Potsdam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and offers a variety of things to see. In addition to Prussian palaces, parks and gardens, you can also go to concerts, theaters, cinemas and museums in Potsdam. The area surrounding Potsdam offers athletic activities in and on the water, relaxed bicycling tours, and lavish picnics in the country.
There is something for everyone in terms of culture in Berlin, from classical concerts to a lively club culture, to internationally renowned film festivals such as the Berlinale, several museums, architectural sights, major sporting events, zoos, and places to relax in forests and on the lakes.
Along with rotating exhibitions on cinema-related topics, the Film Museum offers a wide range of children’s films, current cinema, and classics, some of them with subtitles.
Art house cinema with a program that changes each week. Film series and cinema for children and young people. Tuesdays are cinema days with reduced admission. Monday evening screenings are always in the film’s original language, with subtitles.
Blockbuster cinema in Potsdam’s central train station (only in German).
The latest films as well as classics, screened outdoors; lounge chairs and blankets provided. You can purchase drinks and snacks at the screening, or you can bring something from home (only in German).
With search functions for districts, names of cinemas, film genres, and movie times. Click on "Originalversion" in the search mask if you would like to filter films presented in original language version.
International center for dance and movement culture
Live music and parties, as well as events for children (website in German only)
Concerts in historical locations
Potsdam’s concert and event hall (website in German only)
Concerts, art, readings (website in German only)
With search functions for dates, and musical genre.
Alternating exhibitions on the history of film in Babelsberg and the world at large
A peek behind the curtains of film and television
Exhibitions on the world of plants and animals in Brandenburg (website in German only)
Tropical gardens, exhibitions, events in the Volkspark
A scientific museum with hands-on experiences for children (website in German only)
The history of Potsdam and of Germany (website in German only)
Potsdam’s picturesque theater at the Schiffbauergasse cultural district (website in German only)
A cabaret program on East-West themes, current politics, and everyday life (website in German only)
Theater, cabaret, concerts and dance on and in an old freight ship (website in German only)
International theater and theater pedagogy center at the Schiffbauergasse cultural district (website in German only)
event calender Potsdam