Cultural programme in the winter term 2021/22
Below you will find an overview of the events that took place during the winter semester 2021/22. You will receive up-to-date information via our newsletter or on our facebook page.
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INDIVIDUAL OFFERS
Orienteering through the old town of Dresden
Can you find the right way only with a map and a compass? - Show it during an orienteering run in the old town of Dresden. You run or walk through the old town armed only with a map and have to find the right route between different stations. You will also have to answer small riddle questions. Send us the correct solution and win great prizes!
More detailed information can be found at this link: https://cloudstore.zih.tu-dresden.de/.../s/5CSYgq2NZ38Djif
Find more tracks in and around Dresden at: dresdner-stadt-ol.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Information Day of the International Office for international students
Monday, October 4, 2021
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 look forward to meeting you at the information market.
17.10. I Welcome city tour on a DVB tram
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Traditionally, the semester programme begins in a yellow DVB tram. During an exclusive city tour with the Cultural Office team you will get to know Dresden's highlights and receive useful insider tips.
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, or at the information market on Monday, 4 October 2021 (mentioned above).
Fee: free admission
23.10. I "Dynamo" soccer stadium and Great Garden
+++FULLY BOOKED+++
Saturday, October 23, 2021
Dynamo Dresden is an absolutely traditional club. On a guided tour of the stadium, you will learn everything about Dresden's soccer history and get exclusive insights behind the scenes. From the press room, to the locker rooms, to the hallowed turf itself, nothing is off limits. You can also look forward to an extraordinary exploration of the Great Garden by train.
Fee: 6,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour at the stadium, coffee and cake, ride with park railway
Join the event on Facebook
29.10. I Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra at the Kulturpalast
+++FULLY BOOKED+++
Friday, October 29, 2021
A day dedicated to music and culture: We will invite you to a guided tour of the newly renovated Kulturpalast and allow you a very special look behind the scenes of the concert hall and orchestra. Afterwards, we will watch the dress rehearsal for the performance of Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid". The Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra will accompany Chaplin's famous silent film with live music. At the end of a successful afternoon, we will exchange our impressions over coffee and cake.
Fee: 5,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour at the Kulturpalast, visit of the dress rehearsal, coffee and cake
Join the event on Facebook
30.10. I Indian Summer in Tharandt
+++FULLY BOOKED+++
Saturday, October 30, 2021
The Canadian Indian Summer is world famous. But you can also enjoy the wonderful colours just around the corner in the Forest Botanical Garden. During a guided tour of Tharandt in the morning, you will learn interesting facts about the small town just outside Dresden. After a lunch together, you will then go on a trip around the world in the Forest Botanical Garden and discover the most beautiful colours of fall.
Fee: 7,00 €
Included in the price: guided city tour in Tharandt, lunch, visit of forest botanical garden
Join the event on Facebook
07.11. I European City Görlitz/Zgorzelec
+++FULLY BOOKED+++
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Görlitz is located directly on the Polish border, in the very east of Saxony . Over the years, a very diverse culture has developed in the small town. You’ll stroll through the small, idyllic streets and also have a short look at Poland, listen to a real Silbermann organ and go to the museum. Spend a day with organ music, film scenery and Silesian culture!
Fee: 7,00 €
Included in the price: city tour, lunch, visit of the Silesian Museum, organ concert
Join the event on Facebook
13.11. I History of war at the Dresden Museum of Military History
+++FULLY BOOKED+++
Saturday, November 13, 2021
People have always waged wars and the strategies and machines have always been both terrifying and impressive. Visit with us the Bundeswehr Museum of Military History in Dresden, which not only impresses with its architecture, but also houses an exciting exhibition of all aspects of war from clothing, to animals, strategies and inventions. Afterwards there will be time to exchange impressions over coffee and cake.
Fee: 3,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour at the Museum of Military History, coffee and cake
Join the event on Facebook
20.11. I Trip to Zwickau and its art scene
+++FULLY BOOKED+++
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Art Nouveau and Max Pechstein are at home in Zwickau. The fourth largest city in Saxony has a lot to offer. You`ll will experience bright colours, ornaments and beautiful architecture on a city tour, then visit the art exhibitions, where everything from expressionism to romanticism can be found.
