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Around the royal wedding of Prince Harry with Meghan Markle, England gains additional attraction as a tourist destination. Travelers will find cliffs, castles and green hills in this part of Britain.

London

London offers some of the best museums in the world, famous sights and an exciting nightlife with lots of live music. This mixture is attractive. The English capital is the most visited city in Europe and attracts millions of tourists every year.

castles

During a visit to one of the countless castles you can immerse yourself in the history of England. Many of these old buildings are well maintained and preserved. So Dover Castle, a medieval fortress towering over the white cliffs of Dover.

tea

The traditional "Tea Time", the "Five O'Clock Tea", is served with black tea and milk. The tea culture of the country originated in the mid-17th century. There are also scones, a soft pastry. It's best to warm the scones with jam and clotted cream, a kind of thick cream.

architecture

England also stands for modern building with architects like Norman Foster and David Chipperfield. In London, you can go for a swim in the Aquatics Center designed by architect Zaha Hadid for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Stonehenge

The two stone circles are the most famous prehistoric monument in England. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Whether the stones served as a temple, observatory or burial ground remains unclear to this day. The stones of the inner circle were set up around 2500 BC.

Manchester

The former industrial center of Manchester has become a modern city with trendy bars and clubs. The Manchester International Festival features world-renowned musicians, artists and actors every two years.

gardens

In England there are countless large landscaped gardens, but also many small publicly accessible flower gardens. A famous example of English garden art is Stourhead Garden southwest of London. In 1740 the complex was opened as a Gesamtkunstwerk consisting of meadows, lakes, forests, viewpoints and visual axes.

The Beatles

If you are a Beatles fan, come to Liverpool. In the suburbs of the city are still the houses in which three of the mushroom heads spent their childhood. Liverpool is also home to Penny Lane, the Beatles Story Museum and the Cavern Club, the basement lounge where The Beatles performed hundreds of shows.

Cornwall

The southwestern part of England has a surprisingly mild climate for English conditions. But what makes Cornwall special is its nature and landscape: rough, steep rocky coasts, small fishing villages and long sandy beaches. Ideal setting for crime stories by Agatha Christie or novels by Rosamunde Pilcher.

Shakespeare

His works have elevated the English language to art. In the county of Warwickshire one comes particularly close to the poet William Shakespeare. In Stratford-upon-Avon his birthplace and his classroom can be seen. His world-famous stage plays are performed regularly throughout England, including the Globe Theater in London.

At Pentecost, the Saxon city is a destination for the fans of Wave Gothic - then mixes a lot of black in the colorful scene. Leipzig is considered hip anyway and offers creative freedom to young creatives.

The in-street KarLi

Leipzig is booming. The city grows annually by more than 10,000 inhabitants. Especially young people move here. Everywhere you can feel this young and creative atmosphere. For example, on Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, called KarLi for short. Here mixes bars, fancy shops and adventurous factory lofts.

Trendy place Plagwitz

Attractions for young people is also the district Plagwitz with the Karl-Heine-Straße. Here you notice especially the unfinished charm of the city: In addition to old factories have opened new pubs. Cheap studios and offices attract artists and start-ups, graffiti decorates unrenovated houses. There are also events such as the "West Package", an alternative art, culture and street festival.

Party for every taste

Original atmosphere offers Dr. med. Strange in Plagwitz. During the day, bicycles are repaired here, in the evening the shop is transformed into a small pub. If you prefer to go out chic decides for the club L1. Elektro, Indierock and Co. are mainly played in the south and west of the city - in locations like the Distillery or Conne Island.

Charm of decay

The many open spaces in the city leave room for new ideas. Typical are the old industrial buildings, which are used as party locations or venues. But many a factory site - like here the Maschinenfabrik Leipzig - is still deserted and fascinated in its own way.

Art instead of cotton

A well-known example of the redesign of a former factory is the cotton mill. Ateliers, galleries, exhibitions make them the center of the Leipzig art scene. The Galerie Eigen + Art also has its headquarters here. It has made the "Neue Leipziger Schule", a modern art of painting, internationally known. Her most famous representative is Neo Rauch.

Modern university with tradition

Leipzig is very popular with students. The University of Leipzig was founded in 1409, making it the second oldest in Germany. Celebrities like Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Richard Wagner studied here. The central main building of the university with church - since 2012 in a new guise - rinses the student life in the heart of the city.

From the mining to the bathing area

Everything is accessible by bike, including the man-made lakes in Leipzig's surroundings. There are some of them. The most popular meeting place is the Cospudener See. Originally yawned here a deep lignite open pit. This was flooded and transformed into a bathing lake. On its shore, there is the longest sandy beach in Saxony, it is one kilometer long.

Places to chill out

The parks and gardens in Leipzig's city center are always well populated in the summer. For example, the Lene Voigt Park (picture) or the Clara Zetkin Park. Playing volleyball, barbecuing or just lounging in a hammock - here, too, you can see especially young people.

Wave Gothic meeting

Every year on Pentecost Leipzig's parks offer a special spectacle. Thousands of Black Scene supporters conquer the city at Wave Gotik, the largest gothic festival in the world - three days of show, concerts and parties - not only in costumes in black costumes but also in opulent Victorian dresses. with wigs and ornate hats.

Bach, Thomaner and prince

Leipzig is a city of music, the famous Gewandhausorchester and the Thomanerchor perform here, the composer Johann Sebastian Bach lived here from 1723 to 1750. Leipzig is also the hometown of the Princes, with six million records sold and still one of the most successful bands from Germany. Music, alternative life, young people: Yes, Leipzig rocks!