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.
Garden in Potsdam
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. The palace interiors (paid, timed tickets) are Frederick the Great’s Prussian Versailles. Budget travelers take the cheap S-Bahn from Berlin (40 minutes), walk the gardens for free, and see one of the finest palace landscapes in Europe without paying for any interior.
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Before you go
- Address
- Im Park Sanssouci 3, 14469 Potsdam
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
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.
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.
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