUGGESTED DAYTRIP:
hiking in the saxony Switzerland
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 Schillerstraße to the bridge "Blaues 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).