Dresden > Dresden Experience

Advantages: fun! for free!
Disadvantages: no!

...You'll find my opinions about Dresden from now on in Home » City Guide » European Cities » Dresden, so you do not need to read this one (I asked ciao to delete it). Information about the Night Skating you find in Home » City Guide » European Cities » Dresden » Festivals & Events » Nachtskaten. Tnx! Imagine the following: It's 9.30 pm, it's dark and you skate within 2000 people on a 4 lane well asphalted road, watching the century-old barok buildings ...
...attraction in our city. The Dresden Nightskating was one of the first ones of these events (may 1998) now establisht all over Germany. The Skating movement is really big and rich of influence here. Every friday at 8 pm the skaters meet at the public halfpipe on the street "St. Petersburger Strasse". That is the one with the big diamondlike UFA-cinema and opposite the majors house. You can get there by public transport going to "Pirnaischer Platz". ... Read review

Advantages: Great arts and history, nice people, great food
Disadvantages: Weather (sometimes, still better than most uf the UK ;-)

Dresden has to offer a lot! Especially if you consider to take a dive into German history, enjoy the arts and fine cuisine (yes, Saxony is the only German place for fine and not too heavy food). After the wall came down in 1989, Saxony went back to the roots of the old kingdom (August the Strong or Augustus I has been king of Saxony from the late 17th century) by naming Dresden the capital of Saxony and trying to restore as many as possible treasures ...
...picture of the history of Dresden with a virtual tour and more: http://www.dresden.de/rooteng/history/history.html. Although it took a while to get to speed after 1989 and many folks were faced to high unemployment and heavy restructuring of the whole society, today Dresden presents itself in a new spirit and mix: Baroque and High Tech. At the same time when tons of investments have been spent to restore all old buildings and other cultural substance ... Read review

Advantages: Very impressive architecture
Disadvantages: Quite dark, dull and lacking life

Dresden is a strange city. It was practically bombed flat in the war, and as a result, like many Eastern European cities, it doesn't quite fit together aesthetically. One of the main points of interest is the Frauenkirche that was completely destroyed, and that is now being rebuilt brick for brick exactly as it was. They are receiving no funding for this from the 'rebuilding funds' that exist in the East, so it is all being done by donations. That's ...
...the museum of art. If you go, don't be upset by the building site that is around the railway station. The way into the city centre from the station isn't pretty, but don't be put off. The night life is quite good, but only if you're already there. I wasn't enormously impressed with Dresden. The rebuilding done following the reunification of Germany is coming along at a rapid rate, and much more will have been completed now than had been when I ... Read review