Four Walking Routes in Leipzig
Four walking routes in Leipzig
Leipzig’s centre is small enough to explore on foot, and these four routes can be walked in any order. Each has its own flavour, from composers to cotton mills.
1. Following the composers
The Notenspur, or Music Trail, links the Thomaskirche, the Bach-Museum, the Mendelssohn and Schumann houses and the Gewandhaus. Begin at Thomaskirchhof.
- Bach-Museum, number 15/16: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00; closed on Mondays.
- Prices: EUR 14 for adults, EUR 9 reduced, free for under-18s and for all visitors on the first Tuesday of the month.
- Thomaskirche: the choir performs motets on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons in term.
Check the museum’s listing on leipzig.travel .
2. Autumn 1989 on foot
Take this route slowly. It joins the Nikolaikirche, the Museum in der Runden Ecke and Augustusplatz, three places linked to the protests that helped bring about the end of the GDR.
The Runde Ecke, at Dittrichring 24, is a documentation centre and memorial housed in a former Stasi office. Its guided walk, “Auf den Spuren der Friedlichen Revolution”, costs EUR 7.50 (EUR 6 reduced). A notice reports temporary hours, so confirm them at runde-ecke-leipzig.de .
Visit the Nikolaikirche outside Monday 17:00, because the peace prayer then is a service. At the Zeitgeschichtliches Forum on Grimmaische Straße 6, entry costs nothing, and the doors open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. More at hdg.de .
3. Covered courtyards
The trade-fair houses around the Markt, the Messehöfe, contain passages that link one street to the next. Include the Mädlerpassage, Specks Hof and the courtyards between them. Auerbachs Keller is at Grimmaische Straße 2 to 4 inside the Mädlerpassage.
Guided versions of this walk can be compared through Viator’s Leipzig walking tour search .
4. West to the Spinnerei
Follow Karl-Heine-Straße out to the canal and on to the mill complex at Spinnereistraße 7. Inside are fourteen galleries that welcome visitors Tuesday to Saturday from 11:00 to 18:00, and you do not pay to get in. To shorten the trip, ride the S1 to S-Bahnhof Plagwitz, which leaves about five minutes on foot. Listings are at spinnerei.de .
Tips for the day
| Tip | Detail |
|---|---|
| Day ticket | Zone 110, EUR 9.90, valid from 09:00 to 04:00 the next day |
| Paper tickets | Stamp them when you board |
| Underground | The City Tunnel stops at the Markt and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz |
| Mondays | Museums such as the Bach-Museum and the Forum are closed |
Read more: Sightseeing in Leipzig and Solo activities in Leipzig .