Germany’s most underrated city: Leipzig - Things to do & Sights (Travel Guide)

[Music] Goodin tag from the east of Germany and welcome to the city of Leipzig together with my buddy Steven from Berlin I'll be showing you what you can do in and around this vibrant city okay [Music] like zyk is the most populous city in the German federal state of Saxony and considered to be the historical center in the stream commerce administration Education and Culture in central Germany often refer to as the hop of the creative scene leipzig and its surrounding region developed into a popular tourist destination over the last few years with this Travel Guide we try to reflect the combination of tradition and dynamic which makes Leipzig so unique by highlighting historical sites alongside with a number of cool and super fun activities that's why we'll start this city exploration with a very special city tour due to the fact that Leipzig is known to be a hub for the creative scene we met up with Anna Anna to us on an urban sketching tour where we got to see and of course sketch the most popular sights of the city to draw start off with this city whole house and the main building of the Leipzig University which is one of the world's oldest universities after sketching the new Town Hall we were heading over to the late Cossacks and Thomas church which became famous for its boys choir named to Monaco and holds the remains of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach at the market square in the city centre you can find the Old Town Hall which houses the Museum of city history let's see we finished our to adjust around the corner at the traditional cafe the key by having a coffee and sketching another light see - this and Nicholas Church became the center of the peaceful revolt against communist rule in 1989 which paved the way to German reunification [Music] we are now in blacklist which is the hippest neighborhood in town here we will meet with Michael will tell us more about how the old cotton mill is being used today [Music] spin as I live says ramadhir Cousteau almost Panerai often more efficient continent that same hectare theaters receptors as I'm in a coastal person powers to the right oh my god you go in a John here bomb well it's a bomb were gone far already this nonsense window insertion emitted a no enter come down the ask could slow under me at least give me touches cumulative in completes you yet sorta Zhang McCune slashed at understand come on it wonderful theater yes boon speed off to convene with field rest among this one of them therefore crisis prosper and a Shabbat with shaft listen pivotal easy man easy ministry Picasa as a screen stock with Slovenia vocation [Music] alright guys after seeing the city from the city center by sketching our way around we now take another perspective of the city by taking this bad guy over there and see the city from over [Music] [Applause] [Music] we cycled with our next bikes to one of the most popular sites in Leipzig it's called the monument to the Battle of the nation's it is massive and we can go on top of it 500 steps let's do this the monument to the Battle of the nation's is located in the southeast of light see the structure is 91 metres tall and was completed in 1913 for the 100th anniversary of the battle the monument is set to stand on the spot of some of the bloodiest fighting from where Napoleon ordered to retreat of his army the lake in front of the monument is called the Lake of tears as it symbolizes the tears of the nation's mourning over those killed in action it's the end of the day in Leipzig and about time to check out the night left so we're here on a little pub crawl with Nicole and we'll show us her favorite pubs he and a colleague Kinshasa which is referred to often as [Applause] you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] after big night out the best way to sober up is to get out into the nature so we had to stop her from the render boat and see the city from the water [Music] in lab SiC you can find numerous small and big rivers creating a network of altogether 300 kilometers of waterways if you keen to do more watersports he should head into the noisy inland which is an area south of Leipzig we're old opencast mines are being converted into a huge lake district the region around Leipzig is also very famous for its lakes so we here at the cookb it's a lake a little bit of wakeboarding and waterskiing [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] yeah night Oh next what is the Mac Leaburg a lake and here we gonna go rafting and surfing khanna padma kbecque is the second of two artificial whitewater canoe and kayak slalom courses in germany and the only one powered met pumps even so this state-of-the-art counterpart has hosted a full schedule of regional and international competitions it is open to the public so you can try your hands in whitewater rafting water kayaking end [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] all these City explorations make you hungry so we came to the restaurant by the shabana which is also a local brewery to check out the local cuisine are you hungry Steven okay govt nights ago bosses in service on the sphere Spotnitz sites coriander leaves over bacteria and applaud name decent beer having fear of a listener and swats beyond invites in beyond portfolio how here hint of miracles past perfect sons were in Lancashire Mohammed arts and by Spinz excisions all part and all those extra questions regarding desserts you should also try the light cigarette machine this speciality consists of prawns filled with marzipan which are baked in an act batter [Music] do you hear anything I don't because we are using an electric the region of Leipzig is home to a high number of impressive fortresses castles and palaces which are surrounded by forests and a beautiful River landscape we started things off with the hospital from there the whole its castle is just a 20-minute drive away throughout his history the castle served as a residence for members of the sex and princely house all together eight times [Music] our last stop is the church of boya which is located at a heart shape lake [Music] [Music] and we're finishing off this light sage guide here at the substantive garden if you want to travel live seek yourself make sure to check out the Related Travel Guide which Steven wrote on the blog and make sure to subscribe to this channel for new travel videos every week choose chow [Music] next book next spots is we're here on a little pub crawl with Nicole and check out all the cool Gooden tag yes one job a little bit bumpy brother survives and I kept all my lunch in me success

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Length: 10min 22sec (622 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 10 2019