Guide to Germany
Must See Germany
- Aachen Dom
- Black Forest
- Brandenburg Gate
- Füssen
- Goethe Haus
- Harz Mountains
- Lübeck
- Leipzig
- North Frisian Islands
- Rhine Valley
- Romantic Road
- Schloss Hohenschwangau
- Schloss Linderhof
- Schloss Neuschwanstein
- Stasi Museum
- Tübingen
- Weimar
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In Goethe's Faust a character named Frosch calls Leipzig 'a little Paris'. He was wrong - Leipzig is more fun. Street-side cafes pour out onto the pavement, and underground music clubs thud throughout the night; the town also has some of the finest classical music and opera in the country - it was once home to Bach, Wagner and Mendelssohn.
Leipzig became the 'Stadt der Helden' (City of Heroes) for its leading role in the 1989 democratic revolution. Its residents organised protests against the communist regime in May of that year; by October, they were taking to the streets by the hundreds of thousands, placing candles on the steps of Stasi headquarters (now a museum) and attending peace services at St Nicholas Church. By the time the secret police got round to pulping their files, Leipzigers were partying in the streets, and they still haven't stopped.