Thematic city explorations

City walking tour after dark

Experience the sights of the historical old city in their evening splendour. Also especially recommended during the Advent period, when Christmas lighting illuminates the city.

• duration: 2 hours

contact:

Berufsverband Dresdner Gästeführer e.V., Postfach 120933,    01010 Dresden

»Baroque meets Modern Age« – Dresden becomes a stage

An enthralling walk through the historical city centre with excellent guides, staged by actors and musicians, and enriched with regional delicacies, brings you closer to the true soul of Dresden in a uniquely emotional atmosphere. Delight in the performances of historical personalities, specially arranged presentations and specialities from Saxony's cellars, kitchens and bakeries!

• max. 400 persons per event
• groups up to 25 persons

contact:

Berufsverband Dresdner Gästeführer e.V., Postfach 120933,    01010 Dresden

Trabi Safari – on the road with the cult car from the GDR era

Whether in a bright red convertible or a sky-blue saloon – a sightseeing tour with the so-called »Pappe is great fun. So squeeze yourself (in the true sense of the word) behind the steering wheel, fathom out the »secrets« of the four-speed manual transmission and let’s go, at 30 km/h on a planned route through Dresden. You will receive background information of the guide via radio contact in best quality through your Trabi’s stereo loudspeaker – without head phones by the way. After the tour every driver is handed out his or her personal »Trabi Licence« together with a personal photo.

• duration: 1.5 hours

contact:

Agentur HIGH LIVE Events, Herr Rico Heinzig, Im Waldschlösschen/ Am Brauhaus 12, 01099 Dresden, Tel: +49 (0)351/ 899 00 66,    Fax: +49 (0)351/ 899 00 70, post@trabi-safari.de; http://www.trabi-safari.de/

With Vintage Vehicles through Dresden

The innovative spirit of the people of Dresden is witnessed in numerous technical monuments, like historical steam locomotives, trams, cable railways and buses. Regardless of whether technical interest or simply fun is the driving force, a trip with one of these oldtimers is never a mere everyday experience.

• Duration variable

contact:

Straßenbahnmuseum Dresden e.V., Trachenberger Straße 38, 01129 Dresden, E-Mail: Reiner.Faethe@dvbag.de, Fax: +49 (0)3 51 / 858 35 98; http://www.strassenbahnmuseum-dresden.de.vu/

OR:

MB trans Mario Böhme; e-Mail: MB-TRANS.MarioBoehme@t-online.de; Tel: +49 (0)171/354 00 96

Horse-Cart-Ride in Dresden: Herr Frank Geier, http://www.kutschfahrten-in-dresden.de/; Tel: +49 (0)1520 2355 381 or  +49 (0)35797 70876 (May until December)

Dresden from the air
In an hot-air balloon...

... over the beautiful countryside in and around Dresden – an experience you won’t forget so quickly, including your launch as an aeronaut!

• 3 to 12 persons
• duration: 3 hours
• weather permitting

contact:

Ballon-Sport und Luftwerbung Dresden GmbH, Klosterteichplatz 8, 01219 Dresden, Tel: +49 (0)351/4706574; Fax: +49 (0)351/ 4706574, http://www.ballon-sport-dresden.de/; e-mail : info@ballon-sport-dresden.de

With single and twin-engined planes...

… you can go on a sightseeing flight over Dresden and Saxony, if wished according to your own flight path. Should you want to try out the piloting of the plane a flight instructor is there to help you.

• duration: 1 to 2 hours

contact:

Sachsenflug GmbH, Zum Fliegerhorst 25, 01558 Großenhain; Tel.: +49 (0)3522-528366; Fax: +49 (0)3522 528388; www.sachsenrundflug.de

Following in the Tracks of the Brücke Artists and Franz Kafka and Mary Wigmann

An architect will guide you through Germany’s first Garden City and will show you amongst other things the festival hall of Hellerau. At the beginning of the 20th century Hellerau stood for radical modernity, creativity and the attempt to transform the utopia of ideal living and working into reality. Today Hellerau is Dresden’s commitment to the modern age.

• duration: 2 hours

contact:

M2 Hellerau, Mr. Galonska, Am Grünen Zipfel 84, 01109 Dresden, Tel: +49 (0)351/ 8881801, mobil: +49 (0)171/ 3846906, Markt2@dresden-hellerau.de

Musical City of Dresden

Experience Dresden as a musical arena where famous personalities from the opera such as Carl Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss performed. A walking tour through the historical old city combines the history of the opera with the history of the city and, if you wish, offers a thematic introduction to your individual opera evening. TIPP: Visit the Carl Maria von Weber Museum in Hosterwitz and the Richard Wagner Museum in nearby Graupa.

• duration: 2 hours

contact:

Brey kunst kultur, Mr. Brey, Tel: +49 (0)351/ 2699365,            Fax: +49 (0)351/ 2699376, info@brey-kunstkultur.de

The German Museum of Hygiene
A Journey of Discovery of Man

Experience the only »Museum of Man« in Europe! An exciting exhibition covering an area of 2,500 sqm awaits you with up-to-date findings on culture, society and science. The Museum’s highlight since 1930: The Transparent Man!

contact: 

Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Lingnerplatz 1 , 01069 Dresden, Tel: +49 0351 4846-0, Fax: +49 0351 4513846-101 http://www.dhmd.de/

Guided Tour through the largest dye collection in the world

Nowhere in the world is it as colourful as at the Institute for Organic Chemistry of the TU Dresden. For this is home to more than 8,000 samples in the largest dye collection in the world. Four hundred samples alone of natural dyes are stored on the shelves of the collection: the glowing red colour of the Madder root or the pointed shells of the shellfish, of which one once needed 40,000 to dye the Pope's robes or the famous indigo which provides the blue dye with which genuine jeans are still finished off today.

• maximum of 10 persons

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