Dresden

By car

Dresden can be reached without problems by car from the rest of Germany. It is well connected with the German highway system and a new Autobahn to Prague has been finished recently.

By train

Dresden is served by two big train stations, one on the northern side of the Elbe, Dresden Neustadt, and one on the southern side of the Elbe, Dresden Hauptbahnhof or main train station. Be sure to check if your train is really leaving/going to Dresden Hauptbahnhof or to Dresden Neustadt.

The main train station is situated at the southern end of Dresden's main shopping street, Prager Straße, and in short walking distance from most central attractions in Old Town. It is very well connected with the local bus and tram network and can be reached very quickly from nearly everywhere, also at night time. Trains to nearby towns, such as Meissen and Pirna run till around midnight. Regular trains leave the main train station for the rest of Germany Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich and to Prague and Budapest.

The other big train station called Dresden-Neustadt is located just north of the New Town and also offers very good train connections, as most trains run through there, too. Some trains even terminate there and not at the main train station. Dresden-Neustadt is also easily accessible by tram or car.

By plane

Dresden-Klotzsche Airport (http://www.dresden.aero) is located north of the city and can be reached by bus line 77 and 97 and tram line 7 change for the bus at tram station Infineon Nord. Even faster is the connection with local train lines S-Bahn, line S2 which takes 21 minutes to reach the main station.

Flights leave to nearly all important German cities and a few European destinations, like Moscow, Zurich and London. The emergence of low-frills airlines Germanwings (http://www.germanwings.de) and Air Berlin (http://www.airberlin.de) has led to reduced fares to Cologne, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Munich. Lufthansa (http://www.lufthansa.com) operates to most domestic destinations.