Half Day

Potsdam: One of the best excursions from Berlin is Potsdam with the Dutch Quarter, the nearby castles and gardens of Sanssouci, Cecilienhof and the Babelsberg Film Park. Information is available at the Potsdam Tourismus GmbH, Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 5 (tel: (03 31) 27 55 80 Fax: (0331) 275 58 29, E-mail: information@potsdam.de; Internet: www.potsdam . en).

House of the Wannsee Conference: The House of the Wannsee Conference is a building that some would like Berlin to hide from tourists rather than in a very leafy suburb at the Berlin Riviera at the Wannsee villa, with its gravel-covered driveway, looks very harmless, but the place where senior members of the SS met with representatives of the ministries, to plan the deportation and cruel deaths of millions of Jews. This free admission museum (tel: (030) 805 00 10 Internet: www.ghwk.de) is open daily from 10.00-18.00 clock and can be best with the S-Bahn station Wannsee and then reached by bus 114th

Whole Day

Spree Forest: The Spree Forest, southeast of Berlin, is one of about 48,000 acres of wooded conservation area that is crisscrossed by a maze of waterways of 1000 km in length the headwaters of the River Spree, which flows through Berlin to the Baltic Sea. In this forest you can enjoy the great nature, walking or cycling, water sports and boat trips in sample boats. Good starting points for a trip to the area are of great Lübbenauer port or ports in the smaller Lubben and castle. Tourist information on the Spree Forest, Linden Road 1, Raddusch granted (tel: (03 54 33) 722 99th Fax: (03 54 33) 722 28th E-mail: tourismus@spreewald.de; Internet: www.spreewald.de).

The Spreewald is situated 110 km from Berlin and can be reached via the A13. Trains depart hourly from the station also in Southeast King Wusterhausen from Berlin (journey time: 40 minutes) and approximately every 2 hours from the Zoo station and the Ostbahnhof (journey time: 90 minutes or 1 hour).

Reference

Apart from the sources listed below also issued the tourist office (tel: (03 31) 200 47 47 Fax: (03 31) 298 73 28th Internet: www.reiseland-brandenburg.de) information about destinations in the surrounding state of Brandenburg.