An insider tip even for many inhabitants of Dresden is the only restaurant that you can find on the river Elbe and not next to it. Its name Kahnaletto is a play with words: Kahn is the German equivalent to boat, and Canaletto was the artist who painted those beautifully realistic images in the 18th century for the Saxon court....
One of my favorite restaurants in Dresden’s New Town (Neustadt) has a strange name: purple sauce (lila Soße). Sounds crazy – but it’s more an eye-catcher than e real description of what’s happening there. The young staff is extremely friendly, the guys in the kitchen are creative. Situated in one of the romantic courtyards in Dresden Neustadt it is a...
Sounds Russian: Raskolnikov. For educated classes it is indeed – Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky. But when we hear Raskolnikoff (as it is spelled in German), we think of a pub and one of the best restaurants in the scene quarter of Dresden Neustadt (the New Town). First of all we love the perfect service – because they do it with...
The Weinzentrale (wine centre) is Dresden’s hottest wine bar: Sommelier Jens Pietzonka, named twice sommelier of the year in Germany, opened his own wine bar in August 2015. Since then it became a place where you can meet famous winemakers and enjoy the best wines (mostly of German origin, but also some Austrian, French and Italian wines). Approximately 500 wines are waiting...
Right in front of the Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), the Advent at Neumarkt beams you back 100 years. Tradition, charm and the romanticism of the location are unique, the faithfully recreated market booths offer only high-quality, handmade products – from aromatic soaps to chocolate specialities and glass art all the way to puppets and cheese. Of course, we tried...
The Striezelmarkt claims to be the oldest Christmas market in Germany (others do so, as well. But they aren’t, of course!). It started as a one-day market in 1434 to provide the citizens of Dresden with the meat for the Christmas meal after the pre-Christmas period of fasting – and is now not only one of the oldest Christmas markets,...
The Christmas market in Loschwitz near the Blaues Wunder (blue wonder bridge) is my favourite in Dresden. The cosy, bright booths are of the highest quality. You can buy handicrafts, not always (actually: almost never) cheap, but mostly worth the price. And of course, those who believe that they are starving and dying of thirst for the rest of the year...
The Christmas market Altkötzschenbroda is very comfortable, compared to the tourist-flooded Striezelmarkt in nearby Dresden. But the offers are nonetheless unbeatably good – both for those who want to buy wool hats against the sudden cold air and for those who expect something different in music and entertainment (and, of course, especially for those who like to drink good mulled...