Dresden at Christmas Time 2010

Dresden
at Christmas Time
2010
Christmas Markets | Concerts
Events | Exhibitions
Decoration of the Dresden
Christmas Tree
4th Advent weekend,
18. – 19.12.2010
Dresden Striezelmarkt
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The 576th Dresden
Striezelmarkt at the
Altmarkt
25.11. – 24.12.2010
Daily 10am to 9pm
25.11.2010, 4pm to 9pm
24.12.2010, 10am to 2pm
www.dresden.de/striezelmarkt
Experience Tradition Anew
When the chants of the Dresden
“Kreuzchor” choir drift out of the
wide-open doors of the Kreuzkirche
church into the Altmarkt, and fill the
alleyways between the opulently decorated market stalls, Dresden and its
guests know: the Advent season has
arrived. Every year for more than half
a millennium, the city’s central square
is transformed into a Christmas wonderland: the Dresden Striezelmarkt.
As Germany’s oldest Christmas
market, it has maintained its traditions to this day. Merchants offer
wooden art from the Ore Mountains,
gingerbread from the gingerbread
town of Pulsnitz or Herrnhuter paper stars. There is always the scent
of hot mulled wine in the air over the
many small places, where the original Dresden Christstollen tastes best
in the romantic air. Towards evening,
the world’s largest Erzgebirge Christmas pyramid as well as the Christmas
arch, which you can walk on, extend
above of the sea of lights.
The children’s adventure world is the
main daytime attraction. Here, the
prune chimney sweep’s cottage and
the bakery are open to the little ones
for kneading and arts and crafts. Furthermore, there is the puppet theatre,
merry-go-round and a children’s railway. The daily stage programme provides Christmas cheer and the events
on the Advent weekends are a special
highlight.
Prune Chimney Sweep
and Gingerbread Festival
1st Advent weekend
27. – 28.11.2010
Dresden Stollen Festival
2nd Advent weekend,
4. – 5.12.2010
A giant stollen is pulled in a procession through the Baroque old town
to the Striezelmarkt and is cut and
handed out by the “royal court master baker“ and the Dresden stollen
maiden.
Pyramid and
Christmas Arch Festival
3rd Advent weekend,
11. – 12.12.2010
With a height of a good 14 metres,
the Erzgebirge Pyramid overlooks the
hubbub of the Dresden Striezelmarkt,
and the motives on the six steps
“come alive” for the Pyramid festival. Further highlights are a singing
contest and performances by popular
musicians.
The diverse programme tells the
history of the prune chimney sweep
(Pflaumentoffel). The “Gingerbread
Princess” will also be crowned.
The Christmas theme, charity, is the
main focus of the decoration of the
Dresden Christmas tree: Clubs, media and organisations from Dresden
each decorate a Christmas tree and
donate it to an establishment where
people live who cannot be home for
Christmas.
The Striezelmarkt newspaper
includes a detailed programme and
is available one week before the
opening of the market from the city
of Dresden,
Tel: +49 351 488 1840
Fax: +49 351 488 1843
www.dresden.de/striezelmarkt
or from the office in the Striezelmarkt.
Child Care at the “Elves’
Cottage” in the Striezelmarkt
Mon – Thurs 2pm to 6pm
Fri 2pm to 7pm
Sat – Sun 11am to 7pm
Face painting, story telling, drawing
and crafts (starting from 1 year of
age)
Christmas Market Prager Strasse
25.11. – 24.12.2010
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Daily 10am to 9pm
25.11.2010 4pm to 9pm
24.12.2010 10am to 2pm
Advent at the Neumarkt
Dresden
Christmas Markets
Christmas in Dresden is not only the
famous Striezelmarkt.
A whole Christmas mile extends
from the Christmas market on Prager Strasse right across to the other
side of the Elbe to the Christmas
market on the Hauptstrasse and to
the Neustadt Advent, where a preChristmas air invites visitors to stroll
along festively illuminated streets of
the baroque neighbourhood around
the Hauptstrasse, Königstrasse and
the Wilhelminian quarter, Outer Neustadt, where a diverse programme of
Christmas events is offered.
The “Advent at the Neumarkt”
takes you back to more than 100 years
ago and shows how things looked
here between 1830 and 1920. In this
same spirit, costumed craftspeople,
artists and merchants offer highquality traditional and hand-made
products at the historical Christmas
market. There is a lot to see: book
printer, wood carver, letterer, hatter,
bag-maker, goldsmith, chocolatier,
candy maker and much more.