Fee: 10 €
Included in the price: visit of the exhibtions and the cathedral, lunch, city tour
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27.11. I Ice skating and Dresdner Stollen
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Saturday, November 27, 2021
Do you want to know how people from Dresden spend the Christmas season? Then come with us to Loschwitz. You’ll ride the cable car with a beautiful view of the Elbe valley and enjoy a coffee with Stollen. Traditionally a Stollen consists of raisins, butter and powdered sugar and is a typical sweet pastry from the region. Afterwards we go ice skating together. Experience a wonderful winter day!
Fee: 5,00 €
Included in the price: ice skating, coffee and Stollen, cable car ride
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28.11. I Light spectacle and Christmas spirit at Weesentein Castle
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Sunday, November 28, 2021
Winter. Wonder. Weesenstein - The Castle of Lights by Moonlight."
Experience an enchanting pre-Christmas period at Weesenstein Castle, as at the end of the year the rock castle is transformed into a dream of magic and glittering lights. Surprising moments and magical effects let the old appear in a new light. In addition to a guided tour of the castle's historic walls, you can also experience the romantic Christmas market.
Fee: 6,00 €
Included in the price: castle tour, Christmas market, coffee and cake
03.12. I Magical Christmas time - Magic Show & handicrafts with the International Office
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Friday, December 3, 2021
In Germany, handicrafts are as much a part of Christmas as baking biscuits and strolling through the Christmas market. With some paper, tea and Christmas stories, we make ourselves cosy and practise our dexterity to then brighten up our windows with self-made stars. To get us in the mood for the magic of the Christmas season, we will experience a fascinating magic show as the highlight of the evening - let yourself be enchanted!
Fee: 3,00 €
Included in the price: magic show, handicraft equipment, coffee/tea and biscuits
05.12. I Silver City Freiberg
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Sunday, December 5, 2021
Freiberg is known for its mining tradition, a magical Christmas market and one of the largest mineral exhibitions in the world. Marvel at gems and minerals glittering in all shapes and colours in the huge collection of terra mineralia. After lunch in a traditional inn, you’ll explore the historic streets of the old town and end the day with small delicacies and hot drinks at Freiberg's Christmas market.
Fee: 6,00 €
Included in the price: terra mineralia exhibition, city tour, a visit of the Christmas market, lunch
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09.12. I Christmas Cookie Baking and Christmas Theatre with the International Office
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
What is the best thing about Christmas? Exactly - biscuits, tea and Christmas music. You'll find all that in the International Office's Christmas bakery. We will bake biscuits, decorate them, eat them - and drink mulled wine while doing so. To ensure that culture is not neglected, a theatre course from "die Bühne" will perform its current play exclusively for us as a highlight of the evening.
Fee: 3,00 €
Included in the price: theatre performance, baking equipment, snacks and drinks
11.12. I Herrnhut Star Manufacture - Crafting the famous star
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Saturday, December 11, 2021
The Herrnhut Star is considered the origin of all Christmas stars and is now world-famous. You can admire it in all its colours at Dresden's Christmas markets. On this excursion we will test our dexterity and make our very own star to make our windows shine in Christmas splendour. A guided tour of the workshop and a Christmas lunch will complete this tradition-linked excursion to Upper Lusatia.
Fee: 10,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour, crafting a star, bus ticket, lunch
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14.12. I Pulsnitz Gingerbread City
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Christmas without the famous Pulsnitz gingerbread is unthinkable. Old recipes have been kept for centuries: Since 1558 the bakeries of Pulsnitz have already been the source of the sweet delicacies and have thus made Pulsnitz known as the city of gingerbread. Visit Europe's only gingerbread museum with us and bake and decorate your own gingerbread. Of course, a gingerbread tasting is not to be missed!
Fee: 4,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour of the Gingerbread Museum, baking and decorating a gingerbread cookie, gingerbread tasting
16.12. I Let´s Dance - Tango
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Let yourself be carried away into the world of tango. After a tango presentation by Cristian Javier Castaño and his partner, you will get active yourself. In a trial lesson you will learn the basics.
Fee: 3,00 €
Included in the price: tango lesson, pizza and soft drinks
FAQ
Please fill out the online registration form and then pay the fee as soon as possible during office hours at the Cultural Office in the International Office. Only after payment the place is bindingly booked. Please bring your student ID with you when paying. Payment via bank transfer or card is not possible.
Note: Your registration is NOT valid as a reservation. First come, first served.
The cultural programme is open to international and German undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at TU Dresden. The programme for PhD students and international guest scientists is organised by the Welcome Center.
With your registration you accept the terms and conditions of the Cultural Office.
