Alter Johannisfriedhof

Surround yourself with different facets of culture and history in a complex that houses three different museums dedicated to music, art and anthropology.

Note the medley of architectural styles in this grand 18th-century square, which is surrounded by some of the city’s most acclaimed cultural institutions.

Enjoy a show at Leipzig Opera, a theatre with a story to tell in Leipzig. While you're in the area, find time to visit its shops.

Tour the campus of one of the oldest universities in the world, where historic buildings share a site with sleek new constructions.

Commemorate the people who peacefully took on the GDR and won at this moving tribute to the mass protests that rocked Leipzig in October 1989.

Peaceful revolutions, legendary composers and religious reformation all feature in the history of this fascinating 850-year-old church.