Cultural programme in the winter term 2022
Unfortunately, you missed our events in the winter semester. We are currently planning varied excursions for the summer semester. We will publish these from mid-March. If possible, register at least 2 weeks before the event by email. 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 for international students
Friday, September 30, 2022
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.
10/16 I Welcome tour on a DVB tram
Sunday, October 16, 2022
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.
Fee: free admission
10/23 I Museum Of Military History Dresden
Sunday, October 23, 2022
People have always waged wars and both the strategies and machines have always been both frightening and impressive. Come join us at the Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces, which not only impresses with its architecture, but also houses an exciting exhibition on all sides of war from clothing, to animals, strategies and inventions. In addition, you will experience Dresden from above while looking down from the tower of the Dreikönigskirche and discover the most beautiful corners of the Neustadt. Don’t miss the coffee and cake in the afternoon!
Fee: 4,00 €
Included in the price: access to the tower of Dreikönigskirche, guided tour Museum of Military History, coffee & cake
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10/29 I Hike in Saxon Switzerland
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Join us for a hike in the Saxon Switzerland National Park that transcends borders and enjoy the unique landscape this place has to offer. A short hike will take you to the world famous Bastei Bridge with its breathtaking views over rugged cliffs and the Elbe Valley. After a snack we will start our way back towards Dresden, which will take you past many highlights of the national park. Important: Do not forget sturdy hiking shoes!
Fee: 5,00 €
Included in the price: ferry ticket, guided hike, snack
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11/02 I Trial lesson: folk dance with "Thea Maass“
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Experience the folklore dance ensemble "Thea Maass" of TU Dresden first hand during a trial lesson and get a glimpse of their training and rehearsal. Of course, we will also dance together - so pack on your dancing shoes! Time: 7 – 9:30 pm.
Fee: free admission
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11/06 I Bautzner Straße Dresden Memorial
Sunday, November 6, 2022
In order to remember the turbulent history of Germany, there are sites like the Bautzner Straße Memorial. The memorial commemorates the victims of political persecution in the Soviet occupation zone and the GDR. During a guided tour you will learn a lot about the Stasi in Dresden and about the fates of individual persons. Afterwards, we can reflect and chat over coffee and cake.
Fee: 3,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour of the memorial site, coffee & cake
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11/10 I trail mix - Culinary International Evening
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Culinary delights from all over the world are best enjoyed when home-cooked! Taste and prepare traditional dishes from China and India at this International Culinary Evening. We invite you to cook with us! You are also welcome to bring snacks from your home country for others to try. Afterwards, you will learn more about Chinese and Indian history, culture and tradition in a relaxed atmosphere and with fun quiz games. Maybe you would like to organize a (Culinary) International Evening for your home country? We would love to support you!
Fee: 2,00 €
Included in the price: cooking and dinner together
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12/11 I Leipzig
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Join us on a trip to Leipzig! The city is located about 120 km west of Dresden and is known for its lively history and vibrant present. First, you will explore the historic Old Town on a guided tour and learn a bit about the famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach. After refreshments and some free time to stroll through the city, we will visit the Forum of Contemporary History. It highlights and presents German history after 1945.
Fee: 8,00 €
Included in the price: guided city tour, guided tour of the Forum of Contemporary History, lunch
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11/17 I Old Jewish Cemetery & Saxon State Parliament
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Dresden, the capital of the Free State of Saxony, is not only home to unique cultural assets, but also represents the political heart of the state. First, we will explore the history of Jewish Dresden during a guided tour of the Old Jewish Cemetery. After a coffee and cake break, we will head to the Saxon Parliament, where you will experience politics at first hand during a guided tour.
Fee: 4,00 €
Included in the price: guided tour of the Old Jewish Cemetery and the Saxon State Parliament, coffee & cake
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11/20 I European City of Görlitz / Zgorzelec
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Görlitz is located in the very east of Saxony - directly on the Polish border. As a result, a very diverse culture has developed in the town over the years. You will stroll through the small, idyllic streets and also see some movie sets, because "Görliwood" has been the setting for many famous movies, like Inglorious Basterds or The Reader. You'll also hear a real Silbermann organ, experience Silesian culture at the museum, and visit the Polish sister city of Zgozelec just a stone's throw away on the other side of the Neisse River.
Fee: 10,00 €
Included in the price: guided city tour, entrance fee and guided tour of the Silesian Museum, organ concert, lunch
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11/27 I Lessing Town Kamenz
Sunday, November 27, 2022
Come with us on a trip to the Lessing City of Kamenz! Kamenz is a small Saxon town in Upper Lusatia and the birthplace of the famous philosopher and poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. On a guided city tour, you will first explore the secrets of this bustling town. The tour ends with a climb to the Red Tower, a remnant of the medieval city fortress. After lunch in a typical German restaurant, marvel at medieval and Renaissance art treasures in the Sacral Museum. Afterwards, in the Lessing Museum, you will learn more about the life and work of the epochal poet.
