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Town in Saxony, Germany
Photo: Dirk Schmidt (Celsius auf Wikivoyage), CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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A waterfall which can be "pushed"!
Kirnitzschtalbahn
A metre-gauge heritage tram to Lichtenhain Waterfall.
Personenaufzug
Germany's only public elevator.
By train
Long-distance EuroCity trains between Berlin and Prague call here, with a few trains per day continuing to Bratislava and Budapest, at least for the foreseeable future until at new bypass tunnel is…
By plane
From Prague airport (PRG) take the bus to the main station and from there the Eurocity.
By boat
During the summer season there are tourist steam boats from Dresden and several other places along the Elbe.
By car
By bus
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Dresden · International · DRS
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