Berlin Potsdam UNESCO Bike Day Trip

Take a day-trip from Berlin and discover UNESCO World Heritage listed Potsdam, all by the seat of your bike! From park lands to alleyways, you're English-speaking guide will recount historical anecdotes as you explore an array of Prussian and Cold War sites.

Meeting Point

Fat Tire Tours Berlin

Panoramastraße 1A, 10178 Berlin, Germany

This tour meets at our Alexanderplatz shop, located at the base of the giant TV Tower (Fernsehturm).
You can find us on the north side of the tower between the Alex Café and the entrance to the TV Tower. The address is Panoramastraße 1a, 10178 Berlin.

What's included:

• City-cruiser style bike
• Helmet (provided but optional)
• Rail transportation to and from Potsdam
• Experience, English speaking guide

Not included:

• Food and drinks, unless specified
• Hotel pickup and drop off

What to expect:

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes

Fat Tire Tours Berlin

Panoramastr. 1a, Berlin, 10178

You'll travel to Potsdam by train before embarking on a leisurely ride covering approximately 10.5 miles (17km) over 4.5 hours. After all that exertion, break for lunch (not included) in the Dutch Quarter.

Sanssouci Palace

Maulbeerallee, Potsdam, 14469, Brandenburg

See the magnificent Sansssouci Palace from the outside and talk about the early life of Frederick the Great. Great photo spot.

15 minutes

Orangerie im Park Sanssouci

Maulbeerallee, , Potsdam, 14469, Brandenburg

Explore the windmill and gardens.

15 minutes

Potsdam Paradise Garden

Maulbeerallee, 2, Botanical Garden of the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, 14469, Brandenburg

Ride through the gardens and parks of Potsdam

10 minutes

Schloss Cecilienhof

Im Neuen Garten 11, , Potsdam, 14469, Brandenburg

View the fantastic Marble Palace from the outside where Truman, Stalin and Churchill concluded the Potsdam Agreement. Site of the Post-WWII conference

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)

Luisenplatz, Potsdam, 14467, Brandenburg

See Potsdam´s Brandeburg Gate and discuss Potsdam as garrison town and the beginnings of Prussia’s mighty army

10 minutes

Glienicke Bridge

Konigstrasse, Potsdam, 14467, Brandenburg

Listen to an explanation about the historic "Bridge of Spies", infamous site of 1962 spy exchanges (well-known for Rudolf Abel and Gary Powers) during the Cold War

10 minutes

Weinbergterrassen

Weinbergterrassen, Im Park Sanssouci, 14469 Potsdam, Germany

A beautiful part of the Sanssouci Gardens

Pass by without stopping

Historic Mill of Sanssouci

Maulbeerallee 5, 14469 Potsdam, Germany

Rebuilt in honor of mill that used to stand here.

Pass by without stopping

Old Market Square

Potsdam, 14467, Brandenburg

Alter Markt. Discuss Prussia and its royal family in this centrally located square in downtown Potsdam, including the area around St. Nicholas' Church, which forms the historical center of the city

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St. Nicholas' Church, Potsdam

Am Alten Markt, 14467 Potsdam, Germany

Stop for photos and explanation of this historical center of Potsdam

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Obelisk

Am Alten Markt, 14467 Potsdam, Germany

Initially adorned with faces of Prussian electors and early Hohenzollern Kings

5 minutes

Altes Rathaus

Am Alten Markt 9, Potsdam, 14467, Brandenburg

Old Town Hall of Potsdam

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Museum Barberini

Humboldtstrasse 5-6, Potsdam, 14467, Brandenburg

Modelled after Palazzo Barbarini in Rome, now houses the part of the private collection of Hasso Plattner

Pass by without stopping

Chinesisches Haus (Chinese House)

Am Grunen Gitter, , Potsdam, 14469, Brandenburg

Chinese Teahouse. See this intriguing garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park, buillt by Frederick the Great. Photo stop and historical explanation

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Neues Palais

Am Neuen Palais, Potsdam, 14469, Brandenburg

Neues Palais (New Palace) built to commemorate Frederick the Great’s victory in the Seven Years War

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Orangery Palace

An d. Orangerie 3-5, 14469 Potsdam, Germany

Built by Frederick-Wilhelm IV (Romantic on the Throne). Called the Orangerie because inside there is a greenhouse where he could grow exotic fruits like oranges and lemons.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Nauen Gate

Nauner Srasse, Potsdam, Brandenburg

Ride by Jägertor (Hunters’ Gate) and Nauener Tor (Nauen Gate, built 1755).

Pass by without stopping

Luisenplatz

Luisenpl., 14 Potsdam-Westliche Vorstadt, Germany

Named after Queen Louise (Queen Consort of Frederick-Wilhelm III), most popular and best-known queen of Prussia.

10 minutes

Old Market Square

Potsdam, 14467, Brandenburg

Ride through the old town of Potsdam, stop for lunch

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Dutch Quarter

Dutch Quarter, 14467 Potsdam, Germany

Enjoy a ride and lunch break in the historic Dutch quarter (still in its original state, not destroyed in the war). This section of Potsdam dates to Frederick-Wilhelm I (Soldier King) who had 134 ‘Dutch’ houses built to help lure Dutch craftsmen (also stone workers and linen weavers) so the new immigrants will feel at home.

45 minutes

Alexandrowka

Alexandrowka 2, Potsdam, Brandenburg

Hear about the Russian colony in Potsdam, originally built on the orders of Frederick-Wilhelm in the 1820s

Pass by without stopping

Am Jungfernsee

Am Jungfernsee, 14469 Potsdam Nord, Germany

Cycle along Potsdam's Jungfernsee/ Virgin Lake

Pass by without stopping

Havel

Havel, Germany

Cycle along the Havel River

Pass by without stopping

Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz, Tiegarten, Berlin, 10785

Ride along the Berlin Wall (in Potsdam) and see site of former No Man's Land/ Death Strip

Pass by without stopping

Grosse Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg

Spandauer Damm 22, Schlosspark Charlottenburg, Berlin, 14059

Built by Frederick-Wilhelm IV (Romantic on the Throne). Called the Orangerie because inside there is a greenhouse where he could grow exotic fruits like oranges and lemons.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included