Shopping Information: Some very fine shops where the tourists can shop for high-fashion clothes and artistic knick-knacks can be found in the Madler Passage area of Leipzig city. This passage further leads to Konigshaus-und Messehof passage, which also have some exquisite boutiques. Many new shopping malls have been constructed in Stadtisches Kaufhaus, Strohsack Passage, and Petersbogen areas of Leipzig city. One of the best shopping destinations of Leipzig, which you must definitely visit while you are there, is Hauptbahnhof. This is Leipzig's Central Station. There are several famous department stores in this shopping district. Leipzig's Christmas Market is also world-famous. In the month of December, the Market Square and the surrounding areas are decorated exquisitely like a fairy tale forest and with various nativity scenes.

Important Travel Related Information: For any tourism-related information, you can contact the tourist department of Leipzig city. The address of the tourism department of Leipzig is Richard-Wagner Strasse 1, D-04109 Leipzig. The telephone numbers are +49 (0) 341 7104 260, +49 (0) 341 7104 265. Guided bus tours of Leipzig city are run daily from 1:30 p.m. There is also a walking tour of Leipzig city, which starts from the tourist information office (Sachsenpl, 1. Ph: 0341 710 4280). You can book tickets for this tour at the tourist information office. While you are in Leipzig city, you will find that this part of Germany is a little less prosperous compared to its West German counterparts. This is so because the state of Saxony and the four other states of the former East Germany have a lower standard of living compared to the West German states.