# Things to see in Potsdam (Germany): 80 places and when to go

> Potsdam is a city in Germany with around 218,000 inhabitants, and this site lists 80 places in and around it, mainly History (39), Nature (23), Wildlife (11). The best known are Berlin Wall, Sanssouci and Cecilienhof. The best time to come is April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 32 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 28. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/potsdam/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Germany · 52.4004, 13.07
- **Population:** About 218,000
- **Places:** 80 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historia/) (39) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/naturaleza/) (23) · [Wildlife](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fauna/) (11) · [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/montana/) (9) · [Food and drink](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/gastronomia/) (6) · [Stargazing](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/estrellas/) (5)
- **Best time:** April to October and December.
- **Also possible:** January to March and November.
- **Nearest airport:** BER Berlin, 30 km as the crow flies

## What to see in Potsdam

The places in and around Potsdam, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Berlin Wall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/reststuck-der-berliner-mauer/): Barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic, enclosing West Berlin (1961–1989) · 4.4 km
- [Sanssouci](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sanssouci-palace/): Palace in Brandenburg, Germany · 2.2 km
- [Cecilienhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-cecilienhof/): Historic Prussian palace and museum in Potsdam, Germany · 2.1 km
- [Einstein Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/torre-einstein/): Astrophysical observatory in Potsdam, Germany · 2.4 km
- [Glienicke Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/glienicker-brucke/): Bridge over the Havel river near Potsdam · 2.0 km
- [Berlin Observatory](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/humboldthaus/): Astronomical observatory · 2.4 km
- [New Palace, Potsdam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/new-palace/): Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany · 3.7 km
- [City Palace, Potsdam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/city-palace/): Building in Potsdam, Germany, former residence of the Prussian kings, seat of the Brandenburg Landtag · 884 m
- [Wannsee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wannsee/): History · 6.5 km
- [Orangery Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/orangerieschloss/): Palace in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam, Germany · 2.8 km
- [Babelsberg Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-babelsberg/): Palace in Potsdam, Germany · 1.8 km
- [Pfaueninsel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pfaueninsel/): Island in the River Havel in Berlin, Germany · 5.5 km
- [Charlottenhof Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-charlottenhof/): Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany · 3.1 km
- [Brandenburg Gate](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brandenburger-tor/): Triumphal arch in Potsdam, Germany · 1.5 km
- [Marmorpalais](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/marmor-palace/): Château in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany · 1.4 km
- [Museum Barberini](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/museum-barberini/): Art museum in Potsdam · 782 m
- [Alexandrowka](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/russische-kolonie-alexandrowka/): Russian architectural ensemble in Potsdam, Germany · 1.6 km
- [Chinese House](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pabellon-chino/): Architectural monument in Park Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany · 2.6 km
- [Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/leibniz-institute-for-astrophysics-potsdam/): Research facility for astrophysics · 2.3 km
- [Nauener Tor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nauener-tor/): City gate in Potsdam, Germany · 890 m
- [Belvedere auf dem Klausberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/belvedere-auf-dem-klausberg/): Building in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam · 3.5 km
- [Historic Mill of Sanssouci](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/historische-muhle/): Reconstruction of a Dutch windmill west of Potsdam's Sanssouci Palace · 2.4 km
- [New Garden, Potsdam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/parkanlage-neuer-garten-mit-marmorpalais-und-schloss-cecilie/): Park · 1.5 km
- [Pfingstberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/pfingstberg/): Mountain in Germany · 2.2 km

