Pirna

The picturesque town of Pirna with its beautiful church towers stands out clearly in the landscape around the vineyards of the Elbe valley. The town has many beautiful houses which have been elaborately restored with artistic gables, and the cobbled streets of the town invite you to take a walk around the very heart of the town where especially the market square and the Marienkirche are visited by many tourists every year.

But also the Prina Museum, Stadtmuseum Prina, and the DDR Museum, which offers curiosities from the DDR era, are worth a visit. Also stop by Sonnenstein Castle and discover its sinister past. There are guided tours around the castle, which are highly recommended as it is here that the spooky stories are told A fun detail is that Christiansborg Castle is built of sandstone from this very area.