Dresden — The Phoenix

Samaneh Nasihatkon
3 min readSep 23, 2019

Hello

I had a special experience on Saturday, September 21. 8 hours visit to Dresden, around 30 k steps and visit as much as I could:

Dresden has been ruined during world war, especially with many many bombs dropped on this beautiful city, lots of fire and burnings. And then it was reconstructed again. This is why I read in an article that it can be called Phoenix.

I never thought that sharing my feelings will be this hard with my second language. But, as promised, I want to share this post sooner. It’s better than later. And yes, I am not satisfied with it.

Just want to say: Visit Dresden, your heart will feel everything. Specially in Zwinger Palace and Simultankirche Sankt Martin.

Long story short …

Here is a list of the places I visited in that 8 hours trip which you can follow on my Instagram highlights :

  • Kunsthofpassage
  • Simultankirche Sankt Martin
  • Dreikönigskirche — House of the Church Dresden
  • Golden Rider
  • Japanisches Palais
  • Augustus Bridge
  • Katholische Hofkirche
  • Fürstenzug
  • Frauenkirche Dresden
  • Brühl’s Terrace
  • Brühlschen Garten
  • Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
  • Oberlandesgericht Dresden
  • Schlossplatz
    Semperoper Dresden
  • Zwinger
  • Kronentor
  • Holy Cross Church

Sculptures / Tourist attractions

  • Moritzmonument
  • Friedrich August II Koenig Von Sachsen
  • Denkmal “Friedrich August dem Gerechten”
  • Ernst Rietschel Denkmal
  • Martin Luther Statue

Fountains

  • Artesischer Brunnen
  • Stille Wasser und Stürmische Wogen
  • Cholerabrunnen

Some places we just saw from distance, hopefully next time I will visit them:

  • Theater Ruin St. Pauli
  • Sächsische Staatskanzlei
  • Yenidze

Some places I passed and missed actually[ :( ]:

  • Hausmannsturm
  • Dresden Castle

If you are fan of Museums and Art Galleries, you will find a lot of them in Dresden:

  • Museum of Military History
  • Museum of Dresden
  • Erich Kästner Museum
  • Dresden Armory
  • Dresden Transport Museum
  • Old and New Green Vault
  • Albertinum
  • Dresden City Museum
  • Semper Gallery
  • Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon
  • Old Masters Picture Gallery
  • Dresden Porcelain Collection
  • Galerie Kunst und Eros
  • Kunsthaus Dresden
    Till Ansgar Baumhauer
  • produzenten | galerie
  • Kunsthandel und Galerie Ladron de Guevara
  • Atelier Uta Gneiße
  • GALERIE HOLGER JOHN
  • Finckenstein Galerie und Kunsthandel
  • Galerie Inspire ART
  • Kunsthaus Raskolnikow e.V.

Eat

Vapiano — Schössergasse 14, 01067 Dresden

It was the best experience with a restaurant I had so far, you can order directly to the chef, he / she will cook it in front of you, you can ask for flavors or also ask them not to use special ingredients you may not like or have allergy. And, it was so delicious.

Rest and Caffee or Tea

Starbucks — Altmarkt 7, 01067 Dresden

I ordered the biggest tea size [:D] Don’t do that, it was huge!

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Samaneh Nasihatkon

I’m a brave human who has come out of her comfort zone and fight all the taboos around. I have a blog in Persian language and here I am writing in English.