The leisure programme and registration for excursions in winter term start in October. The programme offers some excursion classics and new destinations, every semester. If you are interested in the past activities check out the archive (see drop down menu below).

Find all information about the events, how to register and where to pay the fee, be­low. Office hours start on Tuesday, Octo­ber 8th, 2019:

Opening hours on Tuesday and Thursday
9:30-11:30am and 1:00-3:30pm
at BSS, Strehlener Str. 22, room 669 ​

INFORMATION DAY OF THE INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
On Monday, October 7th, 2019, you will meet many important people and or­gani­za­tions that will help you to study suc­cess­fully at TU Dresden. Above all, the tutors will support you at the start of your studies and go on a campus tour with you. The Cultural Office team and student or­gani­za­tions will be glad to meet you at the information market.
Find more information in the TU Dresden news.

INFORMATION MARKET AT THE MATRICULATION CEREMONY
Another opportunity to meet the Cultural Office team and learn all details about this semesters excursions is the information market on Thursday, October 10th, 2019, from 1 to 4pm, in the entrance hall of the Auditorium Centre, Bergstraße 64.
Follow this link for more details regarding the Matriculation Ceremony.

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COOK CLUB
Culinary delights from all over the world tastes best when prepared together! Every month we meet to get to know the traditional food of a different country. For this event, we invite you to cook with us and to present your own culture! On Friday, October 18th, 2019 we start with a simple dish from Germany.
Which dish would you like to prepare with other students on Friday, November 22, 2019 or December 20, 2019? Share your culinary inspiration with us by email!
Fee: 2 Euros
Included in the price: cooking and dinner together
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WELCOME CITY TOUR ON A DVB TRAM
The semes­ter programme will start on Saturday, October 19th, 2019, with an invitation by the Cultural Office, DVB and the stu­dents of the Faculty of Trans­porta­tion and Traffic Sciences to disco­ver Dresden on a special tram journey. We will ride around various parts of the city and show you several sights and places of interest. The team of the Cultural Office will share perso­nal insights and give tips about places to go to and things to do during the winter semester!
Free admis­sion, also for international guest scien­tists and their friends and col­leagues.
Pick up your free ticket at the Cultu­ral Office, during the office hours, and on the events mentioned above.
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100 YEARS BAUHAUS –
VISIT TO HELLERAU
The FestspielhausHellerau was founded as an educational institution for music and rhythm in 1911. Today it is one of the most important international centers of contemporary dance in Germany and Europe. In the year 2019 is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Bauhaus. On Friday, October 25th, 2019 we would like to take you on a discovery of the typical architecture and after dinner together, invite you to experience a piece of contemporary performing arts: the play “I am not ashamed of my communist past”. The authors take us back to their country of birth, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a country that has now been replaced by new states with different names – a retrospect to a piece of the European history.
Fee: 8 Euros
Included in the price: dinner, guided tour Fest­spielhaus area, admission "I am not ashamed of my communist past“ (Serbian with German surtitles, audience discussion from 10pm)
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PEACEFUL REVOLUTION 1989 – LEIPZIG
On the weekend of November 2nd to 3rd, 2019 we invite you on a journey into recent German history and will travel to Leipzig, where the Peaceful Revolution began in 1989. A guided tour of the Contemporary History Forum will tell you all about the historical background before you get to know the main places of the revolution during a city tour. After a night in the vibrant metropolis, we will climb the famous Monument to the Battle of the Nations and marvel at Leipzig from above.
Fee: 30 Euros
Included in the price: accommodation with breakfast, lunch and admission fees
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PEACEFUL REVOLUTION 1989 – BAUTZNER STRAßE MEMORIAL
An important place for the peaceful revolution in the GDR was the regional office of the Stasi (Ministry of State Security of the GDR) and prison at Bautzner Straße in Dresden. Today, a memorial and museum commemorates the political opposition against this institution that was domestic secret police, investigative agency and foreign intelligence service in one. On Saturday, November 9th, 2019, the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, you will learn about the events that took place in Dresden in autumn '89, during a guided tour of the exhibition "STASI. Exhibition on the GDR state security". After lunch together, we return to the present days and you can train your drawing skills in the comic workshop "familiarstrange". It gives you and other students from around the world the opportunity to reflect on the current questions of departure, living abroad and finding a new home.
Fee: 3 Euros
Included in the price: guided tour of the memorial, lunch together
Fee: 5 Euros
Included in the price: guided tour of the memorial, lunch together, participation comic workshop
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100 YEARS BAUHAUS –
CHEMNITZ CITY OF MODERNITY
Probably no other city meets the term "city of modernity" as Chemnitz. On Sunday, November 17, 2019, we will take a day trip to the Saxon neighbor city and discover two great examples of the Modern architecture in the year of the 100th Bauhaus anniversary. First, we visit the department store Schocken, built by the architect Erich Mendelson, once part of one of the most successful department store chain in Germany with an eventful and tragic history. Today, it is home of the Saxon State Museum of Archeology (smac). Afterwards we take you to take a dip in the Chemnitz public baths - in its time of origin one of the largest and most modern indoor swimming pools in Europe.
Fee: 9 Euros
Included in the Price: guided tour department store Schocken (smac), admission public swimming pool, lunch
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COOK CLUB
Culinary delights from all over the world tastes best when prepared together! Every month we meet to get to know the traditional food of a different country. For this event, we invite you to cook with us and to present your own culture! On Friday, November 22, 2019, we will have a mix of dishes from Germany, Vietnam and Great Britain.
For Friday, December 20, 2019, we are still looking for your culinary inspiration. Which dish do you want to prepare with other students ? Let us know by email! 
Fee: 2 Euros
Included in the price: cooking and dinner together
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TUD CAMPUS HISTORY
On Saturday, November 23rd, 2019, we will not visit the buildings of TU Dresden for seminars or lectures, but will learn about the campuses interesting historical backgrounds. The former justice area around theGeorg-Schumann-Bau with its court, detention center and place of execution is today home to the Münchner Platz Memorial. After a guided tour of the exhibition, you regain powers around the lunch table and continue with a campus walk into the history(s) of your alma mater.
Fee: 5 Euros
Included in the price: Guided tour through the memorial place, Lunch, guided tour through the campus
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ADVENT SEASON AT THE
GINGERBREAD TOWN PULSNITZ
Since 1558 traditional gingerbread has been baked in the small town Pulsnitz in the north of Dresden. On Saturday, November 30th, 2019, you will find out all about the gingerbread handicraft on our day trip - in the old town streets, in the gingerbread museum and of course as a baker in the bakery! After lunch, the traditional Christmas market and the Christmas song singing in the Nicolaikirche get us in the right mood for the first Advent.
Fee: 10 Euros
Included in the price: Bake and decorate your own gingerbread.
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DRESS REHEARSAL FOR BALLETT OPERA “IPHIGENIE IN TAURIS”
On Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019 you get the chance to visit the dress rehearsal for the ballet opera "Iphigenia in Tauris", at the Semper Opera. This event is only open to students and students from Dresden. After having a coffee together, you will get to know the work behind the scenes during an introductory talk (in German). Afterwards you get an insight into the rehearsal work at the world-famous opera house in Dresden.
Fee: 4 Euros
Included in the price: visit to a café and dress rehearsal
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INTERNATIONAL X-MAS Party OF TU DRESDEN
On Friday, December 6, 2019, the TU Dresden invites all employees, students and alumni with their friends and family to celebrate Christmas season, at the auditorium in the lecture hall center, Bergstraße 64. You will find a colour­ful cultural programme with contri­butions from all over the world. Maybe even Santa Claus pays us a visit?

