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Potsdam

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.

Berlin

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.

CINEMAS                 

Cinemas in Potsdam

  • Film Museum
    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.
  • Thalia
    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.
  • UCI Kino
    Blockbuster cinema in Potsdam’s central train station (only in German).
  • Open-Air Cinema Summer
    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).

Cinemas in Berlin

  • All Cinemas in Berlin
    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.

CONCERTS                  

Concerts in Potsdam

Concerts in Berlin

MUSEUMS

Museums in Potsdam

  • Barberini
    Collection of artworks of the former GDR and German paintings after 1989 as well as alternating exhibitions with a focus on impressionism.
  • Film Museum
    Alternating exhibitions on the history of film in Babelsberg and the world at large
  • Filmpark Babelsberg
    A peek behind the curtains of film and television
  • Natural History Museum
    Exhibitions on the world of plants and animals in Brandenburg (website in German only)
  • Biosphäre Potsdam
    Tropical gardens, exhibitions, events in the Volkspark
  • Nano
    A scientific museum with hands-on experiences for children
  • Potsdam Museum
    The history of Potsdam and of Germany (website in German only)

THEATER

Theater in Potsdam

  • Hans Otto Theater Potsdam (HOT)
    Potsdam’s picturesque theater at the Schiffbauergasse cultural district (website in German only)
  • Kabarett Obelisk e.V.
    A cabaret program on East-West themes, current politics, and everyday life (website in German only)
  • Theaterschiff Potsdam
    Theater, cabaret, concerts and dance on and in an old freight ship (website in German only)
  • T-Werk
    International theater and theater pedagogy center at the Schiffbauergasse cultural district (website in German only)

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