In my earlier post and flight, I'd flown from (EDDG) Münster Osnabrück Airport (Runway 07 / see shot #3) to (EDDC) Dresden Airport (Runway 04 /see shot #11). There, I had set PG off, as I habitually do in Xbox, to avoid generating (and sighting of) pyramidal and melted...🙂...buildings and structures. Now, as we are already aware, with the latest MSFS "Sim Update 3", a "City Update 12: Germany" was also released at the same time. 

The City Update (Germany) featured the following locations:

1. Augsburg
2. Bremen
3. Dresden
4. Leuben
5. Leipzig
6. Kiel
7. Münster

Out of this list, I'd (earlier) selected Münster and Dresden as the ORIG/DEST of my short trip across northern Germany (with PG set to "off"). However, for this post, for my curiosity, I have set PG to "on" and then explored the vicinities around Münster and Dresden Airports. The first 8 pictures below are for Münster and the rest 12 pictures are for Dresden. Around Münster airport, the buildings and (peripheral) homes (visually) looked good to me, and I especially liked that Guest House (shot #6) with outside Patio Umbrellas and Dining Tables...🙂...along with the courtesy provisioning of a children's park...🙂...though the slide there is likely challenging enough for kids < 4 years old...Oh well...

In Dresden, the airport premise buildings and structures such as the Control Tower (shot #9), the Runway overhead layout (shot #11), and the Radar Tower (shot #13) etc. all matched the RW pictures reasonably well (as far as I could perceive on-line). Then, I ventured out from the airport, southward along the Runway 22 heading (Note: I'd landed earlier on ILS Runway 04 of EDDC; approaching from the same direction). The two (major) highways that go past Dresden Airport are the A4 Autobahn and the A13 Autobahn, with a specific exit for the airport itself. Apparently, A13 terminates on A4 near Dresden Airport, and then A4 (Bundesautobahn 4; a major east-west highway; see shot #14) continues on past Dresden, westward across Germany. As I headed south, not too far from the airport, I met up with the famous and historic Elbe River (see shot #s 15-20). 

In my previous post, after I'd (virtually) landed in my chosen city of Dresden, I learned later that the Carola Bridge on Elbe River in Dresden (about 5 miles south of Dresden Airport), partially collapsed, less than a year ago, on September 11, 2024, into the Elbe River, due to corrosion. Fortunately, there were no casualties. The 1971 bridge, which carried road and tram traffic, was built as a replacement for the original 1895 bridge that was of World War II significance.

You see a good shot of this Carola Bridge in my last but one shot below. With PG on, I find a fairly good resemblance here to the images of the RW Carola Bridge (before collapse) that I find on-line (except for some melted roadway vehicles...🙂...on the bridge in my image below). The portion of the Carola Bridge that collapsed, carried the city's tram lines and a pedestrian/bicycle path over the Elbe River, but I do not seem to find this (3rd) section of the bridge in my image...still it's close enough...🙂...Restoration work on the bridge started immediately after collapse, but, curiously, early this year (2025), some unexploded World War II ordnance was discovered on-site, requiring evacuations and delay of construction work (that's what happens when you mess with a historic bridge...🙂...that played a role in World War II).

In my last shot below, I leave you with a final view of part of Dresden city, along with the Elbe River seen in the background, the river that's deeply significant to Dresden, influencing its geography, architecture, and cultural identity, and earning it the nickname "Florence on the Elbe".

Hope you enjoy this collection of images...!

Thanks for viewing...!

Edited August 22, 2025Aug 22 by P_7878

Fine set of shots, like those different places and landscape's..

cheers 😉

On 8/22/2025 at 12:56 AM, pmplayer said:

Fine set of shots, like those different places and landscape's..

cheers 😉

Thanks, pmplayer...! Towns in your neighborhood...🙂...relatively speaking...

I am sure you've visited these two (historic) places a few times...it looks like both are about 300 miles from your home base...

Cheers...!