Join the event on Facebook  and find more information at www.tu-dresden.de/xmas.

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VISIT TO THE STOLLEN BAKERY
On Sunday, December 8th, 2019, the “Stollenmädchen” Johanna, will take us on a culinary expedition through the Stollen bakery and explain the secrets of this famous Dresden Christmas pastry. At the end of our tour, we will of course try an assortment of the famous Striezel with coffee and tea.
Fee: 4 Euros
Included in the price: bakery tour and Stollen tasting
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MINING TRADITIONS AT FREIBERG
Join us on Saturday, December 14th, 2019, to Freiberg and learn more about the historic mining town. In the Freiberg Castle, we get an overview of the world's treasures of the earth at the largest private mineral exhibition. After lunch together, we will explore the old town. The day will be rounded off with an Advent concert in the Romanesque church of St. Nicholas.
Fee: 8 Euros
Included in the price: fee and guided tour terra mineralia exhibition, lunch, Advent concert
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COOK CLUB
Culinary delights from all over the world tastes best when prepared together! Every month we meet to get to know the traditional food of a different country. For this event, we invite you to cook with us and to present your own culture! On Friday, December 20, 2019, we get into the season spirit! Let's bake and decorate traditional Christmas cookies together! But we don't want you to go hungry. Therefore, we will prepare a classical Saxon dish for Christmas eve: potatoe salad with sausages. Feel free to bring a sweet or starter to share that is related to holidays in your home country!
Fee: 2 Euros
Included in the price: cooking and dinner together
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How did you like our excursions this semester? By the end of each term we ask you to participate in our online sur-vey. Take 5 minutes and win a 5€ travel voucher or TUDmerchandise set!
One more detail: All TUD students can take part - regardless whether they already joined one of the events offered by the Cultural Office or not. Good luck!