Leipzig
One day in Leipzig, Germany
A day through Leipzig’s best-known sights that lie close together: Schillerhaus, Leipzig Zoological Garden, Museum der bildenden Künste, Mendelssohn-Haus, Grassi Museum and Grassi Museum of Ethnology Leipzig. 6 stops, about 3.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- SchillerhausMuseum · On the map

- Leipzig Zoological GardenZoo or aquarium · 1.3 km on from Schillerhaus · On the map

- Museum der bildenden KünsteMuseum · 0.7 km on from Leipzig Zoological Garden · On the map
- Mendelssohn-HausMuseum · 0.9 km on from Museum der bildenden Künste · On the map

- Grassi MuseumMuseum · 0.4 km on from Mendelssohn-Haus · On the map

- Grassi Museum of Ethnology LeipzigMuseum · 0.1 km on from Grassi Museum · On the map

6 stops, about 3.3 km between them in straight lines.
More for Leipzig
- Things to do in Leipzig, Germany · 39 places to see, led by Monument to the Battle of the Nations and Museum der bildenden Künste
Day trips from Leipzig
- Berlin150 km awayPergamon Museum6 stops in a day, starting at Pergamon Museum
- Weimar83 km awayBuchenwald concentration camp38 places to see, led by Buchenwald concentration camp and Duchess Anna Amalia Library
- Potsdam127 km awaySanssouci Palace6 stops in a day, starting at New Palace
- Dresden101 km awayZwinger6 stops in a day, starting at Zwinger
Photo credits
- Schillerhaus: Appaloosa, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Leipzig Zoological Garden: Frank Vincentz, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum der bildenden Künste: LutzBruno, CC BY 3.0
- Mendelssohn-Haus: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Grassi Museum: JeanNeef, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Grassi Museum of Ethnology Leipzig: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
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