Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #17 in Dresden, Germany

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 4.7 km
Ascend 33 m
Descend 32 m

Experience Dresden in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in DresdenIndividual Sights in Dresden

Sight 1: Technische Sammlungen Dresden

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The Technical Collections Dresden are the Technikmuseum and Science Center of the state capital Dresden. In an earlier camera factory, children, adolescents and families find many opportunities to experiment and explore nature phenomena, foundations of science and the latest achievements of technology. With constant exhibitions on the history of photography and film, computer and other media technology as well as special exhibitions on photo art and current technology research, the technical collections promote dealing with the technical foundations of the present. The special feature is the combination of technology and industrial history with science and current research. The technical collections are the country of adventure, public forum for technology research, museum of information society and podium for photography and animated film in one. Cooperations play an important role, for example with the TU Dresden, Dresden-Concept and other partners from science and research.

Wikipedia: Technische Sammlungen Dresden (DE), Website

642 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Clara Weiss geb. Nathan

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Clara Weiss geb. Nathan

The list of stumbling stones in Dresden contains all stumbling stones that were laid in Dresden as part of the art project of the same name by Gunter Demnig.

Wikipedia: Liste der Stolpersteine in Dresden (DE)

1028 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Thomaskirche

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St. Thomas' Church on Bodenbacher Straße in Dresden's Gruna district is a listed religious building in the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Gruna-Seidnitz.

Wikipedia: Thomaskirche (Dresden) (DE)

1134 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: Freilichtbühne Junge Garde

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The Freilichtbühne Großer Garten is a venue in the southeast of the Park Großer Garten in Dresden, Germany. It was created between 1953 and 1955 as the open-air theatre "Junge Garde" on the site of a former gravel pit and opened on 12 August 1955. It offers space for 4,900 spectators.

Wikipedia: Freilichtbühne Großer Garten (DE), Website

720 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 5: Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage

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The community center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Dresden is located at Tiergartenstraße 42. The building was built in 1988 as the second community center of this religious community in the GDR and is one of the few examples of historicizing postmodernism in GDR architecture of the 1980s.

Wikipedia: Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage (Dresden) (DE)

1137 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 6: Zoo Dresden

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Dresden Zoo, or Zoo Dresden, is a zoo in the city of Dresden, Germany. It was opened in 1861, making it Germany's fourth oldest zoo. It was originally designed by Peter Joseph Lenné.

Wikipedia: Dresden Zoo (EN), Website, Facebook

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