of contrast leipzig is a place that offers a  wonderful mix of lush green spaces with canals  

gritty industrial areas that have been given  new life and a beautiful city center that oozes  

history over the course of our visit we got  to see that leipzig is a city of many faces  

and a few locals even told us the  city has earned the nickname heitzig  

because it feels like a younger up-and-coming  version of berlin so with all that in mind in  

this video we'll be sharing some of the  highlights from our visit which include  

a fun food tour featuring everything from german  baked goods to saudi state and street food we'll  

also show you around our unique accommodations  because yes we spent the night in a warehouse  

plus we'll show you which beer to order next  time you find yourself here the following is our  

travel guide to leipzig germany for anyone who  wants to make the most of 24 hours in the city  

good morning good morning guys  greetings once again from germany  

this time we've traded the countryside in for  the city we are back in leipzig we sure are  

interestingly enough we've actually been  to leipzig twice before but it was always  

for conferences so we've never really had time  to explore and see what the city has to offer  

so once again we've got about roughly 24  hours here so we're gonna take you out show  

you the attractions show you the food and we're  bringing you along for the adventure let's do it

we quickly dropped off our luggage and  then it was time to join a guided tour with  

alex focusing on the neighborhood of Plagwitz  our guide daniel came to meet us where we  

were staying and our first stop was the mule  cafe right around the corner from our place

we sampled all sorts of baked goods here  including one pastry called the bee sting  

which had toasted almonds plus we also tried a  lingonberry crumble that was simply delicious  

and yes we did order a few cappuccinos  to keep us fueled for the day  

our tour of plakovitz took us through this  graffiti alley which really helped highlight  

how this former industrial area with crumbling  factories has become an open canvas for artists  

and also drawn a lot of  creatives to this particular area

we also got to experience a very green part of  the city one that is dominated by canals this  

right here is the Karl Heine canal which runs 3.3  kilometers in length across 15 bridges during the  

summer months you can rent kayaks paddle boards  and even enjoy a ride on a venetian gondola  

all right guys we are currently  enjoying our food tour around  

leipzig germany and our first stop was actually  the mule cafe where we had some cappuccinos a nice  

way to start the morning we also got to try a  few different cakes you know how much we love  

baked goods so that was a lot of fun and then  we've just been walking around the neighborhood  

of plagwitz we've been learning a bit more about  the history and the industrial past this place has  

and now we have just arrived at our second stop  which is actually going to be vietnamese food  

sam and i really love southeast asian food  and we haven't had vietnamese in a really long  

time so this next stop was bamboo street food and  it was a little taste of southeast asia street  

markets complete with plastic tables and stools  we got the combo tray that featured all sorts  

of dishes including rice stir fries and plenty of  seafood and pork this was the most filling stop on  

the food tour so remember to pace yourself so we  have made it to our third stop on this food tour  

next place is just right behind me it is called  wraps so we're gonna go inside have a little bite  

and our guide are already ordering so we'll  see what kind of goodies we get to try here

after the wraps we continued to a  bakery specializing in slow baking  

so we tried their bread rolls which  require a 48-hour resting period and  

because we have a bit of a sweet  tooth we also got a cinnamon roll

well we just finished that fantastic food tour oh  my gosh that was so good i mean i'm so full and  

that's a sign of a good food tour and that's after  all that walking too so not only did we get to  

have some delicious bites but we also got a really  good overview of the area where we're staying in  

my favorite part of the food tour had to be the  vietnamese food experience where we're sitting  

down at the plastic chairs on the plastic tables  low to the ground i was very authentic i mean  

we also got to try like italian food different  baked goods just such a complete tour and such a  

delicious foodie city i didn't realize how much  leipzig is a foodie city so you can come here  

and eat to your hearts content overall i really  enjoyed the tour and it's a great way to just walk  

around on foot enjoy some tasty bites and get  to know your surroundings a little bit better  

