It depends, of course, on whether you’re looking for nature, culture, history, art, music, or night life, but here are some things to check out:
- Obviously, city center, Augustusplatz, with its new Mein Building of Leipzig University (that looks like a church, because it was built where the GDR had destroyed a centuries-old church)
- Thomaskirche, if you want to listen to organ music, or see the final resting ground of the mortal remains of J.S. Bach
- Moritzbastei – just behind the city skyscraper that is visible from anywhere. This is an underground bar / concert location. Literally underground, with nice round vaults
- The area around Markt is also worth walking around
- Clara-Zetkin-Park (esp. area around Sachsenbrücke)