The Baroque façade disguises a modern interior.

This newly expanded hotel is set around a secluded courtyard and has a modern café to match its 50 studios and apartments.

In the heart of the buzzing Mitte neighborhood, Lux 11 is the latest creation from a dynamic minimalist duo, Claudio Silvestrin and his wife, Giuli

Splurge on truffled pasta at this Potsdam restaurant housed in a waterfront mansion.

Open since the spring of 2007, this terrific Spree-riverfront steak house is still one of the city’s see-and-be-seen hot spots. (No surprise, given

For a bite to eat, stop into this pizza restaurant popular with couples who come for the ballroom dancing.

For lunch, order the signature Knödel (German dumplings).

A must-see for any Potsdam itinerary, visit Erich Mendelsohn's 1921 masterpiece.

This former margarine factory displays work from fifty international artists.

Four billion dollars and five years were sunk into the building of this supposed future-scape just so that one of its main squares—Marlene-Dietrich

The Reichstag, with its transparent Norman Foster dome and top-notch collection of contemporary art (cue Gerhard Richter’s stunning interpretation

Within the Schloss Sanssouci, spend some time exploring Neues Palais, an 18th-century palace commissioned by Frederick the Great.

The most famous attraction in the Brandenburg capital city of Potsdam (an easy day trip from Berlin) is the elaborate, Rococo-style Sanssouci castl

One of Berlin’s most important art museums, the Alte Nationalgalerie, or Old National Gallery, is one of five museums located on the city’s famed M

Arguably one of the world’s finest archaeological museums, the Pergamon sits proudly in the center of the city’s famed Museumsinsel (Museum Island)

Start the morning in the 543-acre park in the city's center. Walk along the shaded paths to wind up at the Brandenburg Gate.

Dine at this lively pub, filled with mismatched furniture. Try the Schweinschnitzel or ravioli-like Maultaschen with a Rothaus beer.

New York architect Peter Eisenman's haunting field of concrete pillars.