The panorama
A hundred metres of painting surrounding you completely — nothing like looking at an ordinary picture.
By tram from central Dresden, about twenty minutes, with the stop near the entrance. There is parking if you drive. It sits in a residential district outside the centre, so it is not walkable from the old town.
Yes — the sheer scale impresses them. But the experience is standing and looking for a while, and small children may tire after ten minutes. Climbing the tower usually appeals to them.
It changes every few years; past subjects have included baroque Dresden, the city after the bombing, and others. Check the official site before going, since the subject changes the character of the visit completely.
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The Dresden Panometer is a giant panoramic painting inside a round former gasometer. The picture runs about a hundred metres around and more than thirty high, surrounding the visitor completely, with people standing on a platform in the middle to see it. The panoramas are the work of the artist Yadegar Asisi and change every few years. The best known show baroque Dresden at its height, and another the city in ruins after the 1945 bombing. With shifting light and sound, a full day passes from dawn to night in a few minutes. It is affecting, and unlike any museum.
A hundred metres of painting surrounding you completely — nothing like looking at an ordinary picture.
Light and sound shift so a whole day passes from dawn to night in minutes.
A platform in the middle you climb to see the picture from different heights and angles.
Gasanstaltstraße 8b, 01237 Dresden