Potsdam Culture and Sights

Europe's largest dream factory was where Marlene Dietrich and Heinz Rühmann canoodled in front of the camera. The film park - set up on the site of what was once Europe's largest film town - offers you...

This is where Truman, Attlee and Stalin agreed on how Germany would be divided up. On 2 August 1945, the three representatives of the victorious powers, Harry S. Truman, Josef Stalin and Clement Attlee...

The most significant building in the New Gardens is situated on the shores of the Holy Lake. After years of being put to different use, the palace on the shore of the Holy Lake, the favourite castle of...

Silver-plated furniture in the country residence of the subsequent King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. King Friedrich Wilhelm III demanded repeatedly "that it should also be cheap" because the palace was only s...

"Babelsberg - Faces of a Film City" is the name of the permanent exhibition at the museum. It features lots of rare artefacts from old UFA and DEFA films, for example the school bench from the 1944 Ge...

Potsdam's world-famous palace and park ensemble enthrals visitors thanks to its Chinese tea house, orangerie, sculptures and fountains. Friedrich II's famous summer palace on top of a terraced vineyar...

More than 200 representative and living rooms. Countless snails and mussels together with over 20.000 minerals and fossils decorate the garden room in the form of a grotto. It is one of the approximate...

Havel island, which is a world heritage site and features a snow-white summer palace. This was originally the site of a zoo which was built on the orders of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Nowadays, only the fr...

Palm trees, storms with rain showers, a waterfall and noises from the rainforest create a tropical atmosphere. Germany's largest tropical gardens present a jungle comprising 20.000 plants. Trees and pa...