Guidebook for Leipzig
Food Scene
Very inexpensive take-out and nevertheless quite tasty. The owner is very willing to customize. Tofu/vegan meals available as well.
Georg-Schwarz-Straße 47
47 Georg-Schwarz-StraßeVery inexpensive take-out and nevertheless quite tasty. The owner is very willing to customize. Tofu/vegan meals available as well.
Breakfast, Brunch, cute Café in walking distance
36 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
süß + salzig
44 Merseburger Str.Breakfast, Brunch, cute Café in walking distance
Our in-house vegan and non-profit pizzeria!
Regular event days:
Every wednesday: Open Mic (Music)
Every Tuesday and Thursday: Yoga, donation based
Thursdays, bi-weekly: Speak Easy! (Poetry, Texts, Short Stories...)
Every Tuesday: Drawing and Chilling; also Life Drawing
Monthly: Smutslam (open mic for sex-related comical anecdotes)
Every once in a while:
Diary Slam (open mic for reading from your youth journal)
Concerts
Icelandic Fairy Tales and other book readings
Hair cutting event, donation based
Tattooing event with several Tattoo artists
KunstSpäti - affordable art for everyone
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Pizza LAB
10 Georg-Schwarz-StraßeOur in-house vegan and non-profit pizzeria!
Regular event days:
Every wednesday: Open Mic (Music)
Every Tuesday and Thursday: Yoga, donation based
Thursdays, bi-weekly: Speak Easy! (Poetry, Texts, Short Stories...)
Every Tuesday: Drawing and Chilling; also Life Drawing
Monthly: Smutslam (open mic for sex-related comical anecdotes)
Every once in a while:
Diary Slam (open mic for reading from your youth journal)
Concerts
Icelandic Fairy Tales and other book readings
Hair cutting event, donation based
Tattooing event with several Tattoo artists
KunstSpäti - affordable art for everyone
Café Ocka
88 Merseburger Str.Café and Bar very close by
Shopping
Local organic food store. A little pricey compared to pesticide food, but irreproachable in all other regards.
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
schwarzwurzel OHG
65 Erich-Köhn-StraßeLocal organic food store. A little pricey compared to pesticide food, but irreproachable in all other regards.
Parks & Nature
Clara-Zetkin Park
Friesenstraße
FriesenstraßeThere is a forest just 10 minutes away by foot
Getting Around
PS Autovermietung
Cheap and trust-worthy car/van rental
Rent a bike for 5 € per day, the shop is very close by!
Open times Tue-Fri 11:00-19:00, Sat 11:00-16:00
FahrradSelbsthilfeWerkstatt
44 CalvisiusstraßeRent a bike for 5 € per day, the shop is very close by!
Open times Tue-Fri 11:00-19:00, Sat 11:00-16:00
Drinks & Nightlife
The real name is "Noch Besser Leben", night bar, very smokey. Basically, if you ran out of cigarettes, just go there and breathe ;-)
82 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Noch Besser Leben
25 Merseburger Str.The real name is "Noch Besser Leben", night bar, very smokey. Basically, if you ran out of cigarettes, just go there and breathe ;-)
Mjut
2 LagerhofstraßeNight Club, mostly Techno, near Hauptbahnhof
Nightclub for a variety of music styles, not super far away, maybe 20-25 minutes walk. Works for party people ;-)
32 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
elipamanoke
4 Markranstädter Str.Nightclub for a variety of music styles, not super far away, maybe 20-25 minutes walk. Works for party people ;-)
Smokey bar. During the day: bike shop. Night: Bar. Basically, young people go to either Dr. Seltsam, or to Noch Besser Leben. Both bars are like two houses apart.
43 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Dr. Seltsam
25 Merseburger Str.Smokey bar. During the day: bike shop. Night: Bar. Basically, young people go to either Dr. Seltsam, or to Noch Besser Leben. Both bars are like two houses apart.
This used to be THE café and bar back in the days in GDR times. It was abandoned for decades and renovated only recently. It opened in 2018 as a queer bar, but kept the original name. It's basically accross the street, next corner up North!
Smoking and non-smoking area.
Gute Quelle
17 Georg-Schwarz-StraßeThis used to be THE café and bar back in the days in GDR times. It was abandoned for decades and renovated only recently. It opened in 2018 as a queer bar, but kept the original name. It's basically accross the street, next corner up North!
Smoking and non-smoking area.