Leipzig

Bach wrote most of his cantatas for the church's famous boys' choir, the Thomanerchor... the church continues as the choir's home as well as a center of Bach tradition. — Fodor's

Showcases 2,000 years of works from Leipzig's and eastern Germany's proud tradition of handicrafts. — Fodor's

Views from the top are monumental. If you need to bone up on your history, swing by the integrated Forum 1813 exhibit within the monument complex first. — Lonely Planet

Offers several interactive displays; arranging the instrumental parts of Bach's hymns is by far the most entertaining. — Fodor's

Exhibits detail how Stasi operated within East Germany through various methods, most interesting of which show the tools of espionage. — Frommer's

The city's leading art gallery is modernist minimalism incarnate, set in a huge concrete cube encased in green glass in the middle of Sachsenplatz Square. — Fodor's

This church with its undistinguished facade was center stage during the demonstrations that helped bring down the Communist regime. — Fodor's

16th-century town hall stands on the 12th-century Renaissance Markt...Inside, you'll find the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum (Museum of City History) chronicling the city's cultural and political history — Frommer's

One of Germany's most progressive, Leipzig Zoo's stand out attraction is Gondwanaland, a jungly wonderland of 17,000 plants and 300 exotic animals. — Lonely Planet

The celebrated Augustusplatz is a dream for music lovers, with the Oper house and the Gewandhaus, two worldwide known music venues. — Afar Magazine

The only surviving residence of the composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy is now Germany's only museum dedicated to him. — Fodor's

The Museum für Angewandte Kunst is the second oldest in Germany and has one of the finest collections of art-nouveau and art-deco furniture, porcelain, glass and ceramics in the country. — Lonely Planet

At the Museum für Völkerkunde you can plunge into an eye-opening journey through the cultures of the world. — Lonely Planet

Inside the Altes Rathaus, this museum documents Leipzig's past. — Fodor's

This fascinating, enormous and very well curated exhibit tells the political history of the GDR, from division and dictatorship to fall-of-the-Wall ecstasy and post-Wende blues. — Lonely Planet

At the fabulous Musikinstrumenten-Museum, housed inside the Grassi Museum complex, you can discover music from five centuries in the prestigious and rarity-filled exhibits. — Lonely Planet

With 26 platforms, Leipzig's main train station is Europe's largest railhead. — Fodor's

The neo-baroque Neues Rathaus is one of the world's largest town halls with some 600 rooms and an impressive 108m-high tower. — Lonely Planet