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, ...
The New Palace: It's the most impressive palace ensemble in Potsdam, boasting rich interiors. It now reveals its newly restored festival room to the public. The majestic Grotto Hall in the New Palace ...
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 ...
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 ...