Photos: Jochen Teufel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Jan Czeczotka, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Matti Blume, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Photos: Jochen Teufel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Jan Czeczotka, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Matti Blume, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Chinese House and the park's garden pavilions
Your local guide
Franziska Wolf
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Highlights
- Gilded figures imagined, not observed
- A clover-shaped garden pavilion
- Smaller buildings for a royal family's day
- Chinoiserie built entirely in Prussia
- Sanssouci's quieter garden corners
About this tour
This session looks at two of Sanssouci Park's garden pavilions, from the clover-shaped Chinese House to a quieter building nearby. You see the gilded figures in Chinese dress set around the pavilion's columns, made without any of the craftsmen ever having travelled east. The session finishes at a smaller pavilion, one of several built so the royal family could use different corners of the park through the day.
We start with a short sound check outside the Chinese House. I circle the building slowly so you can see the figures from several angles, then move on to the second pavilion for questions. Afterwards I send a short note on the two buildings and their original uses.
This suits anyone curious about eighteenth-century taste for imagined foreign styles. It also works well alongside a longer walk through the main park.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 5 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Potsdam before heading out.
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Chinesisches Haus 21 min
The camera circles the clover-shaped pavilion, and I point out the gilded figures in Chinese dress set around its columns, made by local craftsmen who had never travelled east.
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A smaller garden pavilion 21 min
We move to a quieter pavilion nearby, and I explain how these smaller buildings let the royal family use different parts of the park through the day.
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Your questions 9 min
Time to ask anything about Potsdam: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 4 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Bornstedt brewery beer and Holländisches Viertel, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Berlin time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 9 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Potsdam, showing you Chinesisches Haus and A smaller garden pavilion live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need any background in art?
No. The guide explains what matters as you go, whatever you already know or do not.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. I walk Potsdam live with my phone.
Times shown in Berlin time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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