Right next to the Neumarkt, you
can stroll over to the small and cosy
Christmas market by the Frauenkirche and be impressed by the seasonal air of the Münzgasse, which is
decorated with a multitude of lights
and the ultra big Herrnhuter Star.
For the first time, a Christmas
market for gourmets greets its
guests in the romantic inner courtyard of the Kurländer Palace. Ten
market stands offer all sorts of treats.
You can still come here when most
of the traditional Christmas markets
have already closed.
There is a whole other atmosphere
at the Elbhangfest Christmas market, which is nestled among picturesque half-timbered houses near
the “Blue Wonder” bridge. In lovingly
decorated stalls, merchants offer products ranging from handicrafts, pottery, pewter, glass and wickerwork.
Advent at the Neumarkt
The Christmas Market
of the year 1900
27.11. – 19.12.2010
Daily 11am to 10pm
www.weihnachtsmarkt-dresden-neumarkt.de
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Traditional Christmas market
by the Frauenkirche
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26.11. – 24.12.2010
Sun – Thurs 10am to 9pm
Fri – Sat 10am to 11pm
www.weihnachtsmarkt-dresden.de
Christmas Market for Gourmets
Inner courtyard of the Kurländer
Palace, Tzschirnerplatz 3-5
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24.11 – 23.12.2010
Sun – Thurs 5pm to 11pm
Fri – Sat 5pm to 1am
www.kastenmeiers.de
Romantic Christmas Market
by the Royal Palace, Piazza
25.11. – 24.12.2010
Sun – Thurs 11am to 8pm
Fri and Sat 11am to 9pm
25.11.2010 2pm to 8pm
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Advents Spectacle
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in the Royal Mews
The Royal Mews at Dresdener Palace
25.11. – 22.12.2010
Daily 11am to 10pm
Opens on 25.11.2010 at 5pm
Christmas Market Hauptstrasse
26.11. – 19.12.2010
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Daily 11am to 8pm
13th Neustadt Advent
Baroque quarter Königstrasse, 8
Hauptstrasse, Outer Neustadt
16.11. – 18.12.2010
Opens on 26.11.2010 6.30pm
Closing celebration on 18.12.2010
7pm, Christmas concert with the
Dresden New Choir
All at the Dreikönigkirche church
www.neustadteradvent.de
14th Elbhangfest Christmas
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Market, Dresden-Loschwitz
4. – 19.12.2010
Mon – Thurs 1pm to 8pm
Fri 1pm to 9pm
Sat 11pm to 9pm, Sun 11am to 8pm
www.elbhangfest.de
Child Care during Advent
Professional, imaginative and entertaining child supervision is available
at the MalLokal on Prager Strasse
and in the Neustadt market hall on
Hauptstrasse (free of charge).
MalLokal Prager Straße
in the passage of the Prager Spitze,
Prager Straße 2
27.11., 4.12., 11.12., 18.12.2010
10am to 6pm
Neustadt Market Hall
Hauptstraße
27.11., 4.12., 11.12., 18.12.2010
10am to 6pm
Vesper in front of the Frauenkirche
Christmas Concerts
The anticipation of the Christmas
season is probably best enjoyed while
listening to contemplative music.
Alongside star-studded concerts
and candlelight organ recitals in the
Frauenkirche, the Kreuzkirche church
once more promises particular highlights, for example evenings of Christmas song, Christmas oratorios and
special Striezelmarkt concerts.
Insider tips include select concerts at the Dreikönigskirche and
many other Dresden churches, with
Frauenkirche
Advent music, oratorios, organ recitals and gospel concerts to accompany you through a reflective and joyful
Advent and Christmas season.
The Christmas concert from the
Dresden Philharmonic takes listeners to the fairy-tale Christmas world
of our dreams with the pantomime
Hansel and Gretel.
The soloists and orchestra of the
Landesbühnen Sachsen invite guests
to unforgettable Christmas concerts
in the historical setting of the Dresden
Zwinger during the Advent season.
