Halle, why?
Halle (Saale) is an amazing city with unique historical buildings and an interesting chronicle. Halle has great architecture (for example: a church with four towers and the single "Red Tower", a bell tower with the typical Big Ben sound), unique cultural treasures (like the skydisk of Nebra or the death-mask of the well-known reformer Martin Luther) and delicous sweets (from Germany's oldest working chocolate factory "Halloren Schokoladenfabrik AG"). Halle is the place where the great german composer George Frederic Handel was born and has grown up.
You are still not sure whether you should travel to Halle? Well, the following global players are already in and around Halle: Dow Chemical and Bayer (chemical industry), DHL (postal logistics), Amazon (online-shop) and Dell (computersystems) are already in the region. These VIPs already visited Halle: Bonny Tyler, Tom Cruise, Johnny Logan, The Scorpions, Hans-Dietrich Genscher.

Halle, where?
Halle (Saale) is situated in Central Europe at the river Saale. You find it in Germany 120 kilometers southerly from Berlin and 35 Kilometers westerly form Leipzig.

In a circle of 150 kilometers you find the roots and highlights of the history of Germany in a unique high concentration. These are some of the interesting places around there: Berlin/Reichstag/Museum-Island/TV-Tower, Dresden/Zwinger/Manfred von Ardenne, Eisenach/Wartburg/Luther, Erfurt/Dom, Leipzig/45 Passages/Old Town Hall/Bach, Potsdam/Sanssouci, Weimar/Goethe/Schiller, Luther-Stadt Eisleben/Birth- and Deathplace of Martin Luther, Arche Nebra/Skyways-Center.

Halle, what?
Halle an der Saale occupies a hilly along the river Saale and has about 230.000 inhabitants. Halle has an old city core, because during the 2nd World War less than in other cities of Germany became destroyed (also because of Duke Felix Graf von Luckner). Especially westerly and southerly the city core is surrounded by modern houses built during the GDR (communist time). But also around the central place and along the central highway there are modern buildings, also small skyscrapers.

Halle, who?
The great german composer George Frederic Handel was born in Halle (his furneral is in London) like Hans-Dietrich Genscher, the former German Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Pietist August Hermann Francke (Francke Foundation) and the painter Lyonel Feininger worked in Halle.

Halle, how?
You can go to Halle Saale by plane, train or car. Near Halle is the intercontinental Airport Leipzig/Halle (LEJ/EDDP). London, Paris, Vienna and Milan belong to the direct flight destinations. Halle is situated at the train tracks Leipzig-Kassel and Berlin-Frankfurt/Main. Halle is surrounded by the motorways A9, A14, A38 and A143.

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