Highlighted events in Potsdam
The Dream Factory – 100 Years of Film in Babelsberg
25.05.2021 - 31.12.2024Despite rapid technological progress, the making of films stil follows traditional patterns that even children are able to understand – and this is why the process of filmmaking is at the core of the exhibition. The starting point of every film production is an idea. Finding a producer for the project sets the stage for a long process that includes casting, costumes and make-up, set construction, shooting, editing and sound design. Interactive modules allow them to find out in a playful, intuitive way what it’s like to sing a long with Zara Leander or to replace actors in a casting session. Besides, the exhibition provides young people looking for professional perspectives with hands-on information on jobs in the media business. A computer-based information system and an exhibition guide shed light on the background of film production in Babelsberg, putting films and those who worked on them into their historical context.
View the eventImpressionism. The Hasso Plattner collection.
22.05.2021 - 31.12.2023Museum Barberini shows impessionist paintings from the extensive collection of Hasso Plattner, the museum´s founder: More than 100 masterpieces by Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Henri-Edmond Cross, Paul Signac and by other impressionist and postimpressionist painters are on permanent display. With 34 paintings it is the largest european collection of Claude Monet´s painting outside Paris and Potsdam becomes one of the most important centres of impressionist landscape painting worldwide.
View the eventBrunch in the tropics at Biosphäre Potsdam
12.02.2023 10:15 - 18.06.2023 14:00With a view towards the tropical garden the Biosphäre Potsdam is offering a rich brunch buffet with everything your heart desires on selected dates from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Visitors start with a cocktail from the coconut and enjoy homemade delicacies. During their brunch visit, unlimited coffee and tea specialties, breakfast juice and mint lime water are available. After the delicious brunch, visitors can take a trip through the tropical adventure world of the Biosphäre Potsdam and experience the rainforest with its variety of plants and animals.
View the eventImpressionism. The Hasso Plattner collection.
08.07.2023 - 22.10.2023Museum Barberini shows impessionist paintings from the extensive collection of Hasso Plattner, the museum´s founder: More than 100 masterpieces by Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Henri-Edmond Cross, Paul Signac and by other impressionist and postimpressionist painters are on permanent display. With 34 paintings it is the largest european collection of Claude Monet´s painting outside Paris and Potsdam becomes one of the most important centres of impressionist landscape painting worldwide.
View the eventNocturnal castle impressions
14.07.2023 20:00 - 19.08.2023 23:00Immerse yourself in the splendour of bygone days and let us take you on a three-hour parade along Potsdam's fabulously illuminated parks and palaces. On board we will welcome you with a glass of sparkling wine before the ships set off on a journey into times long past. The convoy of ships glides past the enchanted Babelsberg Park into the sunset. As darkness falls, the ships arrive in Sacrow at the torch-lit Church of the Saviour to listen to the classical brass concert. On the onward journey you can watch the mystical dance of the elves on the shores of the Jungfernsee. The crowning finale is heralded by the sound of fanfares. As the ship's parade approaches Glienicke Bridge, a majestic shower of fire transforms the Havel into a romantic sea of lights. With our festive palace menu, you will experience this evening with all your senses. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
View the eventThe Potsdam Palace Night 2023
18.08.2023 17:00 - 19.08.2023 17:00On two evenings in August, Sanssouci Park is transformed into a large stage during the Potsdam Palace Night. The 23rd Palace Night is all about life. "Viva!" is the motto of the Potsdam Palace Night. Prominent voices from the German film and television skillfully set texts from literary classics from the world of fantasy at stage. Magic at dizzy heights: the circus troupe "Flotados" will perform their breathtaking show of artistry, music and projection at a height of eight metres. The theater company "Companyia La Tal Carilló" remains on the ground, as do the mariachi bands that accompany the strollers in Sanssouci Park. Popular and informative themed tours through the park are also offered. As soon as it gets dark, the gardens and the palaces are wonderfully illuminated.