(Dates: www.dresden-theater.de)
Dresden Philharmonic
Dresden Philharmonic
Frauenkirche, Neumarkt
www.frauenkirche-dresden.de
Advent Concert
Saxon State Orchestra
27.11.2010, 6pm
Spiritual Sunday Music
28.11., 12.12., 26.12.2010, 3pm
Evening Organ Recital
by Candlelight
28.11., 5.12., 12.12., 19.12.2010, 9pm
Christmas Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4.12.2010, 8pm
BACH Cycle
25.12.2010, 9pm
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Christmas Oratorio
Cantatas I - VI
10., 11., 13.12.2010, 7.30pm
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Christmas Oratorio
Cantatas I,V,VI
18.12.2010, 8pm
Advent Songs
Motets and song texts for the Advent
and Christmas season
Frauenkirche choir
22.12.2010, 8pm
23.12.2010, 7pm
Virtuoso Advent
and Christmas Brass Music
from Four Centuries
27.12.2010, 8pm
18th Christmas Vesper in front
of the Frauenkirche
23.12.2010, 5pm
Traditional accompanying programme
starting at 4 pm
Cosel Palace by the Frauenkirche
Neumarkt
International Advent Songs
27.11.2010, 3pm
Advent Vesper with the Dresden
“Kreuzchor” Choir
Kreuzkirche / “Kreuzchor” Choir
Altmarkt
www.kreuzkirche-dresden.de
Striezelmarkt Music
Only in the 1st and 2nd Advent weeks:
Mon – Fri, 5pm
Advent Vesper with the
Dresden “Kreuzchor” Choir
27.11.2010, 8pm
4.12.2010, 5pm
Organ Recitals for the 1st
and 2nd Advent
28.11.2010, 5pm
5.12.2010, 5pm
Dresden Organ Cycle –
Organ Recital
1.12.2010, 8pm
Evening of Christmas Songs
with the Dresden “Kreuchor”
Choir
18., 19.12.2010, 5pm
Christmas Vesper with the
Dresden “Kreuzchor” Choir
24.12.2010, 2.15pm and 4.30pm
Christmas Mass with the
Dresden “Kreuzchor” Choir
25.12.2010, 6am
New Year’s Vesper with the
Dresden “Kreuzchor” Choir
31.12.2010, 4pm
New Year’s Eve Organ Recital
31.12.2010, 9pm
“Kreuzchor” Choir
Lukaskirche (Church of St Luke)
Dresden Philharmonic
Kulturpalast, Altmarkt
www.dresdnerphilharmonie.de
Christmas Vespers
24.12.2010
2pm, 3.30pm, 5pm and 11pm
4th Special Concert
Hansel and Gretel
Pantomime in three acts,
Engelbert Humperdinck
25.12.2010, 7.30pm
26.12.2010, 4pm
Dreikönigskirche/
House of the Church
Haupstraße 23
www.hdk-dkk.de
Martin Luther Church
Martin-Luther-Platz
Advent Organ Music
28.11.2010, 5pm
Christmas Songs
by Candlelight
5.12.2010, 5pm
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Christmas Oratorio
Cantatas I-III
11.12.2010, 7.30pm
Cantatas IV-VI
18.12.2010, 7.30pm
Advent Songs
Choirs from the East Saxony
Choral Association
4.12.2010, 10am to 2pm
Johann Sebastian Bach:
Christmas Oratorio
Cantatas I-III
10.12.2010, 7pm
11., 12.12.2010, 5pm
Advent Concerts
Friedrich Wolf Choir with “Zugabe”
(rock band)
27.11.2010
2.30pm and 6pm
Christmas Vespers
24.12.2010
3pm, 5pm and 6.30pm
Lukaskirche (Church of St Luke)
Lukasplatz
www.evlks.de
Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
7.11.2010, 7.30pm
Christmas Gospel
10.12.2010, 7.30pm
Camille Saint Saens:
Chistmas Oratorio
18.12.2010, 7.30pm
Christmas Events /
Theatre
A visit to the Semper Opera House
is especially enchanting in the Christmas season. During Advent, performances of Humperdinck’s “Hansel
and Gretel” or the ballet “Sleeping
Beauty” carry us off into a fairy-tale
world where good triumphs over evil.
This year’s children’s and family play
at the Staatsschauspiel Theatre
Dresden is the world premiere of the
fantasy adventure “Reckless” by Cornelia Funke. The story, set almost exclusively in the 19th century, is about
the brothers Jacob and Will Reckless
and is inspired by the fairy tales of
the Brothers Grimm. There will be eerie gingerbread houses, a queen who
is served by dwarves, unicorns, fairies, a speaking fox and much more.
