{"id":1303570,"date":"2026-09-29T11:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303570"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:25","slug":"dresden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/germany\/dresden\/","title":{"rendered":"Dresden"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Dresden","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"A baroque city rebuilt from rubble stone by stone, a royal treasury of absurd wealth, and sandstone cliffs an hour upriver.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303655","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"Feb 1945 | When the city was destroyed by bombing\r\n2005 | When the Frauenkirche reopened, rebuilt\r\n3,000+ | Pieces in the Green Vault treasury","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Rebuilt, deliberately and slowly, from its own rubble","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Dresden was the baroque capital of Saxony, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and in February 1945 Allied bombing destroyed it and killed something in the region of 25,000 people.\r\n\r\nWhat stands now is a reconstruction, and the city is open about it. The Frauenkirche was left as a rubble heap through the GDR years as a memorial, then rebuilt between 1994 and 2005 using surviving stones where possible \u2014 you can see them, darker than the new sandstone, scattered through the facade like a map of what survived.\r\n\r\nThe Green Vault holds the Saxon royal treasury and is one of the richest collections of its kind in Europe, still recovering from a jewel theft in 2019.\r\n\r\nThe Elbe runs through the middle, and an hour upstream the sandstone towers of Saxon Switzerland make the best hiking in eastern Germany.\r\n\r\nIt is cheaper than Berlin and frequently skipped. Two days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | ICE from Berlin 2 hours, Prague 2 hours. Airport 20 minutes by S2\r\nGetting around | Trams are excellent. Day ticket about \u20ac8\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nHistoric Green Vault | Timed entry, limited numbers, book weeks ahead\r\nSaxon Switzerland | An hour by S-Bahn, and the best hiking in eastern Germany\r\n13 February | The bombing anniversary, marked with a human chain across the city","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A baroque core on one bank, and the interesting district on the other.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Altstadt | First-timers | The rebuilt baroque centre: the Frauenkirche, the Zwinger, the Green Vault and the river terrace. | 51.0510 | 13.7380 |  | \nNeustadt | Nightlife and value | Across the Elbe: largely undestroyed, now the bar and alternative district with the cheapest beds. | 51.0640 | 13.7490 |  | \nAround the Hauptbahnhof | Transport | South of the centre: functional, well connected and a ten-minute walk to the old town. | 51.0400 | 13.7320 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Dresden","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The Frauenkirche is free to enter and is the story of the city in one building \u2014 destroyed in 1945, left as rubble for fifty years as a deliberate memorial, rebuilt with international funding and reopened in 2005. The darker original stones set into the pale new sandstone are visible from the square and are worth standing and looking at properly.\r\n\r\nThe Historic Green Vault, about \u20ac14, is the Saxon treasury displayed in its restored baroque rooms with no cases \u2014 timed entry, strictly limited numbers, and it must be booked weeks ahead. The New Green Vault next door is easier to get into and nearly as good.\r\n\r\nThe Zwinger is a baroque palace complex with three museums, including the Old Masters gallery holding Raphael's Sistine Madonna.\r\n\r\nThe F\u00fcrstenzug, a 102-metre porcelain tile mural of the Saxon rulers on an outside wall, is free and survived the bombing almost intact.\r\n\r\nThen cross to the Neustadt, which the bombs largely missed, for the Kunsthofpassage courtyards \u2014 including a building wall designed to play music when it rains.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Frauenkirche | Free. Rubble until 1994, reopened 2005\r\nHistoric Green Vault | About \u20ac14, timed entry, book weeks ahead\r\nThe F\u00fcrstenzug | Free. 102 metres of porcelain tiles that survived the bombing\r\nKunsthofpassage | Free courtyards, including the musical rain wall","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Dresden","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Dresden","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Frauenkirche is free to enter, with only the dome climb charged.\r\n\r\nThe F\u00fcrstenzug, the Zwinger courtyard, the Theaterplatz and the Br\u00fchl Terrace above the Elbe \u2014 nicknamed the balcony of Europe \u2014 are all free.\r\n\r\nThe Kunsthofpassage courtyards in the Neustadt are free, including the funnel-and-gutter wall that plays sound in the rain.\r\n\r\nThe Elbe meadows on both banks are free and enormous, and the walk or cycle upstream towards the Blue Wonder bridge and Pillnitz is the best in the city.\r\n\r\nSaxon Switzerland is free to hike once you have paid the S-Bahn fare, which is the cheapest great day out in this part of Germany.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Frauenkirche | Free to enter\r\nBr\u00fchl Terrace | The balcony of Europe, above the Elbe\r\nKunsthofpassage | Free courtyards and a wall that plays the rain\r\nSaxon Switzerland | Free hiking, an S-Bahn fare away","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Dresden","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Dresden","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Saxon food is hearty and inland: Sauerbraten, Rouladen, and a great deal of potato.\r\n\r\nDresdner Christstollen is the famous export \u2014 a dense fruit bread with marzipan, made here since the fifteenth century and protected by name. It is sold year-round despite being a Christmas item.