# LEIPZIG, Germany - City Center Walking Tour - 4K HDR

- Filmed by: Daniel Sczepansky @dsc
- Creator / Videographer: Daniel Sczepansky (@dsc)
- Copyright: © Daniel Sczepansky · POPtravel (All rights reserved)
- Canonical: https://poptravel.org/videos/8CnSEpjcnpw
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CnSEpjcnpw
- Filmed Sep 2026
- Published: 2026-11-08
- Duration: 1:27:00
- Thumbnail: https://poptravel.org/img/8CnSEpjcnpw.jpg
- Photos & Panoramas: https://www.panoearth.com/search/?country=Germany&city=Leipzig
- Tags: #germany, #leipzig

## Description

Let's go for a walking tour through Leipzig, Germany, the largest city in Saxony. 

Starting inside the grand Leipzig Hauptbahnhof, one of Europe's largest train stations, we walk south into the historic inner city.

Our first stop in the old town is the Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas Church), famous as the starting point of the 1989 Peaceful Revolution, before the streets open up onto vast Augustusplatz to see the Leipzig Opera House, the Gewandhaus concert hall, and the tall City-Hochhaus skyscraper.   

From Augustusplatz, our route leads to the central Markt square, framed by the Renaissance Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall). 

Following the green promenade ring for a few minutes, we visit the Gothic Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church), known worldwide as the workplace and resting place of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. 

We then walk through Leipzig's covered shopping arcades and historic merchant courtyards, including the Mädler Passage and Auerbachs Keller, before heading north to pass the Museum of Fine Arts and the Höfe am Brühl shopping mall. 

The final stretch of our Leipzig city walk takes us down historic Hainstraße and through the tiled courtyards of Specks Hof. 

After a second look at the inner city churches and a peaceful walk beside the Schwanenteich park pond, our loop finishes right back at Leipzig Central Station. 


Note: Enable subtitles (CC) for details and history facts during the walk.


For more Leipzig tours, see: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=poptravel+leipzig and the POPtravel Germany playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaxUrZNxL7WIjMRmNovvVd3ZfEOpI8BdH


Timeline:
00:00:00 Route Preview
00:01:00 Start of walking tour at Hauptbahnhof
00:04:06 Willy-Brandt-Platz
00:06:18 Nikolaistraße
00:09:38 Nikolaikirchhof
00:12:10 Ritterstraße
00:13:33 Augustusplatz
00:20:27 Grimmaische Straße
00:24:51 Naschmarkt
00:26:45 Markt
00:29:31 Marktgalerie
00:30:23 Klostergasse
00:31:57 Barfußgäßchen / Dittrichring
00:35:53 Thomaskirchhof
00:42:05 Thomaswiese / Mädlerpassage
00:47:44 Markt again
00:49:24 Katharinenstraße
00:50:54 Around Museum der Bildenden Künste
00:52:24 Höfe am Brühl
00:56:27 Richard-Wagner-Platz
00:59:41 Hainstraße
01:02:24 Another time at Markt
01:06:01 Grimmaische Straße / Reichsstraße
01:07:54 Specks Hof
01:13:22 Towards Goethestraße
01:17:13 Park am Schwanenteich
01:22:39 Ending the tour at Leipzig Central Station


Credits:
Captions created with help of LLMs, OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia contributors - among others.


Filmed in September 2026

Camera: Osmo Pocket 3 in 4K60
Mic: Zoom H1n

#poptravel #leipzig #germany