Potsdam Germany Brandenburg
Germany

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Frequently Asked Questions

Depending on the itinerary, at the central quays near the Lange Brücke, minutes on foot from the old town, or to the north on the shores of the Jungfernsee. The Havel widens here into a chain of forest-fringed lakes.
On foot from the central quays: the Old Market, St Nicholas church, the Dutch Quarter and the shopping streets. By tram or bus: Sanssouci park and the New Palace, which need half a day on their own.
The single-storey summer residence Frederick II had built between 1745 and 1747, set atop a terraced vineyard. The central staircase climbs between the vines to the yellow façade with its atlantes, from where the view drops over the pools and avenues.
The estate begins about two kilometres away, a distance covered by tram, bus or on foot through the elegant streets of the centre.
Yes, the interiors often require a timed ticket. Book early in high season, or you may have to settle for the gardens, which are lovely but incomplete.
The Mittelstraße and its some 130 red-brick gabled houses, built in the eighteenth century to attract craftsmen from the Netherlands. Unique in continental Europe for its scale, the quarter has filled with cafés, galleries and artisan shops.
An English-style half-timbered manor in the New Garden bordering the Jungfernsee, where the Potsdam Conference was held in the summer of 1945. The negotiation rooms can still be visited.
The bridge of spies: during the Cold War, intelligence services exchanged agents there over the Havel, exactly on the line dividing the two Germanys. It is reached by following the water south from Cecilienhof.
Yes, since 1990. Around its centre the city unfolds one of the largest ensembles of royal residences and parks in Europe, seat of the kings of Prussia for more than two centuries.
The euro. Cards work at the palaces, museums and restaurants, but keep cash for Dutch Quarter cafés and local transport.