Fee: 8,00 €
Included in the price: guided city tour, ascent of the tower, lunch, entrance and guided tour of the Lessing Museum and the Sacral Museum
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30/11 I International Evening – India
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
In collaboration with the Studentenwerk Dresden, we cordially invite you to an Indian International Evening. Discover more about the history, culture and tradition of India in a relaxed atmosphere and with fun quiz games. Perhaps you would also like to organize an international evening on your home country? We will gladly provide you with support!
Fee: free
Find more information at the Studentenwerk
12/02 I Cookie Baking & Christmas Quiz
Friday, December 2, 2022
What's the best thing about the Christmas season? Exactly - cookies, tea and Christmas music. You'll find all of that at the International Office Christmas Bakery. We will bake cookies, decorate them, eat them - and drink mulled wine while doing it. You'll also learn more about German and international Christmas traditions in a Christmas quiz.
Fee: 2,00 €
Included in the price: baking utensils, Christmas quiz, snacks & drinks
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12/03 I Silver City Freiberg
Saturday, December 3, 2022
"Glück auf!", this is the traditional greetings that miners still use today. Freiberg is famous for its mining tradition and is home to one of the largest mineral exhibitions in the world. Marvel at gems and minerals glittering in all shapes and colors in the huge collection of the "terra mineralia" exhibition. After lunch, we will stroll through the Freiberg Christmas market before the mountain parade passes by in torchlight - witness unique customs and traditions of the region.
Fee: 8,00 Euro
Included in the price: guided city tour, guided tour terra mineralia, lunch, mountain parade
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12/09 I Magic Show & Star Crafting
Friday, December 9, 2022
Double the fun in one evening! To get us in the mood for the magic of the Christmas season, first let Paris-born magician Matthieu Anatrella enchant you with his magic show. His program tells the most diverse stories - to laugh, to dream and, of course, to be amazed. Join us an enchanting evening full of exciting and charming magic with a lovely French accent! After the show, we will grab some paper, tea and Christmas stories, we make ourselves comfortable and practice our dexterity to decorate our windows with stars for Christmas - because the magic of Christmas in Germany also includes handicrafts.
Fee: 2,00 Euro
Included in the price: magic show, handicraft materials
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12/11 I Concert in the Dresden Frauenkirche
Sunday, December 11, 2022
The Frauenkirche is probably the most famous sight in Dresden. A visit to the atmospheric church is worthwhile even in daylight - but on this evening you will get goosebumps feeling at a candlelit organ concert.
Fee: 6,00 Euro
Included in the price: organ concert Frauenkirche, drink in a Dresden bar
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12/17 I Ginger Bread Town Pulsnitz
Saturday, December 17, 2022
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 and bake and decorate your own gingerbread. Afterwards, you get to taste the sheer deliciousness.
Fee: 5,00 Euro
Included in the price: guided tour of the Gingerbread Museum, baking and decorating a gingerbread cookie, gingerbread tasting
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01/11 I International Evening – Latin-America
Wednesday, January 11, 2023
In collaboration with the Studentenwerk Dresden, we cordially invite you to a Latin American International Evening. Discover more about the history, culture and tradition of Mexico, Argentina and Colombia in a relaxed atmosphere and with fun quiz games. Perhaps you would also like to organize an international evening on your home country? We will gladly provide you with support!
Fee: free
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FAQ
To register* please send an email to and pay the fee at the Cultural Office during office hours.
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Preferred language for guided tours: German / English / both**
* 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.
* Your registration is valid only after paying the fee. Please stop by during our office hours to pay. Bring your student ID. Payment via bank transfer or card are not possible. Your email is not valid as a reservation: First come, first served.
* 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, Strehlener Str. 22, 6th floor,
- or register for our newsletter.
- You may also subscribe to our twitter and instagram channels
- 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. Due to Corona the party will unfortunately be cancelled in 2020.
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
Send encrypted mail via the SecureMail portal (for TUD external users only).
Visiting address:
Fritz-Foerster-Bau
SG 8.3 International Office, 157
Mommsenstraße 6
01169 Dresden
Postal address:
Technische Universität Dresden
SG 8.3 International Office
Culture Office, Room 157
Frau Kožica
Mommsenstraße 6
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
- Wednesday:
- 09:00 - 14:00
- Thursday:
- 09:00 - 14:00
and by arrangement.