New Palace Potsdam
The New Palace (Neues Palais) is at the western end of the Sanssouci park, a massive Baroque palace built by Frederick the Great to demonstrate Prussia's power after the Seven Years' War. The exterior is free to see.
Bridge in Potsdam
Glienicke Bridge
The Glienicke Bridge spans the Havel River between Potsdam and Berlin, famous as the “Bridge of Spies” where the US and Soviet Union exchanged captured spies during the Cold War (the subject of the Spielberg film). Free to cross. The bridge marks the former border between East and West. Budget travelers walk across and stand on the bridge where Cold War history was negotiated face to face.
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Before you go
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- Groß Glienicke, Potsdam
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More in Potsdam
Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
Potsdam Dutch Quarter
The Dutch Quarter (Hollandisches Viertel) is a grid of 134 red-brick gabled houses built in the 1730s by Frederick William I to attract Dutch artisans. Free to walk.
Sanssouci Palace Gardens
The gardens of Sanssouci Palace are a UNESCO-listed landscape of terraced vineyards, fountains, follies, and formal gardens stretching across 300 hectares. Free.
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