Tickets for Potsdam: Private Walking Tour

The state capital of Potsdam is just half an hour from Berlin - and with its parks, lakes and UNESCO World Heritage sites, it offers a unique oasis just outside the metropolis. Discover the historic city center, explore the fascinating palaces and gardens, and experience the most important collection of Impressionist art in Germany at the Museum Barberini: more than 100 works by 20 artists, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Gustave Caillebotte and Paul Signac, take visitors through the history of French Impressionism in the Hasso Plattner Collection. With 38 paintings by Claude Monet, nowhere in Europe outside of Paris are more works by this artist gathered in one place. Potsdam is thus one of the world's most important centers of Impressionist landscape painting.

Sanssouci Palace is one of the most famous Hohenzollern castles in the Brandenburg state and is the most visited attraction in Potsdam. It is located in the eastern part of the Sanssouci Park.

The Neue Nationalgalerie at the Berlin Kulturforum is a world-class architectural icon from the mind of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), built to house 20th-century art. A major refurbishment was carried out during the late 2010s to bring the ‘60s-era building up to modern standards. The column-free “universal space” is a classic of modernism and serves as the perfect location for works from European and North American masters like Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, Francis Bacon, and Andy Warhol, amongst many others. Some of the museum’s most famous works are Potsdamer Platz by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, The Skat Players by Otto Dix, and Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV by Barnett Newman. A rotating calendar of special exhibitions also takes place in the Neue Nationalgalerie, so keep an eye out for their latest offerings.