Leipzig travel guides

Auerbachs Keller is a working restaurant in Leipzig's Mädler Passage rather than a museum. This guide explains the Großer Keller, Historische Weinstuben and Mephisto Bar, the published hours, the reservation cutoff, and what a visitor without a booking can actually see from the passage.

The Bach Museum in Leipzig's Bose House covers the composer's life, family and music across several themed rooms, with interactive stations aimed well beyond specialists. This guide sets out what the operator publishes about opening hours, accessibility, free public days and special exhibitions, helping you judge whether the ticket earns its place in a Bach-focused visit.

The Baumwollspinnerei is a former cotton mill in western Leipzig that now holds studios, galleries and cultural venues. This guide explains what is free, how gallery opening days work, when artists open their studios and how to plan the trip.

BELANTIS opened in 2003 and now spans themed worlds on Leipzig's southern edge, with rides for every age and a new Idefix' Abenteuerland area. This guide sorts the ticket types, the ride lineup by thrill level, the fixed-hour Asterix meet-and-greet and the S-Bahn plus bus route from the city.

The City-Hochhaus on Augustusplatz is Leipzig's landmark tower and goes by several names at once: Uniriese, Weisheitszahn and Panorama Tower. The reason most visitors go inside is the viewing platform on the 31st floor, which carries an entry fee. This guide separates that paid viewing floor from the tower itself and from the restaurant in the same building, and explains which details the published sources confirm and which you still need to check with the operator.

Clara-Zetkin-Park is a free stretch of lawns, riverside paths and historic parkland just west of central Leipzig. This guide explains what the merged park complex contains, how to plan a walk, where paid food and family play areas fit in, and how to approach it from the city centre.

Cospudener See sits on Leipzig's southern edge and packs two sand beaches, a paved circuit, boat rental and a lake sauna into one day trip. This guide separates what is free from what costs money, explains how to reach each shore, and flags the rules that catch visitors out.

The Gewandhaus on Augustusplatz is Leipzig's working concert hall and home of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. This guide explains what the operator's guided tours involve, how accessibility is handled, and how to use the official schedule to pick a performance.

Leipzig's Musikinstrumentenmuseum sits inside the GRASSI, a shared museum quarter at Johannisplatz 5-11. It holds more than 9,000 objects tracing European instruments, but it is only one of three museums under that roof, so this guide explains what to see and what to verify before you go.

Leipzig Zoo packs 27 hectares of habitat-style enclosures and six theme worlds into the middle of the city, with Gondwanaland open as a tropical area all year. This guide covers arrival on the marked walking routes, what the free printed map does for your day, and how to shape a route that fits a half or full visit.

Plan Leipzig with landmark visitor guides, practical itinerary choices, family ideas and links to researched city guides and attraction details.

The Mädlerpassage is a covered arcade at Grimmaische Strasse 2-4 in central Leipzig, home to shops and offices, with the Auerbachs Keller entrance framed by its Faust and Mephisto bronzes.