The Sanssouci Palace, the summer home of Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Germany, is a lavish alternative to the Palace of Versailles in France. In addition to the royal residence, Potsdam is also ...
Situated sublimely on the banks of the Havel River, Potsdam is Germany at its most regal. Sparkling with Baroque palaces, manicured gardens, and splashing fountains from its proud Prussian past, the ...
It was a gloomy yet drizzly morning in Potsdam when I arrived after taking a train trip of about half an hour from Berlin. As I stepped out of the train station, I buttoned my jacket and multilayered ...
When the construction cranes crowding the Berlin skyline loom too much, and the legendary rudeness of Berliners frays your nerves, and the cafés are so packed your beer arrives lukewarm and headless, ...
Johann Sebastian Bach’s May 1747 encounter with Prussia’s Frederick the Great was not an accident. Bach’s son, C.P.E. Bach, was a musician employed in Frederick’s Potsdam palace. However, it was a ...
As the summer holidays approach, The Local is touring Germany's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Today we visit the Prussian palaces and parks of Potsdam. Over a period of almost four centuries, the ...
A caricature of Tin Tin's China adventure, a Kar98K rifle Germany sold to China, and the diary of "China's Oskar Schindler" John Rabe can now be admired at the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, about 40 ...
A caricature of Tin Tin's China adventure, a Kar98K rifle Germany sold to China, and the diary of "China's Oskar Schindler" John Rabe can now be admired at the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, about 40 ...
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