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GPS Coordinates

1 -- Dresden, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.047744 / Lon: 13.741749
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2 -- Tourist Information, Dresden, Germany
Decimal Lat: 51.050491 / Lon: 13.737238
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Dresden, Germany, Visitor Info & Getting Around

Population

510.776
(Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen; Dec 31, 2008, tentative)

Airport

Dresden International Airport; however, it is no major airport and mainly relevant for domestic flights or to neighbor countries. Visitors from overseas should consider these major German airports: Frankfurt/Main and Berlin. See websites further below.
From Berlin which is the closest International Airport it is a 3 hr trip either via train or car.

Getting around

Public Transportation

Operated by: DVB - Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe.
Please visit their website for further details. We have listed the web link in our 'Official City+Tourism Links' to be found further below.

Upper Elbe Regional Transport (VVO) is the regional operator of public transportation and has a informative website, also in English. Go there and find lot of information about fares, the network of bus & trains, and also about getting around by car or bicycle, including addresses.

Please visit their website for further details. We have listed the web link in our 'Official City+Tourism Links' to be found further below.

Others

Bicycles: You can rent bicycles at the Hauptbahnhof (main train station). Several private companies are renting bicycles and Electro-Bikes, and some accommodations have bicycles for rent.

Location

Dresden, the capital city of the German Federal Free State of Saxony is situated on the banks of the Elbe river. See also the map.

Tourism Office (in German: 'Fremdenverkehrsamt')

Schloßstraße 2, 01067 Dresden

Climate & Temperatures in Germany