Getting started in Dresden

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Welcome to Dresden
This page is a collection of links and tips to help you get started in Dresden. Maybe you just arrived here for a predoc or postdoc in biology. Accommodation and paper work need to be sorted out, you may want to learn some German, and you are definitely looking for things to do after work. Dresden and surroundings has plenty to offer and is just waiting to be discovered. Links are in English were available. Please improve this page with your own suggestions.
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Dresden

 * Dresden (English wikipedia)
 * Dresden (German wikipedia) and portal
 * Lonely Planet: Dresden
 * WikiTravel: Dresden
 * Dresden-Lexikon.de (facts, districts,..)
 * Dresden at world66.com (editable guide)
 * Dresden at about-Germany.org (Austrian)


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Accommodation

 * MPI-CBG help page
 * short-term guest houses: MPI-CBG, University clinic Schubertstrasse
 * medium-term: University clinic Senefelderstrasse 2/4
 * Campus Leben flats to rent, August-Bebel-Str. 19, fully equipped+WLAN, 290€/month
 * flat to share: WG-gesucht.de, Studenten-WG.de
 * own flat: 2 room flats on Studenten-WG, 1-room & 2/3-rooms on WG-gesucht.de
 * IKEA Dresden


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Transport

 * Dresden in Google Maps
 * Dresden public transport (DVB)
 * how to query DVB by SMS (German)
 * train travel form (Die Bahn)
 * BerlinLinienBus from Berlin (Tegel, ZOB, Schönefeld) to Dresden train stations for <€30 return (timetable)
 * database for sharing a car ride
 * car sharing companies: teilauto.net, Greenwheels
 * Dresden airport
 * rent a bike: train stations, nextbike.de, overview


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Banking

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 * DKB - online bank w branch in DD, free account+VISA, 3.8% on savings
 * ING-DiBa - online bank, free account, credit card 18€/year (fee lowered by use ), 3.25% on savings
 * Deutsche Bank - branch bank; account 4.45€/m, 30€/m credit card, 0.5% on savings
 * Dresdner Bank - branch bank; account 2.75€ unless income >650€/m, credit card 30€/m , 0% on savings
 * also inquire at the MPI-CBG international office about special offers


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Communication

 * teltarif.de comparisons: mobiles
 * mobile network resellers: klarmobil no monthly charge, 14c/min mobile+fixed, min. contract 1m; Tchibo 3€/m, 15c/min mobile+fixed, min. contract 1m


 * mobile network providers: E-Plus, tarif Zehnsation 10€/m, 10c/min mobile+fixed, start 25€, min. contract 2y; O2, tarif Genion S 19c/min mobile+fixed, 3c/min in home zone, 25€ to start, min. contract 6w, O2 DSL L until end 2007: 30€/m, 19c/min mobile, unlimited calls to fixed phones+internet; disable "Sicherheitspaket", min. contract 2y;


 * internet, optional phone Hansenet, tarif Alice Light 30€/m for unlimited internet, 2€/m fixed phone
 * free internet, cheap phone calls w Skype Europe, N America, China 1.7c/min


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Learning German

 * online English-German dictionary LEO
 * dictionary meta searcher
 * free learning site of national radio
 * traveller German with sound
 * language learning resources list
 * German at about.com


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Sport

 * overview of sauna, swimming pools and open air pools in Dresden; esp. central Arnoldbad and Freiberger Platz
 * ultimate frisbee fun team (English speaking)
 * ultimate pro team (English+German)
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Entertainment

 * cinemas showing movies in original language
 * DVD rental Phase 4


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