Dresden, Germany’s Jewel on the Elbe River

Dresden, Germany’s Jewel on the Elbe River
Moritzburg Palace in Saxony. Carsten Pietzsch/Public Domain
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With more than 800 years of vibrant urban history, Dresden can definitely hold its own next to Berlin, approximately 120 miles north.

Dresden even has the distinction of being deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 2009 after the city spruced itself up with a modern bridge across the Elbe River.