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World Press Photo 16 is a global exhibition presenting the best visual journalism of the past year.
Come and see the most compelling photos in stunning, high-quality Canon prints until 23rd September 16.

This years winner is Warren Richardson’s amazing picture of a Syrian refugee.

Bring your smartphone to get the full experience:
• Hear photographers talk about their work
• View the complete picture stories
• Get technical details of the photos
• Read captions in 9 languages

The Exhibition can be seen inside the Bahnhof Dresden Neustadt.
If you just misses it you can either visit World Press Photo 2016 or see the exhibition in:
Central Station Frankfurt: 27.09. – 05.10.2016
Central Station Berlin: 07.10. – 19.10.2016
Central Station München: 20.10. – 30.10.2016

(Picture 1: By IngolfBLN [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Picture 2: World Press Photo / Warren Richardson)

Marc ++ our man when it comes to photography, hiking and bike tours

Most crazy experience during your time here?

>> Indeed the nightshifts offer the best stories – so it’s quite difficult to choose the craziest one. Quite entertaining was one night, when one of our guests came down to ask how to get to the next hospital. After an intimate time  with a lot of booze in our room with the car, her boyfriend decided to find his way to the bathroom. But instead of choosing the ladder to climb down, he had chosen the fastest way down – the free fall. So he first hit quite hard the car with his angle before landing harsh on the ground. So the next trip led them to the hospital. Believe it or not – but the car had taken no damage at all :) Bless “made in Germany” I guess :) <<

The most beautiful experience at the hostel?

>> On one hand I remember a very impressive night walk to the Lilienstein with two of our guests. We left the hostel at 3 o’clock in the morning when it was already quite cold outside. When we arrived there we were honored with an impressive clear heaven full of stars. Who had known that it’s the coldest between 5 – 6 o’clock?! But soon after that we got rewarded with an awesome sunrise while being cuddled up in blankets and sipping hot coffee.
But I also love the BRN festival in June and I look forward to it each year! It’s a special occasion for our guests and also us. Each year many hostel friends come to stay and party with us. <<

What I love most about Lollis?

>> The atmosphere which surrounds you when you enter the hostel. No matter if you are staff or guest, everyone feels welcome and being in safe hands. Though on first sight it feels that all things don’t quite belong together: But if you stay a while all things become to one amazing impression. After nearly 8 years I still love to stay longer after my shifts to chat with other staff members or guests. Not a single day is the same as the previous day! Each day you meet new people, you listen to new stories and you gain fresh input. <<

It’s a perfect sunny Friday and we are ready to fly into the weekend with you.

While you guys are unpacking, we have looked around what to do this weekend.

Friday:

Wear your water bomb battle outfit, because:
On the 01.07.16 starts the first event of the yOUR-Community.

+++ ON PLACE +++

ALL DAY LONG.
DIY big Soapbubbles.
Beer Cap rally.
Team building for the water bomb fight.

16:00 – water bomb fight.
WHAT DO YOU NEED? You and your flip flops.

Open to everyone: no matter what nationality, what age, what is your gender.
Refugees welcome.

Saturday:

The 16th soap box derby takes place at the Saloppe Dresden.
It’ starts at 1pm and you can stand right next to the race track. It’s fulfilled with action, stunts and fun.

Here is a nice video to watch.
Sunday:

This Sunday the annual summer festival takes place at Schloß Wackerbarth.
Borrow a bike from us and cycle along he Elberadweg to Radebeul. When you have arrived, take a seat in the park and grab a glas of wine or parked wine.

Pictures:
Wackerbarth.de
Saloppe.de / Waterloo Produktion GmbH & Co. KG

Just after having left the BRN festival behind us, we have to look with some sleepy eyes to the concert season in Dresden.

There are two main locations – the “Junge Garde” and the “Filmnächte am Elbufer”

Let’s start with the less known “Jungen Garde”, which is located in the city park “Großer Garten”.
You can find the whole program here.

You can buy the tickets here:
TICKETS can be bought at the Konzertkasse Dresden,  Florentiner and inside the  Schillergalerie
Fon +49 351 86 66 00
info@konzertkasse-dresden.de
www.konzertkasse-dresden.de

The “Filmnächte am Elbufer” are of course location No1 during the summer season. You’ll get a fantastic view across the river Elbe towards the skyline of Dresden at night while watching movies or listening to concerts.

