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Potsdam is an amazing city. No other city in Germany can tell you as much about the country as this one. Except for Berlin, perhaps. But it’s unrealistic to get around Berlin in a couple of days, but Potsdam is possible. Potsdam is Germany in miniature, in its best and worst manifestations. The history of the German Empire began here: from Frederick the Great and palaces to Bismarck and Hitler’s rise to power. This is a city that survived World War II; it hosted the Potsdam Conference, which divided Germany into two ideologically different countries for 50 years. A city where a KGB prison is located and where the famous bridge where spy exchanges took place stands. This is a city where a typically imperial style can coexist with panel districts from the times of socialism. A city where typically German things are combined with migrant and imported things. A city that changed after the unification of Germany. A city that I will tell you about today. Link to the Korona transfer service: https://koronapay.com/m/ee19 Get 15 euros to your account after your first transfer of 100 euros or more using my promo code: 6QV35 Cooperation and advertising: [email protected] Instagram: / juliusrou Telegram: https://t.me/JuliusRou Did you like the video? Support the channel: Patreon: / juliusrou Sponsored YouTube: / @juliusrou Map of all my travels: https://julius-rou.com 00:00 Potsdam 00:52 Train Berlin - Potsdam 02:17 Innenstadt: Old Town 20:18 Hollandisches Viertel: Dutch Quarter 26:52 Brandenburger Vorstadt: Palaces of Potsdam 34:55 Alexandrovka: Russian Colony 37:52 Nördliche Vorstadt: Private Sector and History 44:31 Spy Bridge: Between Ideologies 47:27 Drewitz: Five-Story Paradise