Calendar of 2024 / 2025 for the City of Potsdam
We present the most important events on the Potsdam agenda so that you can conclude your stay in Potsdam with a highlight. If you are an event organizer, please contact us to add the venue to our regularly updated list.
Potsdamer Schlössernacht (Palace Night)
"Looking ahead to the summer of 2025, we would like to thank our visitors for their loyalty and look forward to once again delighting our guests at the Potsdamer Schlössernacht 2024 with countless surprises, the bizarre and the breathtaking on the beautiful grounds of Sanssouci Palace and Park. This Potsdamer Schlössernacht is all about getting to know each other, getting closer to the new and unknown – and this time with a lot of French flair! At Les Rendez-Vouz au Park Sanssouci on 22 and 23 August 2025, perhaps the largest Variety Mile of all time invites you to stroll and marvel with an extensive hygiene concept." (Text from organizer - Photo: © Kultur im Park GmbH / Michael Clemens)
• Date : On 22 and 23 August 2025
• www.potsdamer-schloessernacht.de
Theatres, concert halls, galleries and cultural centres: Culture in Potsdam
For those who would like to stay overnight in Potsdam, the city offers various cultural opportunities, also in the form of packages for several sites. The tourist office at the Old Market Square (between the main train station and the Nikolai Church) will be pleased to provide you with information. Your city guide will also be glad to advise you on how to make the most of your stay.
Kulturzentrum Schiffbauergasse
Lake Tiefer See ripples now, as ever, along the banks of the Potsdam quarter known as the Shipbuilder's Lane (Schiffbauergasse). The historical diversity lends itself at first glance to intrigue: the Prussian Hussars blew their shrill whistles as they completed their drills; an array of Prussian chateaus and gardens fill the Lane; the great steam boats of the Havel River were once built here; and teeming fish hatcheries were operated on the banks of Lake Tiefer See. read more... (Text and photo: © Schiffbauergasse /SFEN)
• Program : www.schiffbauergasse.de
Theater Hans Otto
The great house was opened in 2006. It is the main venue of the Hans Otto Theatre, which also has two smaller venues: the indoor riding arena and the indoor riding arena Box. The glass foyer offers a view over the Deep Lake, a scenically beautiful bulge of the Havel, to the Schlosspark Babelsberg
• Schiffbauergasse 11, 14467 Potsdam
• Tipp : Two Restaurants of one of them on a boat, waiting for you
• Program : www.hansottotheater.de
Our suggestions for the Arts in Potsdam
Kunstraum Potsdam
• Schiffbauergasse 4D, 14467 Potsdam
• Program : www.kunstraumpotsdam.de
Museumshaus "im Güldenen Arm"
• Hermann-Elflein-Straße 3, 14467 Potsdam
• Program : www.imgueldenenarm.de
Villa Schöningen
• Berliner Str. 86, 14467 Potsdam
• Program : www.villa-schoeningen.org
Walk of Modern Art
• A voyage of discovery along the banks of the river Havel
• Information : www.potsdam.de
Guided tour in Potsdam:
Spend a guided day with Jean-Pierre Andreae, your personal guide. By public transport if you are with your family or by private bus for large groups.
Information and booking
Tourist offers - Activities for everyone - Panorama
Below we present some of the most important places we recommend for your holiday in Potsdam. You can also explore the LatLon-Berlin portal, which presents many other places in and around Berlin. Write to us if you have other suggestions or would like information, for example for a city tour.
Babelsberg
Babelsberg is the oldest and largest film studio in Europe. Since 1912, famous films such as Metropolis and the Blue Angel have been produced. Recent productions include Bourne Ultimatum, Operation Valkyrie and Inglourious Bastards. A children's entertainment park around the cinema is worth a visit. Photo: © Manfred Thomas / Filmpark Babelsberg
• Großbeerenstraße 200, 14482 Potsdam-Babelsberg
• Information (Film Studio): www.studiobabelsberg.com
• Information (Filmpark): www.filmpark-babelsberg.de
Biosphäre Potsdam
In Potsdam is a place with a holiday-atmosphere 365 days a year – the Biosphere Potsdam. The jungle landscape of the Biosphere with over 20.000 plants, many exotic animals and an hourly thunderstorm with thunder and lightning takes you to a world far away. Your journey begins at the waterfall and continues on intertwined paths to the butterfly house. (Text - Photo: © Biosphäre Potsdam)
• Georg-Hermann-Allee 99, 14469 Potsdam
• Every day from 9am to 6pm (Weekend and holidays 10am -7pm)
• Information : www.biosphaere-potsdam.de
Krongut Bornstedt
Krongut Bornstedt in Sanssouci/Potsdam - a unique place of cultural events part of the UNESCO World Heritage List and belongs to all famous palaces and gardens of the city of Potsdam. Today, the former Hohenzollern Crown Estate comprises various restaurants, florists, bakeries, museums and workshops. Photo: © Krongut Bornstedt
• Ribbeckstraße 7, 14469 Potsdam (5-10 minutes from Sanssouci Palace)
• From Wednesday to Sunday from 10am
• Information : www.krongut-bornstedt.de
Belvedere on Pfingstberg
-SPSG,-FVP-Foto-Leo-Seidel.jpg "Belvedere on the Pfingstberg - Photo: © SPSG / Leo Seidel")
DThe Belvedere was built between 1849 and 1869 by Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse, modeled on the Villa Medici in Rome. Its two towers are 25 meters tall and offer a magnificent view of Potsdam and its surroundings, as the Belvedere sits on the highest hilltop around. The Pfingstberg (Pentecost hill) had already been embellished by garden designer Peter Joseph Lenné in 1830. Photo: © SPSG / Leo Seidel
• from russian village and Cecilienhof signs show you the way
• April-October: Every day 10am-6pm March-November Sat./Sun. 10am-4pm
• Information: www.pfingstberg.de
The guided tours with Jean-Pierre Andreae
Your private guide will give you good tips during the personalised sightseeing tour for you and your family in Potsdam.
A guided tour of Potsdam in English is the best way to understand and appreciate a city with its Prussian past and many palaces. Contact me for a personalized guided tour.
Jean-Pierre Andreae also offers you personalised and private guided tours of Berlin as well as thematic guided tours. For groups and travel agencies, it offers various services and guided tours adapted to your needs.
Booking a guided tour
By email to andreae@premiumguideberlin.com or by telephone +49 (0)151 25 37 37 37