The music for the stage version is
from the Dresden band Polarkreis 18,
who also attract international attention with their chart success.
“Christmas aboard the Theatre
Barge” has also become a fond
tradition with Christmas songs and
stories.
The “Striezelmarkt Economy” is the
end-of-year message from the satire
icons Manfred Breschke and Thomas
Schuch, who present you with a review of the past year’s highlights.
Once again this winter, the Landesbühnen Sachsen are presenting
several Christmas fairy tales: Wilhelm
Hauff’s fairy tale “Dwarf Longnose”
promises exiting adventure, the
“Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
as a ballet will enthuse the whole
family, and “Hansel and Gretel”, just
like every year, takes one right to the
heart of magic. The children’s opera
“Petterson and Findus” will also be
restaged.
Saxon State Opera Dresden
“Hansel and Gretel”
Saxon State Opera Dresden
Semper Opera House, Theaterplatz
www.semperoper.de
Dresden “Staatsschauspiel”
Theatre, Theatre
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
Semper Evening
Christmas Concert
With the opera company from the
Dresden Semper Opera
9.12.2010, 8pm
Reckless. Steinernes Fleisch
(Stone Flesh)
6.11.2010, 3pm and 7pm
10., 25.11., 1., 7., 8.12.2010, 10.30am
5., 19.12.2010, 5pm, 22.12.2010, 7pm
More dates starting from
September 2010:
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
Hansel and Gretel
26., 29., 30.11.2010,
6., 8.12.2010, 7pm
3.12.2010, 8pm
5.12.2010, 4pm
13.12.2010, 2pm and 7pm
Sleeping Beauty
Ballet in three acts
10., 12., 15., 17., 19.12. 2010, 7pm
With E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fantastic fairy
tale “Nutcracker and Mouse King“,
the Theater Junge Generation will
bring families into the Christmas spirit this year.
During the pre-Christmas period,
the State Operetta Dresden will be
presenting a Christmas show with
one night at the Dresden Christmas
market. Enjoy a festively merry Advent season with music from musicals, operettas and films as well as
Christmas classics in a charming new
guise.
4th Symphony Concert
Dresden State Orchestra
19.12.2010, 11am
20., 21.12.2010, 8pm
New Year’s Eve Concerts with
State Orchestra Dresden
30.12.2010, 8 pm
31.12.2010, 5 pm
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The classic once again at the palace
in the Grosser Garten:
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
and Gerold Theobalt
From the 26.11.2010
Dates starting from October 2010:
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
Dresden Staatsschauspiel
Theatre, Small theatre
(Kleines Haus), Glacisstrasse
www.staatsschauspiel-dresden.de
The Messiah
The alternative Christmas story.
From December 2010 (dates to be
confirmed).
Societätstheater, Hauptstraße
www.societaetstheater.de
www.neustaedteradvent.de
Grimms Creepy Jimjams
3. – 4.12.2010, 8pm
It’s Snowing On My Piano
Bugge Wesseltoft concert
6.12.2010
Landesbühnen Sachsen
“A Christmas Carol”
Kulturpalast, ballroom (Festsaal)
Altmarkt
www.kulturpalast-dresden.de
Pippi’s Search for Santa Claus
Children’s Christmas show with the
Dresdner Spatzen
Studio theatre
4.12.2010, 11am and 2pm
5.12.2010, 3pm and 4.30pm
When the Candles are Burning
Festive family programme
on Christmas Eve
24.12.2010, 2pm
Dresden State Operetta, Leuben
Pirnaer Landstraße 131
www.staatsoperette-dresden.de
Christmas with
Hansi Hinterseer
7.12.2010, 8pm
Christmas Show
27.11.2010, 4., 11., 18., 21., 22. and
23.12.2010, 7.30pm
12.12.2010, 3pm and 7.30pm
19.12.2010, 3pm
Christmas Magic
Tour of the world-famous magician
Hans Klok
9.12.2010, 8pm
tjg Theater Junge Generation
(Theatre of the Young Generation)
Meißner Landstraße 4
www.tjg-dresden.de
The Nutcracker
Peter Tschaikowsky
Russian State Ballet Academy
Krasnojarsk
11.12.2010, 6pm
Nutcracker and Mouse King
From 20.11.2010
(Dates to be confirmed)
