Parks, green areas and forests
People lying on a meadow in the Clara-Zetkin-Park
Clara-Zetkin-Park
© City of Leipzig
Who wants to spend an active holiday in Leipzig, can choose from a wide selection of offers. Leipzig is a green city, about one-third consists of green areas, forests, parks, allotments and sports surfaces. As a green belt, the riparian forest moves from north to south in a wide strip directly through the city. Here you can walk, go by bike or in part with the horse on a discovery tour. A popular destination is here the Auensee with its miniature railway.
Large green rest areas, within walking distance from the historic city center, are the Rosental and the Clara-Zetkin-Park. Ponds, a fountain, lawns, playgrounds, outdoor seating and an open air stage offer in the warmer months, many recreational opportunities. Here is also the oldest sports venue in Leipzig: the racecourse in the disc of wood, which was opened in 1863 and the racing season is a first address.
Lakes and rivers
Canoes on a river in the floodplain
Paddling on the Course 1
© City of Leipzig / Office of Sports
For a long time the Leipzig waters were polluted by industrial and sewage. This is luckily history and so Leipzig is back to a livable city water. Not only many species of fish feel at home again. The waters are not only attractive to anglers - but also for all who would like to take a boat trip. In a boat ride or a paddle boat, you can discover a lot. For example, the charming brick industrial architecture at the Karl-Heine canal in Plagwitz. This way also runs a well-developed bicycle path between the city center and Leipzig-Grunau. There you will find the Kulkwitzer See one of the most popular recreation areas of the city with beach and campsite.
For field trips with the family is walking and cycling tours. In the southern floodplain forest is the deer park. In large enclosures you can watch European forest animals here. Admission is free. Drive a little further, you will then go to Cospuden, where beaches, restaurants and a floating stage invite to relax.
Amusement Park Belantis
Visitors in front of a building of the Parks Belantis
© LTM, Andreas Schmidt
For all lovers of amusement parks located Belantis offers. In eastern Germany's biggest theme park you can experience on approximately 25 hectares with 60,000 square meters of water surface and a 4 km long trail a historic journey through time.
Botanical Gardens and Zoo
An orangutan sits in a web of ropes.
© Leipzig Zoo
Other oases of Leipzig are the Botanical Gardens, which has a butterfly house with about 200 species, and the Leipzig Zoo. The zoo is only a few minutes away from the city center and with its Troppenhalle Gondwanaland not only in good weather a recommendation. Another highlight is the Pongoland, a spacious home to various species of monkeys. For children, the zoo has a lot to offer. By the gradual conversion of plants in species-appropriate plants with plenty of space, the Zoo increasing its popularity continues.
sports
Interior of the Red Bull Arena Leipzig at a football game with crowded places
Red Bull Arena Leipzig
© GEPA Pictures
Besides football, the most famous clubs in the RB Leipzig and Leipzig are 1.FC locomotive, Leipzig can, cycling, volleyball, handball and hockey Canoeing look back on long traditions and achievements in swimming. Each year international competitions form special sporting attractions. A permanent place in the diary of top athletes already have the horse as a partner with the World Cup in riding, athletics meeting LE Athletics and various international competitions in canoe slalom canoe found in Park Markham.
One attraction is the Red Bull Arena Leipzig. With 100,000 seats was the stadium that was inaugurated in 1956 under the name Central Stadium, once the largest stadium in Germany. In order to adapt it to the requirements of a modern sports facility and again used for national and international competitions, it was converted into a new arena with 45,000 seats. At the 2006 World Cup it was the venue for five games. Here also large open-air concerts.
Leipzig offers but also for all recreational athletes much room for activities, whether in-line skating, swimming, climbing, water skiing, sailing and much more.
Playgrounds
Children on a playground
© City of Leipzig / Quo
Can really let off steam, the little ones on one of over 300 playgrounds in Leipzig.
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