Ludwigsfelde Things to Do

Not many people associate Berlin with densely foliaged forests and crystal clear lakes. Yet the city is richly endowed with both, particularly in the south-west, where several idyllic lakes - of which Wannsee is the largest - s... more

Built during tumultuous 1930s, this church was nicknamed "Nazi-Church" for many years. During the war, it was badly damaged by Allied bombs and was in relative disrepair when the American forces took it over as part of their ga... more

The Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is one of Wannsee's most beautiful buildings. Constructed in 1836 on a hilltop overlooking the River Havel, the church is situated close to two other major attractions Blockhaus Nikolsko... more

Centuries ago, the village of Marienfelde was idyllically situated in the middle of rural Brandenburg. The nearby city of Berlin has long since gobbled up this little village, but with its cobble-stone streets, 19th century str... more

Potsdamer Platz is apparently the biggest construction site in Europe. One of the smallest building sites has now been opened on the lawn in front of the Schinkel Museum near Berliner Dom. A red brick tower, part of Karl Friedr... more

Situated in the lovely Neuer Garten in Potsdam, Schloss Cecilienhof was built in 1913-17 as a residence for Crown Princess Cecilie. Although the Prussian royal family was deposed in 1918, Cecilienhof remained in the family's ha... more

For decades it bridged the River Havel without ever really connecting one side with the other. This was where West Berlin ended and East Germany started, the inpenetrable Iron Curtain drawn through the middle of the bridge. Dur... more

Friedrich Wilhelm II had a soft spot for romantic castles nestling peacefully in the middle of the forest. In 1784, he commissioned a small castle to be built on this tiny, forested island on the River Havel, in the 'ruin-style... more

The log cabin close to Pfaueninsel on the River Havel wasn't built by lumberjacks as you may have expected, but by a king. In 1819, King Friedrich Wilhelm III successfully married off his daughter to the Russian Tzar and when t... more

The Nikolaisaal in the Berlin suburb of Potsdam is one of the premier venues in the area for hearing classical musicians play, and is most notable as the home of the Potsdam music festival and competition, held yearly to anoint... more