Potsdam offers a multitude of options for shopping and entertainment. Stroll around the baroque quarters of the Potsdam Altstadt or the center of Babelsberg. Discover the city surrounding the Brandenburger Straße pedestrian zone with its numerous shops and stylish passages fashioned from old courtyards. From here it is only a few steps further for you to be in the Holländische Viertel - the Dutch Quarter - with its galleries, chic boutiques, restaurants, and fashionable pubs and bars.
Your evenings can be spent at any of the variety of cultural events offered or you may prefer to try your luck in Potsdam's 'Joker's Garden' casino at the New Pleasance. Afterwards, you may drink to your winning or losing in any of the many bars and pubs, guaranteeing that your night will be a success for you no matter what the outcome.
At the weekly market on the Bassinplatz square and the market on the Weberplatz square you can find seasonal and regional specialities. Depedning to the time of the year, the offerings may be cherries from Werder, pike-perch caught in the Havel river, Teltower Rübchen (small red beets), or the famed asparagus of Beelitz. For your major shopping expeditions, any of Potsdam's malls, with their great variety, are recommended.
Potsdam has a lot to offer the gourmet. The palette ranges from romantic street-side coffeehouses, luxurious fish restaurants, fashionable local pubs, genuine Italian ice-cream parlors and pizzerias, all the way to Anatolian, Greek, Chinese, Italian, and French restaurants and specialities, and from the Brandenburg March right to cuisine from the medieval kitchen. For every taste and within everybody's budget, you can find just what you are looking for.