Christmas is in the Air in the
Magic Dream Forest
with Reinhard Lakomy
12.12.2010, 3pm
Theatre of the Young Generation
“Dresdner Brettl” Theatre Barge
Terrassenufer / Augustus Bridge
www.theaterkahn-dresden.de
Christmas aboard the
Theatre Barge
Christmas songs and stories
24., 25.12.2010, 8pm
Dresden Cabaret
“Breschke & Schuch”
Wettiner Platz 10
www.kabarett-breschke-schuch.de
Striezelmarkt Economy 2010
1. – 19.12., 26. – 31.12.2010, 8pm
4., 11., 18., 31.12.2010,
additionally at 4pm
Seated Christmas
(Weihnachten im Sitzen)
Guest performance by the Top Dog
Brass Band
20.12.2010, 8pm
A fine Christmas Mess
(Schöne Bescherung)
Cabaret “Notenkopf”
22., 23., 25.12.2010, 8pm
tjg Puppet Theatre
Rundkino Prager Straße
www.tjg-dresden.de
The Princess and the Pea
From 27.11.2010
(Dates to be confirmed)
Wechselbad Theatre, Maternistr. 17
www.theater-wechselbad.de
Attack of the Santa Clauses
Cabaret & dinner
2. – 5., 9. – 12., 16. – 19.12.2010
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The Blue Unicorn
The new Christmas programme–
concert
9. – 12., 16. – 19., 21. – 23.12.2010
Godfather Drosselmeier’s
Workshop of Wonders
12. – 23.12.2010
Christmas at the Culture Town Hall
Königstraße 15
Merry Christmas Everywhere
11.12.2010, 2pm to 6pm
Landesbühnen Sachsen
Radebeul
Meißner Landstraße 152
www.dresden-theater.de
Dwarf Longnose
27.11.2010, 5pm,
4., 12., 19.12.2010, 3pm
7., 13, 16., 21.12.2010, 10am
Hansel and Gretel
Fairy tale opera
8., 9., 14., 15.12.2010, 10am
23.12.2010, 11am and 5pm
A Christmas Story
30.11., 6.12.2010, 10am
11.12.2010, 5pm
29.12.2010, 3pm
Petterson and Findus
17., 29.11., 2., 6., 7., 13.,
22.12.2010, 10am, 4.12.2010, 3pm
Advent Lunch
Romantic river cruise through the winter Elbe landscapes with Christmas
melodies and a hot and cold buffet.
28.11., 5.12., 12.12., 19.12.2010
11am to 2pm
Dresden Bakehouse
Huttenstraße 2b
www.dresdnerstollen.de
Stollen Bakery
Christmas City Tours
and Guided Visits
An outing on the Elbe can also be
particularly delightful in winter or at
Christmas time. The paddle-steamer
fleet of Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt
offers tours and cruises for young and
old, enabling you to leave the hectic
pace of the city behind you. Departing from the Dresden quayside, the
steamers set off upstream, passing
the three impressive Elbe palaces
Albrechtsberg Palace, Lingner Palace
and Eckberg Palace before turning to
return to Pillnitz Palace.
a reception with stollen and mulled
wine precedes a tour of the production area.
During walking and driving tours of
the city through festively decorated
Dresden, you can get to know more
about Saxon Christmas customs and
traditions.
Please ask the Tourist Information at the Kulturpalast Civic Centre
or directly at the Striezelmarkt at the
tourist Info Point (open daily).
Tel. +49 351 50 160 160
www.dresden.de/tourismus or
www.dresden.de/veranstaltungen
Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt
(Saxon Steam Boat Journey)
Departure from Terrassenufer
www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de
Palace Tour to the
Pillnitz Palace
1.11. – 22.12., 27. – 31.12.2010
daily 11am to 1.45pm
(except on Advent Sundays:
28.11., 5., 12., 19.12.2010)
River Sightseeing – to the Blue
Wonder Bridge and Back
1.11. – 23.11., 27. – 31.12.2010
Daily 2.30pm to 4pm
Stollen Cruise
Enjoy a cruise from Dresden to Pillnitz,
with stollen cake for the parents and
Christmas cookies for the children.
Good St. Nicholas is also on board on
6th December.
24.11. – 22.12.2010
Daily 3pm to 5pm
You can learn the secrets behind baking stollen during a guided visit to
the stollen bakery of the Dresdner
Bakehouse. An experienced Dresdner
stollen baker tells you not only about
the history and making of Dresdner
stollen, but also offers every visitor a
piece of stollen and a cup of coffee.
Christmas Lights Cruise
An unforgettable cruise from Dresden to Pillnitz with a festive 3-course
meal and a welcoming aperitif.
24.11. – 18.12.2010
Tues to Sat, 6.30pm to 9.30pm
Christmas time at Wackerbarth
Manor has many different facets.
Sensuous, pleasurable and charming
– the events are always something
special. In the “Realm of the Senses”,
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Guided Visit through
the Stollen Bakery
26.11., 3.12., 10.12., 17.12.2010
10.30am
(By appointment for groups of more
than 10 people:
Tel. +49 351 43 50 87 0)
Schloss Wackerbarth, Radebeul
www.schloss-wackerbarth.de
Advent Guided Tour
in the Realm of the Senses
A reception with in-house mulled
wine and stollen precedes an entertaining tour of the production area
and the tasting of three wines.
1.11. – 23.12.2010, daily 5.30pm
Saxon Christmas
Experience the Baroque castle ensemble in a festive Christmas atmosphere, and discover exquisite gift
ideas from Saxon manufacturers, together with a nice glass of good wine
and other culinary delicacies.
10.12.2010, 2pm to 8pm
11.12.2010, 10am to 8pm
12.12.2010, 10am to 6pm
Christmas workshop for children
12.12.2010, 10am to 5pm
Dresden City Museum
Wilsdruffer Straße 2
www.museen-dresden.de
Christmas in the Landhaus
Christmas
Exhibitions
For many years now, locals young and
old consider Christmas in Dresden to
be incomplete without a visit to the
special exhibition Christmas in the
Landhaus.
This year’s exhibition focuses on
the Advent calendar and Erzgebirge
Mountains folk art. 200 of the most
beautiful Advent calendars from the
collection of the Berlin Museum of
European Cultures will be presented.
Erzgebirge folk art is known
throughout the world for its Christmas lighted figures, pyramids, nutcrackers, smoking men and toys. The
Dresden City Museum will be showing the most beautiful pieces from
the collection of Klaus F. W. Tempel
from Dresden. The oldest of which is
about 150 years old.
A special highlight during the
Advent and Christmas season at the
Transport Museum is the 0-gauge
model railway at 325 square metres,
it is one of the largest and most important model railways of its size in
Europe. A popular tradition in Dresden
to set the mood for Christmas is a visit
to the Museum of Saxon Folk Art.
The time-honoured Jägerhof with
its cosy arches (recently made
wheelchair-accessible) is decorated
all over with individually designed
Christmas trees. Folk artists show
their craftsmanship, and children can
do arts and crafts in the craft corner.
The bells never sound sweeter than
at Christmas time…!
Only five minutes away from the
Striezelmarkt, the Deutsches Hygiene Museum welcomes you to the
special exhibition “What is BEAUTIFUL?”. The exhibition offers multifaceted insights and suggestions to
reflect about one’s own relationship
to beauty.
This year’s Christmas exhibition
at the Burgk Manor in Freital traces
back the origins of probably the most
classic Christmas figures, the angel
and miner, in all their different facets.
In the 17th century, churches in the
Erzgebirge region already used miner
figurines as candleholders instead of
altar candleholders.
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Christmas in the Landhaus
27.11.2010 – 9.1.2011
Advents and Christmas
Songs Concert
27.11.2010, 12., 18.12.2010, 4pm
5., 19.12.2010, 11am and 3pm
More information in November at
www.neustaedteradvent.de
Advent Songs
11.12., 18.12.2010, 2pm
Tues – Thurs, Sat, Sun 10am to 6pm,
Fri 10am to 7pm, Closed on 24., 25.,
31.12.2010, 1.1.2011
Deutsches Hygiene - Museum
Dresden
with children’s museum
Lingnerplatz 1
www.dhmd.de
Dresden Transport Museum
Augustusstraße 1
www.verkehrsmuseum-dresden.de
What is BEAUTIFUL?
Until 2.1.2011
Tues to Sun and bank holidays, 10am
to 6pm, Closed on 24., 31.12.2010,
1.1.2011 and all Mondays (except for
bank holidays)
Christmas Exhibition
It‘s Christmas Time
at the Johanneum
November 2010 – January 2011
“All signals clear” on the
0-gauge Model Railway
27.11.2010 – 2.1.2011
Daily, except Mondays, demonstrations: Tues – Fri 10.45am, 1.45pm,
3.45pm, Sun, Sat and Christmas holidays: 10.45am, 11.45am, 1.45pm,
2.45pm and 3.45pm
Advent Family Festival
With Santa Claus, music, dancing,
puppet shows, arts & crafts, and
much more.