so next up we are showing you around what is known  as leipzig Baumwollspinnerei and basically it's  

leipzig's cotton mill or at least it used to be a  cotton mill it's certainly changed and transformed  

since closing down in the mid 90s and basically  right now this is a super artistic nucleus i would  

say this almost feels like a little neighborhood  in and of itself so i don't think i've ever  

seen an area anywhere in the world where there's  been such a cool repurposing you know like this  

place is just fascinating all of these brick  buildings industrial buildings have been converted  

into either commercial spaces hotels there's  art galleries i see some creative businesses  

i also see some event spaces so yeah there's a lot  going on in this area and it's kind of retained  

its already gritty edge too for sure if you enjoy  taking photos this is a really cool place to check  

out not just for the architecture but for a  lot of the street art the tags the murals we  

could spend half a day here just even just going  through and exploring the inside of the building

to tell you a bit more about Baumwollspinnerei  this area it was founded in 1884 with the  

mill reaching its peak in 1907. at that time  there were 240 000 spindles processing cotton  

and up to 4 000 workers people worked here  until production of thread was halted in 1993  

a few years after german reunification and now  new life has been breathed into the place in  

the form of art galleries studios and even a  warehouse hotel which we'll show you shortly

so

all right welcome to home sweet home for the  night as you guys know we really enjoy staying  

in unusual accommodations when we travel and i  feel like this is a pretty special place right now  

we are spending the night in a former cotton mill  factory slash industrial complex so as you've seen  

we've already shown you a bit of the exterior  there's a lot of brick buildings and then when  

we were walking in you know you've got that rough  industrial vibe as we walk up the staircases and  

down these can you hear yourself stomping yes  like it literally is a former warehouse yeah but  

they have taken a couple of the rooms and turned  them into guest bedrooms the name of this hotel  

is Meisterzimmer and basically there's no real  reception like you're not going to meet any staff  

they just leave the keys for you in a little lock  box you get a code to kind of like let yourself in  

but anyways we have arrived at our bedroom and  we wanted to give you a tour because this place  

is pretty cool so basically as soon as you walk  in you've got your couch this would be like your  

little living area you can sit down here we have  some cool artwork just behind me industrial lights  

and then just across you do have a very small  kitchen um in this complex there are cafes but  

if you wanted to prepare something quick you do  have a little stove like you have your knobs there  

they left some wine glasses so if you follow me  this way we have a nice double bed and i like  

that they've taken some vintage televisions to  use as nightstands i think that's pretty cool  

then we have some more modern art installations  going on here we have our little office if you  

need to do a bit of work during your  trip have a nice comfortable table  

nice leather chairs and well the views the views  of this area let me show you the views here they  

are we are going to take you out and have a  proper walk through this complex there are lots  

of different buildings to show you but now let me  show you the bathroom while we're at it come on in  

so we have a walk-in shower with a glass door a  ladder if you want to climb it's the towel right  

hold the towel i love that that's very smart i  like their little cabinet and then you have your  

toilet you have your sink that is the bathroom  so we hope you enjoyed the little tour there are  

a few different rooms inside this factory inside  this warehouse they all have a slightly different  

look so when you make your booking online you  can choose which style you like best and now  

i think we're gonna take you downstairs and do  a little exploring outside so let's go let's go

dinner time another meal i know we've been  eating a lot on this trip but that's because  

german cuisine is just so delightful so we hope  you don't mind but we're about to take you to  

dinner and we've come to a place that is called  Bayerischer Bahnhof that means bavarian train  

station and this train station dates back to 1842  apparently it is the oldest preserved head rail  

station and it used to be a hub for tradesmen  and travelers now it's better known for its food  

you can see the restaurant over there we're about  to head in and order some delightful dishes and  

also try some beer later on stay tuned for the  beer because there's something special coming up

for dinner that night we went for some  hearty dishes perfect for a cool autumn day  

