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Leisure in Saxony Dresden Leipzig Chemnitz

The current Saxon online newspaper. The latest news about leisure in Saxony, Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig.

Christmas Garden in Dresden and Leipzig again this winter (archive photo) / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Christmas Garden returns to Dresden and Leipzig

The park at Pillnitz Palace in Dresden is transformed into a Christmas Garden every year during Advent. Thousands stroll through the staging of light and music - this has also been possible in Leipzig since 2023.

Zoo visitors have the opportunity to view the construction site from a platform and observe the progress for themselves. / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

Expansion at Leipzig Zoo continues

Leipzig Zoo wants to consistently implement its master plan, despite a number of obstacles. The vision of a modern zoo is to become reality by 2028. The next big step will start this year.

View of the Bastei in Saxon Switzerland, one of the state's tourist hotspots / Photo: Monika Skolimowska/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Saxony's tourism on the road to recovery

Saxony is a tourist magnet. The coronavirus pandemic has halted growth, but since the end of the pandemic, the number of visitors has risen again - and the balance sheet is positive.

View of the Bastei in Saxon Switzerland, one of the state's tourist hotspots / Photo: Monika Skolimowska/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Tourism in Saxony on the road to recovery

Saxony is a tourist magnet. The coronavirus pandemic has halted growth, but since the end of the pandemic, the number of visitors has risen again - and the balance sheet is positive.

The frost in spring led to enormous fruit losses for the cideries. / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Frost damage threatens Saxony's cideries

Every year, many Saxons bring apples, quinces and the like from their gardens and orchards to the cideries. But the harvest threatens to be a total failure. The result: rising prices.