To the South East of Germany on the plains of the River Elbe, lies the elegant city of Dresden, otherwise known to many as the 'Florence of the Elbe'. An old city with lots of cultural landmarks, it saw most of its grand buildings built under the patronage of Augustus the Strong in the 18th century. Majorly damaged during WWII, Dresden's finest buildings have either had to be rebuilt, with those that made it through the bombings revealing noir facades, token to the city's belligerent past. It is precisely this mixture of modern buildings with war-torn areas that makes the city so appealing, reaching out to its future whilst holding on to its pertinent history.