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2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden
2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden
2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden
2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden
2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden

2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden

By Fraser Macdonald
5 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is £34 per adult
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Overview

Allow New Zealand anthropologist Dr Fraser Macddonald to take you on a fascinating tour into the architectural and social history of the GDR in Dresden. With special attention paid to the ideological and cultural significance of the buildings, Dr Macdonald will take travellers around the focal points of the GDR's urban planning developments in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. We begin at the southern end of Prager Strasse and take in many crucial architectural features before moving on to the famous Kulturpalast, where travellers will have the opportunity to look inside. We then move to the old town and discuss which buildings the GDR decided to restore after the war, which they chose to demolish, and which they simply ignored. We arrive finally on Neustadt Markt, the crown jewel in GDR urban planning in Dresden and discuss its historical and contested ongoing significance.

Activity location

  • Prager Strasse
    • Prager Strasse
    • Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Dresden Central Station
    • 4 Wiener Platz
    • 01069, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

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2 Hour GDR Walking Tour in Dresden
  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 16:00
Price details
£34.31 x 1 Adult£34.31
Total
Price is £34.31

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional Guided Tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance to Kulturpalast auditorium (tickets cost 8 euro)

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants will need to be carried
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a private individual (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Prager Strasse
  • 30m
Prager Strasse was one of the main focal points of the spatial planning of the GDR regime and contains many architectural monuments from the time. We will see the famous three Interhotels Prager Strasse, the Interhotel Newa, as well as the enormous and iconic Prager Zeile
Cineplex Rundkino Dresden
  • 10m
Here travellers will see the legendary Rundkino (round theatre) and learn about its architectural and social history.
Pusteblumenbrunnen
  • 5m
While the number of dandelions has been reduced from five to three, this was yet another important spatial design feature of the GDR regime in Dresden and travellers will be able to get up close and learn more about it.
Kulturpalast Dresden
  • 15m
  • Admission ticket not included
Sitting proudly on the Altmarkt square, the famous Kulturpalast was the cultural temple of the GDR regime in Dresden and travellers will have the chance to learn about its architectural and social history as well as to see the communist artwork that bedecks its exterior and interior aspects.
Denkraum Sophienkirche
  • 15m
Here travellers will learn of one of the lamentable aspects of the GDR development of Dresden, namely, the demolition of the ruins of the famous Sophienkirche and the building of a giant cafeteria in its place.
Theaterplatz
  • 15m
Here we will be able to take in the magnificent architectural surroundings and assess them in terms of the efforts of the GDR. We will see which buildings were reconstructed by the GDR, which were demolished, and which were simply ignored.
Golden Rider
  • 30m
From this iconic statue of August the Strong we are able to survey perhaps the most significant urban planning project of the GDR in Dresden, namely, the Neustadter Markt. This was highly significant for creating prefabricated housing in a historic precinct and also sought to factor in a variety of artistic and lifestyle features typical of communist design.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESPrager Strasse
    • Prager Strasse
    • Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEDresden Central Station
    • 4 Wiener Platz
    • 01069, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

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