5.12.2010, 10am to 5pm
Closed on 24., 25., 31.12.2010,
1.1.2011, and all Mondays
Museum of Saxon Folk Art
Köpckestraße 1, Jägerhof
www.skd.museum
Christmas at the Jägerhof 2010
27.11.2010 – 6.1.2011
Craft Corner
until 23.12.2010
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Freital Municipal Collections
at Burgk Monor
Altburgk 61, Freital
www.freital.de
“Miner’s Christmas”
at Burgk Manor
27.11.2010 – 2.1.2011
Tues – Fri, 1pm to 4pm
Sat and Sun, 10am to 5pm
24.12.2010, 10am to 1pm
26., 27.12.2010, 10am to 5pm
1.1.2011, 1pm to 5pm
Closed on 25., 31.12.2010
Dresden Transport Museum
Model Railway
Christmas on the suspended railway
Miscellaneous
Public tours: Daily (except Mondays)
at 11am, 2pm and 3pm
Christmas on the suspended
railway
Körnerplatz, near the “Blue Wonder”
Bridge
www.dvbag.de
Ice skating
The Baroque inner courtyard of the
Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski
Dresden is turned into a unique ice
skating winter wonderland from the
first Sunday in Advent. The romantic
atmosphere invites you to take to the
ice or to simply enjoy a warming mulled wine.
From 28.11.2010.
www.kempinski.com/dresden
From 1. – 24.12.2010, daily at 10am,
Santa Claus invites you to ride the
suspended railway and opens a window in a giant Advent calendar. On all
Advent Saturdays: Christmas songs,
trumpet concerts and more
(By appointment for groups:
Tel: +49 351 857 2410,
[email protected])
Winter time at the
Asisi panometer in Dresden
“1756 Dresden” – Tracing the myth
Gasanstaltstraße 8b
www.asisipanometer.de
Advent brunch for families
every weekend in Advent
Daily children’s activities and guided
visits, Thurs – Fri, 9am to 7pm
Sat, Sun and bank holidays,
10am to 8pm
Closed on 24.12.2010 and on all
Mondays
Shopping during Advent
Especially during the Christmas
season, the city centre of Dresden
attracts numerous visitors. And shopping is naturally also part of the lively
diversity of a city.
The shopping streets in Dresden
are exceptionally diverse. The varied
shopping opportunities of the Saxon
state capital start at Wiener Platz and
stretch over Prager Strasse, the Altmarkt and Wilsdruffer Strasse all the
way to the newly built area around
the Frauenkirche. On the other side
of the Elbe, the Hauptstrasse and the
Königstrasse Baroque quarter round
off the colourful shopping diversity.
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Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski, Ice skating
One can also find many worthwhile
shopping possibilities aside from the
main streets. This varied retail network with more than 500 intra-urban
shops makes the city of Dresden so
attractive.
www.cm-dresden.de
Shopping Sundays:
5.12.,12.12.2010, 12 noon to 6pm
www.cm-dresden.de
Information:
Dresden Tourism GmbH
www.dresden.de/tourismus
Tourist Information
Kulturpalast Civic Centre opposite the
Altmarkt
Mon – Fri, 10am to 7pm,
Sat, 10am to 6pm
Sun and bank holidays, 10am to 3pm
(shortened opening times in January,
February and March)
Tourist information and brochures
about Dresden and the region
Booking visits and trips
Booking of hotels, guesthouses,
private rooms and holiday flats
Booking of city tours and Christmas tours / walking tour
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Renting of audio guides Ger. / Eng.