View the eventHavel in Flames
15.09.2023 20:00 - 16.09.2023 23:00Havel in Flames - the great round of ships under the fireworks The Potsdam shipping company parade to the impressive fireworks display on Lake Templin. For many years it has been a tradition that the ships of the Weisse Flotte Potsdam go on a big evening trip together and celebrate the high season. This tradition will be continued this year on the Potsdam Havel river. After the fireworks on the lake Großer Wannsee were canceled last year, the Weisse Flotte Potsdam took the helm and moved the ship round under the fireworks to the lake Templiner See again in 2023. The impressive parade of ships leads from the port of Potsdam towards the Glienicke Bridge, where ships from the Berlin shipping companies join and set course together towards Caputh. And the name "Havel in Flames" keeps what it promises and doesn't have to hide behind the original Wannsee spectacle.
View the eventGuided City Walk - City Stroll through Potsdam
21.01.2023 10:00 - 26.11.2023 12:00An entertaining journey through the past with a view into the Potsdam of tomorrow: Starting at the Old Market, the historic centre of Potsdam, which shines in new splendour with the Nikolai Church and its reconstructed baroque buildings, the Barberini Museum and the State Parliament in the shell of the old City Palace. Through the baroque city centre you will pass Potsdam's shopping mall the "Broadway", to the Dutch Quarter. Small shops, cafés and bars characterize the flair of this unique Dutch settlement outside the Netherlands. Here the tour ends. The city tour takes place in January, February, March, November on Saturday and Sunday and from April to October daily. From April to October the city walk is also guided in English and German every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. Meeting point: 10.00 a.m. Tourist Information Centre Old Market Duration: 2 hours
View the eventThe Sun: Source of Light in Art
25.02.2023 - 11.06.2023Claude Monet’s 1872 painting Impression, Sunrise, which gave Impressionism its name and now marks its 150th year, shows the red disk of the rising sun as the focus of the composition. The painting is the point of departure for the exhibition The Sun: Source of Light in Art, which explores the iconography of the sun from antiquity to the present. As a sign or personification of divine power, a protagonist in mythological narratives, an atmospheric element in landscape imagery, and an intensification of color in modern painting, the sun plays a key role in European art.
View the eventThe Royal Vineyard
07.07.2023 16:00 - 09.07.2023 17:00The Royal Vineyard invites you to the wine festival again. More than 250 years ago, Frederick the Great had a vineyard planted on the southern slope of the Klausberg. He provided the table at the Prussian court with excellent fruit and, above all, exquisite grapes. A Rhineland winegrower and soldier of the royal guard is said to have recommended this to the king. Vines are now thriving here again. To date, the gardeners at Mosaik-Berlin gGmbH have planted 200 fruit trees and more than 3,000 vines. The many sunny days have done the grapes good. The Riesling tastes fruity and is refreshingly cool. The red wine of the Regent variety has a pleasantly light cherry taste.
View the eventPotsdam Sanssouci Music Festival
09.06.2023 - 25.06.2023The motto for 2023 is about friendship: about family ties, fraternal disputes and elective affinities in music. The Potsdam Sanssouci Music Festival is a festival with music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods in historically informed performance practice. The festival takes place annually for three weeks in June with around 80 events in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens of Potsdam & Berlin as well as in the historical center of Potsdam and its surroundings. The festival is sponsored by the state capital Potsdam and the state of Brandenburg and is organized in cooperation with the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg.
View the eventPleasure market on Luisenplatz
16.06.2023 - 26.06.2023No enjoyment is temporary, because the impression it leaves behind is permanent!" Even Johann Wolfgang von Goethe knew how to enjoy and leave an impression. The organizers of the 3rd Potsdam Gourmet Market want to achieve the same thing again this year. Vendors will be named at a later date.
