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Chemnitz is presenting itself as the European Capital of Culture this year under the title "C the Unseen" (archive photo) / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Capital of Culture boosts tourism in Chemnitz

The Capital of Culture program attracts many visitors to the city. The tourism industry is benefiting from this. Contrary to the trend in Saxony, the number of visitors and overnight stays increased up to April.

During the Capital of Culture year 2025, visitors to Chemnitz can explore the garage landscape at several stations. (Archive image) / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Chemnitz invites you to the garage course

There are around 30,000 garages in Chemnitz, many of which were built during the GDR era. In the Capital of Culture year, the city wants to make the otherwise unseen visible - and the garages are also in focus.

This is what the new art gallery in Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge will look like in the future. It will feature a light installation by US artist James Turrell. / Photo: --/H2 ARCHITEKTUR/Hendrik Heine/dpa

New art gallery for light art by James Turrell

Chemnitz's "Purple Path" as European Capital of Culture attracts visitors with national and international art in the open air. A new art gallery is being built especially for a light installation.

Resistance to planned cuts to Dresden's cultural institutions. (Archive photo) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Dresden culture petition against massive cuts

Dresden also has to make savings. The list of cuts presented to the city council also includes massive cuts in the cultural sector. Alongside understanding for the budget situation, there is resistance.

Visitors to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz will have to pay more admission from January (archive photo) / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Chemnitz increases admission to art museums

Chemnitz is expecting many guests from near and far in the Capital of Culture year 2025. The art museums will also be presenting a top-class program. However, visitors will have to pay more admission.

Claudia Roth (Alliance 90/The Greens), Minister of State for Culture and the Media, gives an interview. ) / Photo: Hannes P Albert/dpa/Archivbild

Roth promotes cultural passport at European level

The so-called Culture Pass is intended to encourage young people to take part in cultural activities. Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth has been positive about the project so far. And is already planning to expand it.

Anita Suzanne Gregory (l) from Norway and Joana Martins from Portugal, ballet dancers from the Landesbühnen Sachsen, stand in front of the Belvedere during a photo opportunity at the Schloss Wackerbarth state winery / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Cultural Senate calls for a clear commitment to culture

Five months before the state elections on 1 September, the Saxon Cultural Senate has called for more support for art and culture, especially beyond urban centers. According to a position paper published in Dresden on Monday, these are "essential components of a democratic society" and also create "s ..

Anita Suzanne Gregory (l) from Norway and Joana Martins from Portugal, ballet dancers from the Landesbühnen Sachsen, stand in front of the Belvedere during a photo opportunity at the Schloss Wackerbarth state winery / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Cultural Senate calls for a clear commitment to culture

Five months before the state elections on 1 September, the Saxon Cultural Senate has called for more support for art and culture, especially beyond urban centers. According to a position paper published in Dresden on Monday, these are "essential components of a democratic society" and also create "s ..

Michael Kretschmer (CDU), Minister President of Saxony / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa/Archivbild

Kretschmer praises commitment to promoting young artists

Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer (CDU) has praised the many efforts to promote young artists in the Free State. On Sunday, he cited the Oberlausitz Chamber Music Festival as an example, whose academy for young artists ended with a concert in Baruth on Sunday. "Saxony is a land of cultu ..

The landscape around the village is covered in snow. / Photo: Kristin Schmidt/dpa

With eight regions in the federal program for rural areas

Saxony is represented by eight regions in the federal program "Aller.Land" - a funding program for rural areas in the cultural sector. In addition to the Bautzener Land region, this includes the Erzgebirge, Central Saxony, the Göltzschtal association of towns, the Porphyry Land National Geopark, the ..

Construction fences surround the site of the future Freedom and Unity Monument on the Schloßfreiheit at the Humboldt Forum. / Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa/Archive image

Unity Monument at risk: 2.5 million euros in additional funding

The completion of the Freedom and Unity Monument in Berlin is at risk without additional federal funding, according to the general contractor. According to information from Friday, the Stuttgart office of Milla & Partner has asked the Federal Institute for Building and Regional Planning, which i ..

Saxony's Minister of Culture Barbara Klepsch (CDU) / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa/Archivbild

Renaming works: Klepsch defends artistic freedom

In the discussion about the renaming of works of art at the Dresden State Art Collections (SKD), Culture Minister Barbara Klepsch has defended artistic freedom. "We do not interfere politically with the freedom of art," emphasized the CDU politician in the state parliament on Thursday. It is therefo ..