This winter, over a million points of light will once again turn two historic parks in Saxony into Christmas gardens for a few weeks. While 18th-century Pillnitz Palace and Park in Dresden will sparkle in the dark during Advent for the sixth time, Herfurth'sche Landschaftspark in Markkleeberg, which was created at the end of the 19th century, will be illuminated for the second time after its debut in 2023. Christmas Garden Deutschland GmbH announced warm light and shimmering colors in around 30 installations and sounds until the beginning of 2025.
Wishing Bridge and readings with celebrities in Leipzig
The current agra-Park Markkleeberg will be transformed into a "magical sea of glitter with sparkling attractions" as Christmas Garden Leipzig (November 26 to January 5, 2025). The audiovisual tour leads from the sea of lights to a Wishing Bridge and the Wishing Tree. In between, light flakes dance across the floor, there are sparkling cuddly bears and forest animals, color ballet and water fairy tales as well as a lake of wisdom - on which lotus blossoms shimmer. In December, readings with actress Anna Thalbach and singer Mieze from the Berlin electropop band MIA are planned in the ambience.
Dresden and Leipzig, which are currently two of the 15 Christmas Gardens in Europe, were visited by over 200,000 people in the pre-season, around 120,000 adults, children and young people in Dresden and 85,000 in Leipzig. The Royal Botanic Gardens in London's Kew district were illuminated for the first time in 2014, two years later the spectacle premiered in Germany.
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