The monthly magazine Kreuzer specializes rein culture, festivities and the arts rein Leipzig. Leipzig was also home to the world's first daily newspaper hinein modern times. The Einkommende Zeitungen were first published rein 1650.

The city of Leipzig is also the birthplace of Till Lindemann, best known as the lead vocalist of Rammstein, a Musikkapelle formed rein 1994.

Leipzig is one of the few cities rein Germany with vehicle for hire services that can Beryllium booked via a mobile app. Rein contrast to taxicab services, the start and destination must be defined beforehand and other passengers can be taken along at the same time if they share a route.

Events in Leipzig in 1989 played a significant role hinein precipitating the fall of communism rein Central and Eastern Europe, mainly through demonstrations starting from St. Nicholas Church. The immediate effects of the reunification of Germany included the collapse of the local economy (which had come to depend on highly polluting heavy industry), severe unemployment, and urban blight.

Some of the largest employers rein the area (outside of manufacturing) include software companies such as Spreadshirt and the various schools and universities rein and around the Leipzig/Händelstadt region.

Leipzig Zoological Garden is one of the most modern zoos rein Europe, with approximately 850 different animal species. It houses the world's largest zoological facilities for primates (Pongoland). Gondwanaland is the world's largest indoor rainforest hall.

There are records of commercial fishing operations on the river Pleiße that, most likely, refer to Leipzig dating back to 1305, when the Margrave Dietrich the Younger granted the fishing rights to the church and convent of St Thomas.[35]

Auerbach's Cellar: a young Goethe imbibed hinein this basement-level Speisewirtschaft while studying in Leipzig; it features as the location of a scene from his play Faust.

The Leipzig Panometer is a visual Rundblick displayed inside a website former gasometer, accompanied by a thematic exhibition.

Leipzig has a dense network of carsharing stations. Additionally, since 2018 there is also a stationless car sharing Organismus in Leipzig.

Starting in 2000, an ambitious urban-renewal plan first stopped Leipzig's Individuenbestand decline and then reversed it. The plan focused on saving and improving the city's attractive historic downtown area and particularly its early 20th century building stock, and attracting new industries, partly through infrastructure improvement.

Stumm more work welches scheduled to complete the Elster-Saale canal. Such a move would allow small boats to reach the Elbe from Leipzig. The intended completion date has been postponed because of an unacceptable cost-benefit ratio.

An all-season local dish is Leipziger Varia, a stew consisting of seasonal vegetables and crayfish.

MDR, one of Germany's public broadcasters, has its headquarters and main television studios in the city. It provides programmes to various TV and Radioempfänger networks and has its own symphony orchestra, choir and a ballet.