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Dresden - A Baroque city during Advent

Fabian ChristDecember 18, 2011

Dresden is well worth a visit at any time of the year. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, over 2.5 million visitors come to the city. They're drawn by the Striezelmarkt-one of Germany's oldest and loveliest Christmas markets. It's named after a pastry called "striezel," a forerunner of the Christstollen - Dresden’s famous Christmas fruitcake.

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Traditional Christmas cookies, baked right at the market, are for sale. Children can also mix their own cookie dough. And the traditional Striezelmarkt wares are also here-the pyramids, incense figurines, and nutcrackers local to the region. The rest of the city is also replete with cultural delights, with fifteen museums filled with works of art collected by 500 years of Saxon nobility. The refurbished Albertinum museum contains works by old and modern masters.