What to expect
Rapid restoration from ravages of war has revived this city's age-old splendor
When to go
April for award-winning animation and short films at Dresden Film Festival
What to do
Albertinum treasures, Kreuzkirche choir, Schloss Pillnitz architecture, Hofkirche crypt
Local colour
Unwind at Kügelgenhaus--a café with beer cellar housed in a Baroque building
Don't miss
Natural history, science, weaponry, and art at Zwinger's impressive museum complex
Don't forget
Brush up on local WWII history with Vonnegut's
Slaughterhouse Five before you go