Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Sanssouci Palace, the summer home of Frederick the Great in Potsdam, Germany, is a lavish alternative to the Palace of ...

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 ...

Sitting just southwest of Germany's capital on the River Havel, Potsdam is a majestic city that was once the retreat of Prussian kings. While Berlin snags the spotlight as one of Europe's best cities ...

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 canary-yellow S-Bahn train zips from central Berlin to Potsdam in just 45 minutes. While it’s close enough to be considered an outer suburb, Potsdam feels worlds away from the grit and grunge of ...

As the summer holidays approach, The Local is touring Germany's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Today we visit the Prussian palaces and parks of Potsdam. Over a period of almost four centuries, the ...

Tourists visit the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, capital of Germany's Brandenburg state, where the Potsdam Proclamation was issued in 1945. [Photo/Xinhua] BERLIN - "Now you are entering the ...

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 ...