Leipzig
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Introduction
Leipzig is a city in Sachsen (Saxony in English) in the east of Germany. Roughly half a million people live in Leipzig.
Neighbourhoods
Sights and Activities
Events and Festivals
Weather
Getting There
By Plane
Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) has flights with about 20 airlines, mainly to destinations within Europe. The main connections include flights to/from Antalya, Fuerteventura, Madeira, Crete, Faro, Hurghada, Kos, Lanzarote, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Paris, Malta, Vienna, Moscow, Rhodes, Dubrovnik, Split, Nuremberg, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf and Monastir (Tunisia).
By Train
Deutsche Bahn (DB) offers frequent services to Frankfurt (3½ hours), Munich (five hours), Dresden (1¾ hours), Berlin (1¼ hours) and Hamburg (three hours).
By Car
Leipzig lies just south of the A14 Halle–Dresden autobahn and 15 kilometres east of the A9, which links Berlin to Nuremberg.
By Bus
Eurolines connects to several German cities, including Leipzig. The stop is at the Central Station. You can't make reservations here, you need to make the reservations on internet.
By Boat
Eat
Drink
Sleep
Budget
| Property | Address | Type | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| A&O Leipzig Hauptbahnhof | Brandenburger Stra'e 2 | Hostel | 92 |
| Central Globetrotter Hostel | Kurt-Schumacher Strasse 41 | Hostel | 83 |
| Hostel Absteige | Harkortstrasse 21 | Hostel | 82 |
| Sleepy Lion Hostel, Youth Hotel & Apartments | Jacobstr. 1 04105 Leipzig | Hostel | 84 |
| Hostelbar | Windmühlenstr.22-26 | hostel | 90 |
| Hotel Residenz Leipzig | Naumann & Chrisenfeldt GbR Residenzstrasse 43 | hotel | 71 |
| Landhaus-Pension Fleischhauer | Starsiedeler Str. 2 | Hotel | 70 |
| Leipzig Guesthouse | Torgauer Strasse 64 D-04318 Leipzig | Guesthouse | 74 |
| Pension SchlafGut | Brühl 64-66 | Guesthouse | - |
| Stern Hotel | Merseburger Str. 158 | Hotel | 75 |
| Space Hostel | Wurzner Str. 4 | Hostel | 68 |
| Hostel Unschlagbar | Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 1A | HOSTEL | 82 |
| HomePlanet-Hostel | Ecksteinstrasse 31 | Hostel | - |
| B&B-Hostel-Elisa | Elisabethstrasse 21 | Hostel | 72 |
| Apartment- Hotel | Rackwitz Rackwitz | Hotel | - |
| Guesthouse 2. Heimat | Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 125, 04275 Leipzig | Guesthouse | 78 |
| Space Hotel & Hostel Leipzig | Wurzner Str. 4 | Hostel | 64 |
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Work
Learn
Keep Connected
Internet
Phone
See also: International Telephone Calls
Post
Germany's postal system is very efficient, their logistics branch DHL is one of the best companies in this field world-wide, with domestic post or within a radius of 400 kilometres, send within a day. The website of Deutsche Post has an online calculator for postage fees as well as a post office finder. Within Germany, sending postcards costs €0.45 and standard letters €0.55, within Europe it is €0.65 for a postcard, standard letters to places in Europe cost €0.70. Outside Europe, the prices for sending a postcard or standard letter are €1 and €1.70 respectively. Although you will find the old post offices (mainly in the city centre), most of the smaller neighbourhood post offices are part of a small tobacco shop or grocery store.
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