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According to Tripadvisor travelers, these are the best ways to experience Augustusplatz: The classic - experience the city culinary (From $47.97) Leipzig private tour - Half day (From $493.72) first electrical carriage in town - guided City Tours - Leipzig (From $221.28) Leipzig's Communist Past: A Self-Guided Audio Tour (From $5.20) Leipzig Self Guided Audio Tour (From $19.90)

What hotels are near Augustusplatz?

Hotels near Augustusplatz: (0.06 mi) Radisson Blu Hotel, Leipzig (0.12 mi) Motel One Leipzig-Augustusplatz (0.04 mi) Motel One Leipzig-Post (0.06 mi) Felix Suiten am Augustusplatz (0.07 mi) Abito Suites View all hotels near Augustusplatz on Tripadvisor

What restaurants are near Augustusplatz?

Restaurants near Augustusplatz: (0.07 mi) HANS IM GLUECK Burgergrill & Bar (0.06 mi) Stadtpfeiffer (0.07 mi) Vapiano Leipzig (0.06 mi) Felix Restaurant (0.06 mi) Restaurant Spagos View all restaurants near Augustusplatz on Tripadvisor

What attractions are near Augustusplatz?

Attractions near Augustusplatz: (0.02 mi) Free Walking Tour Leipzig (0.02 mi) Leipzig Free Walking Tour (0.03 mi) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Monument (0.03 mi) Mendebrunnen (0.08 mi) Gruseltour Leipzig View all attractions near Augustusplatz on Tripadvisor

Augustusplatz - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

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“Best starting point in the city”

Aug 2022

... with many types of architecture.From the square you can access the university, Panorama tower or the city centre.

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Neighborhood: Zentrum

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Leipzig Central Station • 10 min walk

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Peter C

Newark, DE366 contributions

It's not the square ...

Jul 2014 • Friends

It's not the square that is great, it is what is on the square, the Gewandhaus concert hall and the opera house. It is also a place where most of the trams pass (even more at the train station), and it is the entrance to the entrance to the inner city (as is the train station).

Written July 22, 2014

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james s

Oakville, Canada42 contributions

Nice plaza

Jul 2012 • Family

You will find Starbuck here along with Lukas, which has the best baked goods in Leipzig. Many good restaurants down the pedestrian roadway that leads to the marketplace.

Written July 22, 2012

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Susie25524

Hamburg, Germany130 contributions

Goethe hung out here!

Dec 2015 • Couples

Very nice cellar restaurant. Great food. Not too expensive. Try the local dark beer and the daily special!

Written December 16, 2015

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PeterCsakvari

Berlin, Germany17 contributions

The essential Leipzig experience

Aug 2013 • Couples

There are two main plazas in Leipzig, the old Marktplatz and the newer Augustusplatz. I prefer the latter. Not only because its extraordinary architectural diversity with the Gewandhaus and the new university building with the skyscraper, but also because it's always crowded, even on Sundays, when other streets in the city center are empty. I can only recommend, but it's not easy to avoid it. When I think of Leipzig, Augustusplatz is the first thing that comes to my mind. Various events are being held on the square almost every weekend.

Written October 7, 2013

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Greece111 contributions

a nice area

Jul 2012

The Augustusplatz area seems very interessting for 3 reasons.First,the opera with the charmed DDR architektur,even inside you feel almost back to the 60s because the most doesent change.The second is the new DDR concert hall, a building who show you that even a DDR building can be beautifull.And third is the very impresed University building with the church tower,wau super beautifull!

Written July 11, 2012

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jordanellie41

Longridge, UK1,064 contributions

AVERAGE SQUARE

Mar 2020

This square is worth visiting because of the things around it worth seeing and not because the square itself is anything special. It is a vast open space with lots of seating areas to people watch. Apart from that theres nothing else there as the main fountain you still see in the TripAdvisor photos has been demolished for flat open ground.

Written March 8, 2020

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Liz C

Chichester, UK24 contributions

The new University building is stunning

Jun 2016 • Couples

The platz is interesting and lively but new university building is the real centre piece, stunning to look at

Written June 26, 2016

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ThomasWomack

Cambridge, UK102 contributions

It's a pleasant square

May 2016 • Solo

Four nice buildings on a square is as good as most cities can boast: the austere Opera House, the DDR-style Gewandhaus concert hall, a modern crystal of a church, and one of Leipzig's Tyler skyscrapers

Written May 14, 2016

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Andrew Gabriel

Copenhagen, Denmark310 contributions

Beautiful Square

Aug 2015 • Friends

Augustusplatz is a beautiful square where the opera house, the music hall and the university of Leipzig are located! Every one of these buildings is absolutelly astonishing! You can see three styles of architectures. The communist one (Opera house), the modern one (music hall) and the even more modern (University). A few minutes from there is the Grassimuseum!

Written August 25, 2015

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Peter C

Newark, DE366 contributions

Oper Leipzig and Gerwandhaus Orchester

Jul 2012

Oper Leipzig and Gerwandhaus Orchester. In the summer kids bathe in the fountain. It is a very pleasant square--though not special like the Marktplatz.

Written January 15, 2013

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