Dresden
Germany · Saxony
Dresden is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area, and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants. The Dresden metropolitan area has over 1.3 million inhabitants.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+2 · 8 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Saxony
- Main language
- German
- On the map
- 51.05° N, 13.74° E
Near Dresden
- Leipzig · 100 km away
- Karlovy Vary · 110 km away
- Prague · 119 km away
- Pilsen · 148 km away
- Schonefeld · 150 km away
- Potsdam · 156 km away
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Where to stay
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9.4/10 · 1600 reviews
Romantik Hotel Bülow Residenz
9.4/10 · 556 reviews
Aparthotel Am Schloss
9.2/10 · 5145 reviews
Aparthotel Neumarkt
9.2/10 · 4241 reviews
Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden
9.2/10 · 114 reviews
Hotel Suitess
9.1/10 · 8028 reviews
The Cloud One Dresden-Frauenkirche
9.1/10 · 5449 reviews
NH Collection Dresden Altmarkt
9/10 · 9489 reviews