There are a lot of concerts. You can borrow a blanket from us and take a seat next to the enclosed stage-area. From there you almost get the same audio but far more chilled as being right inside.

You’ll find the program here!

Concerts:
– for all Tango-lovers: Tango al Rio
– ZZ Top
– K.I.Z 
– Urban Music Party (free entry)
– Teledisko (free entry)
– Andreas Gabalier
– Simply Red
– Roland Kaiser
– Unheilig
– Sarah Connor
– Cro
– Silbermond
– Helge Schneider

Bild1: (Von Matthias Haase – selbst, CC-by-sa 2.0/de, https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3262855)
Bild2: Marc Dietzmann

The well known

(eng. Nocturnal – the Researchers Night 2016) will take place in 3 days.

From 6pm until 1am the universities, research facilities and laboratories will open its doors and will present what fields are researched on at the moment. There will be 700 single events on 160 places spread over the city of Dresden.

Apart from 284 events in German, there also will be 170 events held in English.

You can find the whole program here on the web, or here as PDF. (choose English as your language to get all events which are held in English)

The entry to all events is free.
You can download or print you own free ticket for the public transport for that night or just show it when being asked for on your mobile.

Here is a nice overview of all events and how to get there by public transport.

Copyright: Netzwerk Dresden – Stadt der Wissenschaften
agsandrew/shutterstock.com

The next block party awaits us this Weekend and can be seen as a little warm up towards the new town block party BRN.

There are many artists, cultural small events and of course a lot of stages with various artists.

You’ll find the plan here => Link:

All partys and acts can be found here (unfortunately only in German):

Free entry!

Best to get here would be by bike (10min) or by tram 13 (gets off at Bürgerstraße 10min).

Last but not least there are some pictures from last years party! Here !

(Pictures http://sanktpieschen.de)

During summer season we get questioned from time to time about any kinds of outdoor activities.

At first of course there are a wide variety of hiking or bike tours which crosses our minds and which we are happy to give you on your way exploring the surroundings of Dresden.

If you already did those things, or if you are traveling with a group of people looking to get some action, we can suggest the high rope course in Dresden-Bühlau.

We gave it a try to to past forward our impression out of first hand.

You can easily reach it by public transport (20min), by bike (30min) or by car (15min). Catch Tram 11 at „Bautzen-Rothenburger Straße) and get off at „Grundstraße“. From there it’s about 5min to walk.

The high rope course is located in a wonderfull former ecological swimming pool. On the left and right end there are two hills located with 12 different parcours spread around reaching from easy to hard level. Each parkour contains of several elements which have to be mastered by you.

You’ll pass all kinds of ropes, beams, bridges and hurdles while you try to climb, balance, swing and jump to get to the next plattform.

It’s of course handy to be free of giddiness :) But also little milquetoasts will get around well after accomplishing the first easy parcours. The safety system is set of one of the highest safety levels available. You are always secured with at least one so called Smartie at a time. While going through one element of the parkour you are always secured by both Smarties. So really nothing can go wrong at all.

As said before: Each parkour consist of several elements. At the beginning and at the end of each element there are platforms to rest. If you slip away of one beam, both Smarties will catch and safe you.

After a short introduction about the safety system and about how to go through the parkour, you are off to explore all tracks and elements reaching from easy to hard. The most fun part is one of the many flying foxes. Here you „fly“ along a robe from one hill to the other side. Apart from the flying foxes you’ll get a great variety of beams, ropes, tubes to keep balance on and boards to be surfed from tree to tree.

For sure you’ll be hungry after 2h of climbing. So bring some food and drinks with you or order from the bistro there. You can sit on the terrace where you have a nice overview of the park. There is also a BBQ which you can use.

We really had a lot of fun there and can highly recommend it.

Prices:
Adults: weekday 17€ (weekend +2€)
Students: 16€ (weekend +2€)
Children: 13€ (weekend +2€)

Some more pictures of us in action:

(Quelle: Karte & Smarty http://www.waldseilpark-dresden.de)