Location: Zentrum
Top Things to do in Zentrum
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It’s always hard to fill the shoes of someone who used to do your job very well. If you’re the choirmaster at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, guess whose shoes you have to fill? Bach’s. (No pressure.) Leipzig is closely connected to classical music—Wagner was born here, and Mendelssohn established a conservatory here in 1843. If you’re more of a melancholy, contemporary type, visit during the Wave-Gotik-Treffen, billed as the world’s largest "dark" (Goth, industrial, punk, etc.) music festival.
Restaurants in Leipzig
1. Madle- Passage
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4.5 based on 484 reviews
Leipzig's most famous promenade provides numerous shopping opportunities.
Reviewed By KiwiNickJax - Auckland Central, New Zealand
Definitely a must do if you are visiting Leipzig. This arcade was built by Anton Madler 1912-13 and due to the popularity of the famous "Auerbachs Keller" below it, it was decided to incorporate it in the design. there is a statue of Faust at the entrance to the Keller. Tradition is that if you rub the foot of Faust you will one day return there. The food in Auerbachs is goo and well worth eating there. Great specialist shops in the "passage" in particular the wine and spirit shop. What is also worth doing is is the tour to the rooms that are closed to the public. Auerbachs Keller dates to the 1700's but there are rooms that date back to 1530 and a couple in which Martin Luther hid in, while avoiding the Catholic Church. Through another door and down some stairs will take yo back to the 1300's to a little cellar. Eerie.
2. St. Thomas Church
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4.5 based on 1,456 reviews
Bach served as the choirmaster at this church, to which his grave was moved in 1949, for the last 27 years of his life.
Reviewed By Fletch1946 - Fair Haven, United States
Thomaskirche is a beautiful church in downtown Leipzig. It is very close to the train station. Aside from being of historical interest, it as a pace where Johann Sebastian Bach led the famed Boys Choir for thirty years, where he wrote about one cantata week for those thirty years and is now (they think) buried.you can lear about that mystery when you visit. Worth your time.
3. Bach Museum
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4.5 based on 552 reviews
A museum celebrating the life and works of classical music guru Bach.
Reviewed By darrylt187 - St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Right next to St Thomas's Church sits the unobtrusive but remarkable Bach Museum and Archives. It has an excellent display and perfect audio guide for international languages.
4. Museum der Bildenden Kunste
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4.5 based on 212 reviews
This museum houses a spectacular collection of Renaissance painting.
Reviewed By samuel8248 - Nuremberg, Germany
Great museum, best one in the city for sure. Four floors of lots of artwork from renaissance, barroque and modernism. Takes hours to fully appreciate. Loved it
5. Museum in der Runden Ecke
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4.5 based on 570 reviews
Original office of the secret police. The building now presents these police documents and their surveillance equipment to the public.
Reviewed By AnselmColom - Grays Thurrock, United Kingdom
A very interesting museum set in the building of the subject matter. A look at the rise and fall of the Stasi political police force of East Germany and their methods of work. Plenty of stuff on display. All in German but an English guide is available for 5 euros. Free to get in. The guide does not cover everything but is comprehensive none the less. Will need around 90 mins here if doing the guide or otherwise 20 mins max.
6. Opernhaus
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4.5 based on 137 reviews
Reviewed By periandro - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
The Leipzig Operahouse is a nice building especially at night with all the lights on. It stands in Augustusplatz and its style can be deemed to be in line with the modern architecture, though the inclusion of some neoclassical elements is in fact remarkable. The main façade, though somehow sober, is quite attractive, especially the porticos with their balustrade and the windows having a quadrilateral shape, specifically that of a rectangle in a vertical position with the sides much longer than the top and the bottom lines. The structure inside reveals an undeniable good taste conception. Albeit there isn’t a great deal of decorative elements and despite the fact that therefore most of walls are denuded from any pictures, the small number of such elements such as the lamps and the staircase balustrade are of such a fine design that one doesn’t feel that any other elements are really necessary. The metal part of the wall lamps and of those hanging from the ceiling at the staircase is gilded in harmony with the windows frames and the relevant parts of the balustrade thus making a beautiful ensemble. The concert hall is large and has an excellent acoustics. The lamps again in the said hall, having a round shape formed by the manifold bulbs they consist of thus adequately placed to give the lamps the shape concerned, are very nice and original. The undersigned attended in that theatre the scenic interpretation of the Opera “Turandot” by Giacomo Puccini on December 17th 2017. The performance was spectacular as well as the scenery. All the singers acted and sung marvelously well and thanks to the characteristics of the theatre stage the plot could be represented with much grandiosity thus showing an evident sample of inspiration and taste, though not much respecting the composer’s conception of the place where the piece scene is laid. The relevant version of the Opera anyway makes the plot take place elsewhere than in China, concretely in a futurist science fiction world in which the general human nature of the tale is outstanding. At any rate, different from what Puccini concocted as regards other operas (La Bohème, Mme. Butterfly, etc.), which he embedded every one of them in the appropriate atmosphere, as far as Turandot is concerned he didn’t really care much about that question. By and large, the Operahouse is a very interesting building from all viewpoints. It should therefore be visited and besides it’s by all means recommendable to attend the interpretation of an opera on its stage.
7. St. Nicholas Church (Nikolaikirche)
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4.5 based on 1,255 reviews
Reviewed By jordanellie41 - Bolton, United Kingdom
This church looks a bit dated from the outside but is vast in size and sits in a small square in a busy pedestrian area. But inside it is truly majestic with its high white pillars topped with its green palms all around the church. The altar is big and wonderous with many pictures adorning its walls to the backdrop of large coloured windows. The pews are different too in a cream colour instead of the usual wooden variety. This is not to be missed because of its splendour but also because it was where the locals first started meeting to protest against the regime.
8. Hauptbahnhof Leipzig
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4.5 based on 1,726 reviews
Reviewed By VirsoA1
a very modern and beautiful station, with good connections. From that station I went to Prague. It has interesting shops, you can have a coffee or something to eat, it is steps from trams, I remember buying a suitcase to go to Berlin
9. New Town Hall (Neues Rathaus)
10. Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
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4.5 based on 66 reviews
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