And the other 56, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Telegrafenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/telegrafenberg/), [Döberitzer Heide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/doberitzer-heide/), [Kleiner Ravensberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kleiner-ravensberg/), [Tree-top walk Beelitz-Heilstätten](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/baum-zeit-baumkronenpfad-beelitz-heilstatten/), [Böttcherberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bottcherberg/), [Schäferberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schaferberg/), [Vorderer Löwendorfer Berg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/vorderer-lowendorfer-berg/), [Wietkikenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wietkiekenberg/), [Backofenberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/backofenberg/), [Brauhausberg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brauhausberg/), [Ferbitzer Bruch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ferbitzer-bruch/), [Glindower Alpen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/glindower-alpen/), [Falkenrehder Wublitz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/falkenrehder-wublitz/), [Ketziner Havelinseln](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ketziner-havelinseln/), [Krielower See](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/krielower-see/), [Lehniner Mittelheide und Quellgebiet der Emster](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lehniner-mittelheide-und-quellgebiet-der-emster/), [Lienewitz-Caputher Seen- und Feuchtgebietskette](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/lienewitz-caputher-seen-und-feuchtgebietskette/), [Obere Wublitz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/obere-wublitz/), [Wolfsbruch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/wolfsbruch/)
- **History**: [Stern Hunting Lodge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jagdschloss-stern/), [Schloss Marquardt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-marquardt/), [Potsdam Great Refractor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/refraktorgebaude/), [Schloss Genshagen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-genshagen/), [Kartzow manor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-kartzow/), [Paretz Palace](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-paretz/), [Petzow Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-petzow/), [Burg Zolchow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/burgruine-zolchow/), [Dorfkirche Dyrotz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dorfkirche-dyrotz/), [Village church Kanin (Beelitz)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/dorfkirche-kanin/), [Village church Plessow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kirche-plessow/), [Village church Plötzin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kirche-plotzin/), [Hakeburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/neue-hakeburg/), [Glindow Brickworks Museum](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/ziegeleimuseum-ziegelmanufaktur-glindow/), [Landhotel Gustav](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/landhotel-gustav/), [Satellitenbeobachtungsstation](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/satellitenbeobachtungsstation/)
- **Stargazing**: [Bruno-H.-Bürgel-Sternwarte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/bruno-h-burgel-sternwarte/), [Meteorradar](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/meteorradar/)
- **Temples**: [Parish church St. Marien-St.Nikolai Beelitz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/parish-church-of-st-mary-and-st-nicholas/)
- **Hot springs**: [Badestelle Nymphensee](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/badestelle-nymphensee/), [EU-Badestelle Groß Glienicker See Nord (Pferdekoppel)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eu-badestelle-gross-glienicker-see-nord-pferdekoppel/), [EU-Badestelle Groß Glienicker See Süd (Moorloch)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/eu-badestelle-gross-glienicker-see-sud-moorloch/), [Kristall Wohlfühltherme Ludwigsfelde](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kristall-wohlfuhltherme-ludwigsfelde/)
- **Food and drink**: [Biergarten Forsthaus Templin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/biergarten-forsthaus-templin/), [Braumanufaktur GmbH](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/braumanufaktur-gmbh/), [Glina Whisky Destillerie](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/glina-whisky-destillerie/), [Kessel und Kelle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/kessel-und-kelle/), [Meierei - Brauerei Potsdam](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/meierei-brauerei-potsdam/), [Zum Rittmeister](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/zum-rittmeister/)
- **Hiking**: [Fontaneweg F3](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/fontaneweg-f3/), [Camino de Santiago](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jakobswege-brandenburg/), [JW Berlin - Leipzig Segment Teltow - Beelitz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/jw-berlin-leipzig-segment-teltow-beelitz/)
- **With kids**: [Havel-Therme](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/havel-therme/), [Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/karls-erlebnis-dorf-elstal/), [Urania Planetarium](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/urania-planetarium/)
- **Diving**: [Krumme Lanke](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/krumme-lanke/), [Tauch-Club Brieselang/Spandau '92 e.V.](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/tauch-club-brieselang-spandau-92-e-v/)

## When to go to Potsdam

The best time to visit Potsdam is **April to October and December**; also possible: January to March and November. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 7 h 57 |
| February | Possible | 9 h 37 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 31 |
| April | Best time | 13 h 39 |
| May | Best time | 15 h 30 |
| June | Best time | 16 h 32 |
| July | Best time | 16 h 06 |
| August | Best time | 14 h 29 |
| September | Best time | 12 h 23 |
| October | Best time | 10 h 19 |
| November | Possible | 8 h 26 |
| December | Best time | 7 h 28 |

In June there are 16 h 32 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 28. In June, 78 of the 80 places are at their best.

When to go to Germany in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Potsdam

The nearest main airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER, Berlin), 30 km as the crow flies. How to get around Germany (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=52.4004%2C13.07)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.4004%2C13.07)

## Other towns nearby

- [Blankenfelde-Mahlow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/blankenfelde-mahlow/): 25 places · 26 km
- [Berlin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/berlin/): 144 places · 26 km
- [Nauen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nauen/): 6 places · 34 km
- [Brandenburg an der Havel](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/brandenburg-an-der-havel/): 30 places · 35 km
- [Nuthe-Urstromtal](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/nuthe-urstromtal/): 23 places · 37 km
- [Oranienburg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/oranienburg/): 15 places · 42 km

And all of Germany, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Potsdam?

The best known: [Berlin Wall](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/reststuck-der-berliner-mauer/), [Sanssouci](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/sanssouci-palace/), [Cecilienhof](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/schloss-cecilienhof/), [Einstein Tower](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/torre-einstein/), [Glienicke Bridge](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/alemania/glienicker-brucke/). In all, 80 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Potsdam?

April to October and December; also possible: January to March and November. In June there are 16 h 32 of daylight, and in December, 7 h 28.

### How do you get to Potsdam?

The nearest main airport is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 30 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.4004%2C13.07) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Potsdam as the destination and these 80 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).