RIESA, Germany 🇩🇪 - 4K with captions

We are in Riesa, a historic industrial town in Saxony, Germany which is rarely visited by tourists. We start our tour at Rathausplatz, the old town hall see the Klosterkirche St. Marien and the Tierpark with otters.

The tour continues through Mannheimer Platz, past the Elbgallerie mall, and the “Stahlmax” tourist train. The streets are quiet so this is a rather relaxing atmosphere compared to our walks in nearby Leipzig.

We pass "Plattenbau" housing, parks and hear a few stories of somewhat famous locals. The facts about Riesa’s past in steel, sugar, and mustard in the subtitles.

Riesa has limited appeal to tourists yet highlights include the Elbe riverbank and a 1911 grain conveyor there which we also see on this walk.

Subtitles are available for key facts and trivia. Let me know in the comments if you want more small towns like this or more big cities like my walks around the world

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Timeline:
00:00 Route Preview
01:00 Start of walking tour at Rathausplatz
09:27 Klosterstraße
10:55 Parkstraße
11:45 Hauptstraße
17:05 Mannheimer Platz
19:24 Elbstraße
21:22 Breite Straße
23:02 Alexander-Puschkin-Platz
24:34 Bahnhofstraße
28:49 Elbquelle sculpture


Filmed in September 2023

Camera: Osmo Pocket in 4K60
Mic: Zoom H1n

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