\r\n\r\nEierschecke, a three-layer cheesecake, is the local cake.\r\n\r\nThe Neustadt has the best cheap eating at \u20ac8 to \u20ac14, including good Vietnamese \u2014 a legacy of GDR-era labour agreements with North Vietnam that left a substantial community in eastern German cities.\r\n\r\nA restaurant main is \u20ac12 to \u20ac18, a beer \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac5, and Radeberger is the local pilsner brewed just outside the city.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Christstollen | Made here since the 1400s and protected by name\r\nNeustadt eating | \u20ac8\u201314, with notably good Vietnamese\r\nA beer | \u20ac3.50\u20135, cheaper than western Germany\r\nEierschecke | The local three-layer cheesecake","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Dresden","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Dresden","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"The Neustadt is the whole answer. It largely escaped the bombing, spent the GDR years decaying, was squatted after 1989 and is now the densest bar district in eastern Germany outside Berlin.\r\n\r\nAlaunstra\u00dfe and Louisenstra\u00dfe have dozens of bars within a few hundred metres, and prices are low \u2014 a beer is \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac5 and cocktails \u20ac7 to \u20ac11.\r\n\r\nThe Altstadt is largely dead after the restaurants close, so cross the river.\r\n\r\nBunte Republik Neustadt in June is a three-day street festival across the district, free and very large.\r\n\r\nThe city has a smaller student population than Leipzig and a correspondingly quieter scene, but for its size it punches well above expectations.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"The Neustadt | Dozens of bars in a few hundred metres\r\nCheap | Beer \u20ac3.50\u20135, cocktails \u20ac7\u201311\r\nCross the river | The Altstadt is dead after dinner\r\nBunte Republik Neustadt | A free street festival in June","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Dresden","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Dresden","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Trams are frequent, cheap and cover everything, with a day ticket around \u20ac8. The centre is walkable and the Neustadt is fifteen minutes on foot across the Augustus Bridge.\r\n\r\nValidate before boarding \u2014 the fine is \u20ac60.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 20 minutes on the S2 and small, with mostly domestic routes.\r\n\r\nICE trains reach Berlin in about two hours and Prague in about two, which makes Dresden a natural stop between the two.\r\n\r\nFor Saxon Switzerland, the S1 runs along the Elbe to Rathen, K\u00f6nigstein and Bad Schandau in 30 to 50 minutes on a normal regional ticket, and the trailheads are at the stations.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Day ticket about \u20ac8 | Trams cover everything\r\nBerlin and Prague | About two hours each\r\nSaxon Switzerland | S1 to Rathen or Bad Schandau, 30\u201350 minutes\r\nValidate before boarding | \u20ac60 fine","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Dresden","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Dresden costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheaper than western Germany and considerably cheaper than Munich. Dorms are \u20ac16 to \u20ac32, a main \u20ac12 to \u20ac18, and a beer \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac5.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac40 to \u20ac75.\r\n\r\nThe Frauenkirche, the F\u00fcrstenzug, the terraces and the Elbe meadows are free. The Green Vault at about \u20ac14 and the Zwinger museums at about \u20ac14 are the paid attractions.\r\n\r\nSaxon Switzerland costs only the S-Bahn fare and is the best value day out in the region.\r\n\r\nThe Christmas market in December \u2014 the Striezelmarkt, running since 1434 and among the oldest in Germany \u2014 pushes beds up for the month.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac16\u201332\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac40\u201375\r\nSaxon Switzerland | An S-Bahn fare for a full day of hiking\r\nDecember | The Striezelmarkt pushes beds up","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Dresden","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Dresden","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Dresden is a safe city with low crime against visitors, and the practical risks are minor.\r\n\r\nPetty theft happens around the Hauptbahnhof and in the Neustadt at weekends.\r\n\r\nDresden has a visible far-right presence and has hosted regular political demonstrations, some of them large. These are announced in advance and are easy to avoid \u2014 go around rather than through, and be aware that counter-demonstrations happen at the same time.\r\n\r\nThe 13 February bombing anniversary is marked seriously: a human chain forms around the old town, and far-right groups have historically attempted to use the date. If you are here then, the commemorations themselves are moving and worth attending; the fringe is worth avoiding.\r\n\r\nIn Saxon Switzerland the sandstone is friable, paths run along cliff edges with ladders and steps, and rock falls happen. Stay on marked trails. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Demonstrations | Announced ahead. Go around rather than through\r\n13 February | The commemorations are moving. The fringe is not\r\nSaxon Switzerland | Friable sandstone, cliff paths and ladders. Stay marked\r\nPetty theft | The station and the Neustadt at weekends","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Dresden","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Dresden","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Sandstone towers, a hilltop fortress and Prague within reach.