"Kultur-Express" to the Görlitz City Festival, or steam through the Zittau Mountains

DAS FEST - Görlitz and Zgorzelec - DAS FEST

The Görlitz Altstadtfest has long established itself as one of the most important city festivals in Central Europe. Between Dresden and Wrocław, between Cottbus and Liberec, there is no event that pulses, connects and delights quite like it. People arrive with open hearts - laughing, dancing, singing and celebrating life together, freely and with joy. It is the region's most spirited reunion, a lively hub for news and a clear statement: Upper Lusatia, Lower Silesia, Görlitz and Zgorzelec - our whole region - is alive, growing and thriving. Come along and join us!

With more than 100,000 expected visitors, around 30 stages and well over 100 market and craft stalls, the Altstadtfest has become a fixture in the regional events calendar.

OR - Steam and hiking in the Zittau Mountains -

The train runs via Cottbus and Görlitz, then continues through the Lusatian Neisse valley all the way to Zittau. Since 1890, the steam engines of the Zittau Narrow-Gauge Railway have been carrying day-trippers and holidaymakers into Germany's smallest low mountain range, the romantic Zittau Mountains. The railway's first operator was the "Zittau - Oybin - Jonsdorf Railway Company", abbreviated Z.O.J.E. Local wit reinterpreted the acronym as "Zug ohne jegliche Eile" - a train in no hurry whatsoever. At an unhurried pace, countless visitors have always made their way into the mountains by steam. Numerous hotels and restaurants grew up along the route, once welcoming summer guests and still offering Upper Lusatian hospitality today. The narrow-gauge line starts at Zittau station, close to the town's idyllic historic centre - a gem of Upper Lusatia. The trains first loop around this venerable town before the route heads towards the Olbersdorfer See lake.