sam ordered the wiener schnitzel which  was served with potatoes and a side salad  

and meanwhile i got the saxon sour roast  meat served with potato dumplings red  

cabbage and apples as for the beers sam went  for the original gose and i got the gose with  

raspberry syrup but we'll talk more about  the beer once we hop over to the brewery  

so after dinner we walked over to doldnmaedal  over on the other side of the former train station  

because we wanted to try the city's famous  beer so goes a beer was first brewed in the  

early 13th century in the town of goslar which  is how the beer got its name however it became  

so popular in leipzig that local breweries  copied the style and it was adopted as their own  

goza is a top fermented wheat beer that's  flavored with coriander and salt and it's known  

for its sour and citrusy flavor it's the one beer  everyone will tell you to try if you visit leipzig  

so the evening continues we had a lovely dinner we  are stuffed bellies are full and now we are moving  

on to the beer so we have come to doldnmaedal  where we have ordered two different beers i  

am trying the gose which you had with your dinner  how was it it sure did it was fantastic okay well  

that's good to hear a little bit more sour than  a typical beer okay i like that apparently this  

beer is brewed differently so i'll be sampling  it and we'll see if we can taste the difference  

or not so cheers cheers to that i'll say is that  i find it a little fruity yes it's a fruity has a  

bit of a craft beer a little sour yeah yeah that's  good yeah that's good it is good yeah i like it a  

lot i find it a bit lighter than other beers i've  had so this is actually to my taste to your taste  

audrey approved audrey approved for that and now  it is your turn i'm getting the local pills there  

yeah i tried the one you just had for supper  with my gigantic schnitzel which i ate all of my  

whole thing probably the best schnitzel  of the trip so far wow if you're going  

to eat there get it for sure but anyways  back to the beer let's try this pilsner

that's good too again feels a bit lighter a little  citrusy goes down really easy and um yeah i need  

some more beer to help wash down that schnitzel  this just kind of sitting in the stomach right now  

so this is a nice top up well german beer is good  lots of variety so we're gonna keep yeah they're  

over 20 on the menu so wow lots of choice prost  friends good morning sam good morning everyone  

it's nice to be having a little bit more time here  in leipzig germany so we've returned to the mule  

cafe one of our favorite stops on our food tour  yesterday in fact this was the very first stop  

and the closest place to our accommodation so we  are heading to the train station we're going to  

be heading to berlin a little bit later on but  we have some hours to kill and we thought we'd  

come back to this cafe have a nice tasty bite for  breakfast uh is it apricot square yeah yeah it did  

it has crumble on top and then what's this one  that you got it's a type of croissant with some  

a dusting of icing sugar on top yeah  and we have a bit of the morning traffic  

going by yeah we do so yeah we're just here  enjoying breakfast and um we're hoping to  

do a couple things before we leave the city  so i'm gonna have my coffee now look at the  

beautiful heart a nice frothy cappuccino yes  oh i don't wake up until i have my coffee

we spent our final hours in leipzig exploring the  neighborhood of zentrum which is the city center  

our first stop here was maedler passage a historic  shopping arcade that originally sold porcelain  

ceramics and earthenware there's also a very  famous underground restaurant here that inspired  

a scene in goethe's faust so if you're a german  literature enthusiast this is a place to add to  

your list sculptures depicting scenes from faust  mark the entrance so you really can't miss it

then outside the arcade we stumbled upon a  statue of johann wolfgang von goethe whom  

we just mentioned he studied law at  leipzig university from 1765 to 1768  

so he's pretty famous around these parts  also fun fact the baroque building that  

sits directly behind him is the  former home of the leipzig stock

exchange and because we had a train to catch at  

this point we made our way  back to the train station

all right guys so trip to leipzig germany is  almost over and we are coming to you from the  

leipzig hauptbahnhof which is the main train  station apparently this is the biggest train  

station in all of europe by floor area so it  is pretty massive we've been filming a few