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Saxon Switzerland | 45 minutes | S1 to Rathen or Bad Schandau, about \u20ac8 | Sandstone pillars, the Bastei bridge over a gorge, and marked trails everywhere. The best hiking in eastern Germany. |  | 1303656\nK\u00f6nigstein Fortress | 40 minutes | S1 and a shuttle, about \u20ac15 with entry | A hilltop fortress that was never taken, with walls above the Elbe and a 152-metre well. |  | 1303659\nMeissen | 40 minutes | S1, about \u20ac7 | The porcelain town, with a cathedral, a castle and the manufactory that invented European hard-paste porcelain in 1710. |  | 1303660\nPillnitz | 30 minutes | Boat or bus, \u20ac5\u201320 | A Chinoiserie summer palace and gardens on the Elbe, reached by paddle steamer in season. |  | 1303662\nPrague | 2 hours | Train, \u20ac20\u201340 | A different country, and closer than Munich. |  | 1303665","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Dresden","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September for the hiking. December for the oldest Christmas market in Germany.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Dresden is continental and colder than western Germany in winter. Saxon Switzerland is best from late spring to October \u2014 the sandstone paths, ladders and steps are treacherous in ice.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 3 | 2 | Cold and grey. Cheapest\r\nFebruary | 5 | 3 | Cold. The 13 February commemorations\r\nMarch | 10 | 3 | Improving. Good hiking weather starting\r\nApril | 15 | 4 | Good. Saxon Switzerland at its greenest\r\nMay | 19 | 5 | Excellent. Terraces open and trails dry\r\nJune | 23 | 5 | The best month. Bunte Republik Neustadt festival\r\nJuly | 25 | 5 | Warm and busy. Elbe meadows in use\r\nAugust | 24 | 5 | Warm. Good for the river and the cliffs\r\nSeptember | 20 | 5 | Superb. Warm, quieter, and the best hiking light\r\nOctober | 14 | 4 | Autumn colour in the sandstone country\r\nNovember | 7 | 2 | Grey and cold. Quietest month\r\nDecember | 3 | 5 | Striezelmarkt, running since 1434. Cold and very busy","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"One of the oldest Christmas markets in Germany, running since 1434.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Dresden","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/germany\/dresden\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Striezelmarkt | Late November to December | Altmarkt | Among the oldest Christmas markets in Germany, first recorded in 1434, with a giant stollen paraded through the city in early December. |  | \nBunte Republik Neustadt | June | Neustadt | A three-day free street festival across the district, with stages in courtyards and on street corners. |  | \n13 February commemorations | 13 February | Citywide | The bombing anniversary, marked by a human chain around the old town and church bells across the city. |  | \nDixieland Festival | May | Citywide | A long-running jazz festival, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. |  | \nElbe paddle steamers | April to October | The Elbe | The world's oldest paddle steamer fleet runs upriver to Pillnitz and the sandstone country. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"December runs above these for beds. The doing line is low because the Frauenkirche and the best walking are free.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 16 | 13 | 8 | 3\r\nMiddle of the road | 28 | 26 | 8 | 16\r\nComfortable | 52 | 44 | 12 | 32","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Dresden","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A good scene in the Neustadt at low eastern German prices. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Dresden","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/germany\/dresden\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Dresden travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is the old town original? | No, and the city is open about it. Dresden was destroyed by Allied bombing in February 1945 and the baroque centre is a reconstruction. The Frauenkirche shows this most clearly \u2014 the darker original stones recovered from the rubble are set into the pale new sandstone, visible from the square.\r\nHow do I see the Green Vault? | The Historic Green Vault has timed entry with strictly limited numbers and needs booking weeks ahead \u2014 it is about \u20ac14. The New Green Vault next door is far easier to get into, costs similar and is nearly as impressive if you cannot get a slot.\r\nWhat is Saxon Switzerland? | A national park of sandstone pillars and gorges an hour upriver, reached on the S1 for about \u20ac8. The Bastei bridge over a gorge is the famous view, and the trails are extensive and free. It is the best hiking in eastern Germany and the cheapest great day out in the region.\r\nIs Dresden cheap? | Cheaper than western Germany. Dorms \u20ac16 to \u20ac32, a beer \u20ac3.50 to \u20ac5, a main \u20ac12 to \u20ac18, and a day around \u20ac40 to \u20ac75.\r\nWhere do I go out? | The Neustadt, across the river, which largely escaped the bombing and is now the densest bar district in eastern Germany outside Berlin. The Altstadt is dead once the restaurants close.\r\nWhen is the Christmas market? | The Striezelmarkt runs from late November through December on the Altmarkt and was first recorded in 1434, making it among the oldest in Germany. A giant stollen is paraded through the city in early December. Beds rise for the month.\r\nShould I know about the politics? | Worth being aware. Dresden has a visible far-right presence and hosts regular demonstrations, which are announced in advance and easy to avoid. The 13 February bombing commemorations are moving and worth attending; the political fringe around that date is not.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Dresden hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Dresden | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/germany\/dresden\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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