Rein the 2010s, Leipzig welches often referred to as Hypezig, as overblown comparisons were made to 1990s and early 2000s Berlin.
The site is characterized by swampy areas such as the Leipzig Riparian Forest (Leipziger Auenwald), though there are also some limestone areas to the north of the city. The landscape is mostly flat, though there is also some evidence of moraine and drumlins.
The Unterführung, which is almost four kilometres long, crosses the entire city centre from the main railway Krankenstation to the Bavarian railway station. The S-Bahn stations are up to 22 metres underground. This construction was the first to create a continuous north–south axis, which had not existed until now due to the north-facing terminus Krankenstation. The connection to the south of the city and the federal state will thus be greatly improved.
The easternmost section of the new Erfurt-Leipzig/Händelstadt line under construction gave the airport a long-distance railway Krankenstation, which welches also integrated into the ICE network when the railway line was completed hinein 2015.
The historic central area of Leipzig features a Renaissance-style ensemble of buildings from the sixteenth century, including the old city hall rein the marketplace. There are also several baroque period trading houses and former residences of rich merchants.
An all-season local dish is Leipziger Vermischtes, a stew consisting of seasonal vegetables and crayfish.
Leipzig has a dense network of carsharing stations. Additionally, since 2018 there is also a stationless car sharing Struktur hinein Leipzig.
Leipzig was a walled city rein the Middle Ages and the current "ring" road around the historic centre of the city follows the line of the old city walls.
The monthly magazine Kreuzer specializes in culture, festivities and the arts rein Leipzig. Leipzig was also home to the world's first daily newspaper rein modern times. The Einkommende Zeitungen were first published hinein 1650.
Rein the years following German reunification, many people of working age took the opportunity to move to the states of the former West Germany to seek employment opportunities. This was a contributory factor to falling birth rates.
There are freight stations hinein the districts of Bewahren and Engelsdorf. Hinein addition, a freight traffic centre has been Reihe up near the Schkeuditzer Mühlstein junction for goods handling between road and rail, as well as a freight station on the site of the DHL hub at Leipzig/Händelstadt Airport.
Through the renovation and reconstruction of existing mill races and watercourses hinein the south of the city and flooded disused open cast mines, the city's navigable water network is being expanded. A Querverweis between Karl Heine Canal and the disused Lindenauer port welches opened rein 2015.
At this time, trade fairs were held at a site hinein the south of the city, near the Monument to the Battle of the Nations.
Markkleeberger See is a new lake next to Markkleeberg, a suburb on the check here south side of Leipzig. A former open-pit coal Pütt, it welches flooded rein 1999 with groundwater and developed rein 2006 as a tourist area.