The excursions are mainly offered in German. Tutors will translate into English during guided tours and workshops.
- our Cultural Office website,
- our Facebook page and
- our info board at the International Office, Mommsenstr. 6, 1st floor,
- or register for our newsletter.
- You may also subscribe to our instagram channel
- and check out our videos in the YouTube channel of TU Dresden.
The programme offers some excursion classics and new destinations, every semester. If you are interested in the details and pictures of our past activities check out the archive and our Facebook events.
I honestly would like to thank the Kulturbüro of the TUD for the big chances they gave me to get to know better the city Dresden. The organisation and the involvement in different kind of activities have to be considered as a treasure. I think it is not so common to go abroad and find people who are good and kind.
The Cultural Office staff keep you in discovering a new city, giving you little advices in order to enjoy every day pleasures the city can give (without them this couldn’t be the same!)
The trips and the chances to win tickets for concerts or other activities are a gift for me and I guess for every foreign student who comes here. I really appreciate their work and the way they organize things. The more activities they would organize, the more I would like to be present to enjoy Dresden with fun, happiness and joy! J
When I first arrived in Dresden to start my Erasmus I was completely lost and alone, I had no friends and I didn’t know where to go. Basically, the normal feeling that everyone can experience when arriving in a new country.
When at the Immatriculation day I saw for the first time the poster of the Cultural Office, I must admit that I was a little suspicious but curious at the same time.
Some time I can be very shy and stubborn, but then I thought:” Why not? Let’s start this adventure in the right way, I should try and register for a few things”.
So, I tried the Welcome tour on our very own DVB tram and I was really amazed, everyone was so friendly and enthusiastic and in just one hour or so (while sitting on a tram going around the beautiful city of Dresden) I felt that I had made the right decision. A few days later I decided to register to all the trips that they were offering during this Winter Semester. And I have to say that I absolutely didn’t regret it.
In my opinion the best trip of all was Berlin, we have seen so many things in just four days, the price of the trip (only 90 euros everything included) was ridiculous considering that everything was so well planned and organized that I was more and more amazed every day, even if the weather was very bad and cold. Everyday there was a new reason to get ready and start the day in the best way possible: with the huge buffet breakfast of the hotel. I am just kidding, but it’s true 😊
The girls working for the Cultural Office are like angels (yes, exactly like the three Charlie’s angels 😊), they are always so enthusiastic and ready to help and give you advices and tips about the trips or the life in Dresden and they never hesitate to give you a big smile even if it’s freezing cold and pouring rain, yes, we didn’t have a lot of luck, because the weather was always very bad, only for us.
During all these trips I have seen breath taking beautiful places in the region of Saxony, places that I didn’t even know that existed, I have been amazed by castles, stories, ballets, history, museums and the stunning nature of this beautiful region.
The most important thing was that I met so many new people, coming from different countries, different cultures, speaking every kind of possible language. I opened my self-up, trying new things and doing my best to enjoy every moment as much as I could. Even if I was thousands of km far from home, with these weekly plans I never felt homesick or alone, because I had found a new international family.
Even if my week had been stressful or full of lessons and new challenges, during these trips I really felt free and happy to have done the right decision of coming to Dresden, almost blessed.
Last but not least, what about the food? I have tried so many different and delicious thing from all around the world, more that I could have ever imagined; from the super classic German Schnitzel eaten inside and old medieval castle, to the vegan food of the hipster restaurant in Leipzig, to the classic Christmas meal of the German tradition.
Tip for the readers: Just register on time and be ready for a surprise!
P.S. See you next semester!
International X-Mas Party of TU Dresden 2017 © Salt & Pepper Photography
The International X-Mas Party of TU Dresden is a highlight of the university year.
Find impressions of the past parties on the website (see link above).
Show us your best snapshots of the excursions and make them the motif for next semester's flyer! Take part in the photo competition and win cool prices!
Find all information in the Facebook events and on the TUD website. Please send us an email if you prefer not to participate on Facebook.
The competition is supported by the Studentenwerk Dresden.
By the end of each term we ask you to participate in our online survey. Take 5 minutes and win a 5€ travel voucher or a TUD merchandise-set!
Find up-to-date information in our Cultural Office Facebook events
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!
Contact
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Cultural Office at the International Office
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Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau
SG 8.3 International Office, 157
Mommsenstraße 6
01169 Dresden
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology
SG 8.3 International Office
Culture Office, Room 157
Frau Kožica
Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
Appointments by prior arrangement.