LEIPZIG TODAY

The new building of the university in Leipzig

During the last few years great investments were done for the complete renewal of the infrastructure and the reconstruction of many ancient buildings in the city. By that the public became aware of the abundance of the historic building stock of Leipzig.

Worth mentioning are the many passages, arcades, areaways and alley ways in the centre of the city, forming their own network of ways through the inner-city.

Meanwhile renowned companies as BMW, Porsche and DHL chose Leipzig for new production or logistic sites. Surely because of the modern and perfect infrastructure of the region, but perhaps also because of the circumstance that in Leipzig modern age, tradition and history perfectly found together.

The Strohsack arcade in Leipzig

Beside all the historic sights, the museums and cultural events, Leipzig is an ideal town for shopping, strolling around, and relaxing.

You will find a lot of shopping malls, coffee-houses, bars, and restaurants, e.g. the main station, the biggest 'Kopfbahnhof' in Europe, from 1995 till 1997 completely renovated, nowadays is a shopping mall and a meeting place on three floors with more then 100 shops, cafés and restaurants.

View to the Zoo in Leipzig - autumn 2011

The Grassi Museum in Leipzig

The Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig