As my time in Berlin winds down, there’s still a lot on my list, much of which I knew intuitively I couldn’t complete in 7 weeks. But it’s not for the lack of trying.
I spent an afternoon in Potsdam: the capital city for the German federal state of Brandenburg. Potsdam is reachable by train, about an hour southwest from Berlin.
Glienicke Bridge, from the Potsdam (former DDR-) side facing east towards Berlin on the other side. The post-war reconstruction was called “The Bridge of Spies”, for the exchange of captured and incarcerated agents from both sides of the Cold War.
Before the bridge on the Potsdam side: “here Germany and Europe were divided until 6pm on 10 November 1989.”
Nauener Tor (Nauen Gate): 1 of 3 remaining city gates, dated 1755 (by J.G. Büring); considered Central Europe’s 1st neo-Gothic structure and 1st example of Gothic Revival outside of England.
Red brick buildings (all renovated) within Potsdam’s Holländisches Viertel (Dutch Quarter), initially constructed 1733 to 1740.
Café Cecilie, in the Dutch Quarter. They have coffee, cake, Flammkuchen, ice cream.
What I needed: a steaming latté and a slice of Oma’s (Grandma‘s) cheesecake.
Französische Kirche (French Church), 1752-1753 by Huguenot refugees from France.
Alter Markt (Old Market Square). Foreground: Obelisk, by G.W. von Knobelsdorff, 1753-55. Background: St. Nikolaikirche, first by K.F. Schinkel then L. Persius, 1830-37; dome added F.A. Stüler, 1843-1849.
Fortunaportal: original north entrance for the town palace, constructed in 1662 for Great Elector Frederick William.
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 24 June 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
Fotoeins Fotografie 
Please leave your comments below