Via [
IHT] --
Today's issue of IHT's travel section
[
profiles] the city
which come June, will be playing host to the 2006 World Cup.
We're talking about Leipzig, Germany, of course.
The 4-screen profile gives an overview of the history
and main attractions in the city nicknamed Heldenstadt (the
City of Heroes), teases us with little-known trivia
(Leipzig was home to Germany's first conservatory)
and supplies the minimal amount of neighborhood savvy:
The Zentrum has some beautiful Saxon architecture and
remains very lively until late...
The Süd district is more modern and younger; cafés
and boutiques selling everything purses to yarn line
strip for about 10 blocks.
There are plenty of hotel rooms in the city (11,500, according
to the IHT) which should work in your favor should you decide
to visit, but beware that during the World Cup accomodation
is likely to be scarce and the prices inflated.
[
The
City of Heroes and Saxon allure]
The Associated Press reminds us that
[
The
Berlinische Galerie]
of modern art will reopen for the first time
in its own space on Saturday.
The museum is housed in a former
warehouse. It features hundreds of thousands of artworks including
pieces by George Grosz, Otto Dix and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.
P.S. The illustrative collage
shows two pieces by V.Lewandowsky (left) and O.Dix (right).
