The sights at a glance

In Schiffbauergasse, which used to be the shipwrights’ alley and where once the first steamships were constructed, numerous...

Between 1876 and 1924 a range of scientific organisations established several institutes and observatories on Potsdam´s...

Glienicker Brücke, the bridge that connects the state capital of Potsdam with the federal capital of Berlin, was one of the...

The Jägertor, or Hunters’ Gate, was built in 1733 in the course of the second extension to the city, when the Soldier-King...

The New Garden is located between the Heilige See (holy lake), the Jungfernsee (lake of the virgins) and Pfingstberg ...

The Volkspark Potsdam holds plenty of new ideas and a multitude of appealing attractions and offers. The former BUGA space...

Peter Joseph Lenné and Karl Friedrich Schinkel did their best here as well to make Babelsberg Castle and Park an impressive...

Frederick William III and the Russian Czar Alexander were close friends. To give expression to this friendship, Frederick had...

The Neuer Markt, or New Market, is today regarded as the most attractive square in Potsdam, the capital city of the federal...

The seven year’s war was won in 1770. A triumphal arch was to express the joy over this: the Brandenburg Gate was erected...