City riddles and detective training
for children and families
Tourist Info Point
At the Striezelmarkt (open daily)
Tourist information and brochures
about Dresden and the region
Telephone Information
and Booking Hotline
Tel. +49 351 50 160 160
Mon – Sat, 9am to 6pm
To order information and materials
please email:
[email protected]
DISCOVER DRESDEN
WITH THE DRESDEN CARD 2010
Free travel on buses, trams and
city trains
Free admission to all state art
galleries (except the historical
Green Vault (Historisches Grünes
Gewölbe))
Numerous discounts
33rd German Protestant Church
Convention
www.kirchentag.de
1. – 5.6.2011
Elbhangfest Riverside Festival
www.elbhangfest.de
24. – 26.6.2011
Dresden Palace at Night
Highlights 2011
www.dresden.de/highlights.de
SemperOperaball
SemperOpenairball
www.semperopernball.de
14.1.2011
Erich Kästner Museum Festival
www.erich-kaestner-museum.de
19. – 23.2.2011
OUTLOOK Night of Fashion
www.outlookmode.de
5.3.2011
Operetta Ball
www.staatsoperette-dresden.de
11.3.2011
Long Night of Theatre
26.3.2011
Hercules’ Gold
300 years of Dresden Zwinger
Exhibition
www.schloesser-dresden.de
to March 2011
Johann Strauss Festival
www.staatsoperette-dresden.de
23. – 30.4. 2011
Days of Industrial Culture
www.meisachsen.de
25.3. – 3.4.2011
FIFA Women’s World Cup
Germany 2011™
www.fifa.com
26.6 – 17.7.2011
Dresden Film Festival
www.filmfest-dresden.de
12. – 17.4.2011
Long Night of Science
www.wissenschaftsnacht-dresden.de
1.7.2011
Dresden Waltz Night
www.dresdner-walzernacht.de
30.4.2011
Dresden Museum Summer Night
www.dresden.de/museumsnacht
9.7.2011
Traditional Steamer Parade
of the Saxon Steamship Company
www.saechsische-dampfschiffahrt.de
1.5.2011
21th Elbe Bank Film Night
www.filmnaechte-am-elbufer.de
July / August 2011
Art and Spirituality – On the
Search for Miraculousness
www.hellerau.org
12.5. – 4.6.2011
International Dixieland Festival
www.dixieland.de
17. – 22.5.2011
Karl May Festival Radebeul
www.karl-may-fest.de
3. – 5.6.2011
Dresden Palaces Night
www.dresdner-schloessernacht.de
16.7.2011
Special Exhibition:
Images of the Mind
www.dhmd.de
23.7. – 30.10.2011
Zwinger Festival Dresden
www.zwingerfestspiele.de
5. – 21.8.2011
Pillnitz Palace Night
www.pillnitzer-schlossnacht.de
6.8.2011
Special Exhibition
“Powerhouse Religion.
About God and the People”
www.dhmd.de
Until 5.6.2011
Moritzburg Festival
www.moritzburgfestival.de
6. – 21.8.2011
DRESDEN MUSIC FESTIVAL
www.musikfestspiele.com
18.5. – 5.6.2011
Dresden City Festival
www.dresden.de/stadtfest
August 2011
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Reopening of the Military History
Museum of the Bundeswehr
www.militaerhistorisches-museum.
bundeswehr.de
2nd half-year 2011
OSTRALE
www.ostrale-zentrum.de
September 2011
TonLagen – Dresden Festival
of Contemporary Music
www.KunstForumHellerau.de
30.9. – 15.10.2011
UNITY.DRESDEN.NIGHT
www.unity-dresden-night.de
October 2011
Dresden Marathon
www.dresden-marathon.de
23.10.2011
Dresden Jazz Festival
www.jazztage-dresden.de
4. – 13.11.2011
CYNETART Festival
www.cynetart.de
10. – 20.11.2011
Dresden Striezelmarkt
www.dresden.de/striezelmarkt
24.11. – 24.12.2011
New Year’s Eve
at Dresden’s Theaterplatz
www.silvester-theaterplatz.de
31.12.2011
Legal Information
Publisher:
Dresden Marketing GmbH
Theaterstraße 6, 01067 Dresden
[email protected]
www.marketing.dresden.de
Design: Sylke Scholz GRAFIK+DESIGN
Print: SDV Direct World, www.sdv.de
Photos:
Front page: Landeshaupstadt Dresden,
(Sylvio Dittrich)
Altmarkt Gallery,
Centrum Gallery,
DMG (Christoph Münch),
Frank Exß, Rainer Oettel,
Frank Höhler, René Gaens
Museums, Theatre, Organiser
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New Year’s Eve on the Theaterplatz 31.12.2010
SemperOperaball / SemperOpenairball 14.01.2011
www.dresden.de/highlights · Tel. + 49 (351) 50 160 150
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