View the eventAdventure Night Potsdam
29.07.2023 - 30.07.2023In 2023, Potsdam once again invites you to the Experience Night. Visitors can stroll between the three city gates and the Dutch Fourth. Music, dance, street theatre, acrobatics, cooking shows and good food will be offered on this evening.
View the eventHeritage Day: Wine Festival - Villa Jacobs
09.09.2023 11:00 - 10.09.2023 18:00The Villa Jacobs is located on the high banks of the Jungfernsee near the historic park of the New Garden with the Cecilienhof Contry House and Marble House. Friedrich Ludwig Persius built the villa in 1835 in a Tuscan country house style as a tower villa for the sugar manufacturer L.F. Otto Jacobs. Vineyard, orchard and linden grove invite you to stroll and linger with a view of the Jungfernsee. At the traditional wine festival, Préludes from Villa Jacobs' own vineyard and a small selection of fine wines from the Moselle are sold. On both days there will be guided tours at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and a reading by the author Marianne Ludes at 4:00 p.m.
View the eventBreakfast at Biosphäre Potsdam
01.06.2023 10:15 - 30.06.2023 12:00At breakfast in the biosphäre Potsdam, guests can spend a tropical morning full of delights. The unique jungle atmosphere promises a successful start into the morning. The gastronomy of Biosphäre Potsdam is characterized by first-class and home-made dishes. Regionality and seasonality are very important guideslines for the kitchen staff. At breakfast at Biosphäre Potsdam, guests experience an exclusive range of fine delicacies for every taste. In addition to savory delicacies, there is also a healthy vegetarian breakfast and a vegan breakfast option. For every breakfast there is also unlimited filter coffee and tea. Breakfast in the Biosphäre Potsdam can be started daily between 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. However, advance booking is necessary. Please register for breakfast no later than 2 p.m. the day before by e-mail to info@biosphaere-potsdam.de.
View the eventSunday guided tour: Italian royal dream and phoenix from the ashes
07.05.2023 11:00 - 01.10.2023 11:00With the Belvedere Pfingstberg, Friedrich Wilhelm IV wanted to fulfill his great "Italian dream" in Potsdam. Inspired by Roman architecture, an imposing viewing palace was built, which remained a popular destination for Potsdam and Berliners until after World War II. With the division of Germany after the war, the Pfingstberg ensemble is suddenly located in the border area of the GDR and increasingly falls into disrepair. It was not until the commitment of young Potsdam residents at the end of the 1980s that the unique site began to be saved. A member of the Förderverein Pfingstberg e.V. guides guests through this eventful history of the Pfingstberg. Anecdotes, individual expertise and self-experience around Karl Friedrich Schinkel's first work, the Pomonatempel, the Belvedere viewing castle and the garden monument created by Peter Joseph Lenné are the focus of the tour.
View the eventInternational Kite Festival
02.09.2023 13:00 - 03.09.2023 18:00The sky above Potsdam's Volkspark promises to be colourful this weekend. Many international kite-flying teams are going to present their heavenly interpretations of kite art, flying the world's most beautiful and curious kites in the wind. Wonderful designs, a sky ablaze with colours and adventurous air manoeuvres - this weekend brings together kite flyers from all kinds of different countries to experience a fun spectacle. It will certainly include impressive tricks and fascinating duels of warrior kites. Again, a great family entertainment programme will be provided featuring: Theatres and clowns, trampolines, a large area for flying private kites and fun crafting activities at the long workbench.
View the eventApple festival in the Volkspark - A festival for the whole family!
30.09.2023 10:00 - 01.10.2023 19:00The apple is the Germans' favourite fruit and a culinary all-rounder. With around 20,000 varieties worldwide, there is a true variety of flavours to discover this weekend! Pomologists will present local and almost forgotten varieties for nibbling and give worth knowing tips for your own harvest. And to the delight of all medieval fans, the park becomes the scene of a medieval spectacle with musicians, knights, Vikings, jugglers, puppet shows and colourful market life.
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