A Carefree Day in Sanssouci | Discover Potsdam’s Prussian Pleasure Palace with DW's Hannah Hummel

How does this sound: A picturesque little castle palace surrounded by wine terraces and a romantic park – and you right in the middle of it all!
Join DW reporter Hannah Hummel for a relaxing day in Potsdam. She visits Sanssouci, the pleasure palace of King Frederick the Great. Hannah immerses herself in the atmosphere of the place, very much in the spirit of the Prussian king, who indulged in the good life here, far away from his court. Here he could indulge in nature, music and philosophy without worry – sans souci.

CREDITS:
Report: Hannah Hummel
Camera: Holm Weber
Editing: Hélène Lücke
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[Imprints]

I just found this magnificent palace through the Korean Drama "Queen of Tears"

[gorgeoussari]

know the place after Queen of Tears aired, what an amazing place!!

[Kaspaara]

I have lived in Potsdam for 2 years now (moved cities) and walk the gardens at least once a week because I love them so much. But I never entered Sanssouci Palace for some reason, only looked at it from without. A lovely video, which was just reccommended to me by YouTube. I love your energy, Hannah! And I'm happy to now more about Frederic II. now, he had an interesting life. I already knew the potato story though, I was pretty proud of that - haha. It's a good one.

[shubhamchauhan]

Coming after Watching this in Queen of Tears Episode

[cassandraralph]

One of my favorite places in Germany 🇩🇪 😍 ❤️

[arvindbardeskar]

I am a History teacher here in India. And this is wonderful 😊 treat for me. The best

[joebarrera]

Friedrich: Ich spreche lieber Französisch.

Die Preussen: Sprich Deutsch, du...

Thanks for another great video, Hannah! Potsdam looks amazing

[suevialania]

Wunderbar! I like this kind of European palaces! Potsdam, Versailles, Queluz, Petrograd, Willlanov, Petrograd, etc A legacy from European Royal famílies for their Nations! Hohenzollern, Orleans, Bragança, Romanov, Poniatovski, Savoy, Windsor, etc

[DasLamm]

Visitors like Goethe were always astonished that in Sanssouci unlike in other European palaces there were no any gunned watch guards and the people used the rooms as abbreviation while Frederick aka Fritz was reading books or sat on his desktop.

[angthingockhanh]

Love this so much. I like historical beauties as well as stories behind making them special. I am moving to Germany this year and hope to be amazed by culture. One day I will spend my vacation in the town to walk in the garden of the palace everyday. ^^ Thank you so much for this video.

[jozefvdn]

Frederick was not really fond of women, somebody told me. And his motto was "Ohne Frauen, ohne Sorgen" That might be the origin of "sans souci".

[genesis]

Wow, didn’t know such majestic castles existed in Germany, this one could rival the Versailles- at every turn and every way! 🙏 DW travel

[sophiamm]

You should visit castle Weissenstein in Pommersfelden at some point - similar Grotte. Really enjoy all the videos!

[patricep]

Beautiful! It seems like a day is really needed to visit the whole complex. I will visit Sanssouci next time i am in Berlin. Thank you!

[tanyasharadamba]

One of the most exquisitely beautiful places I've ever visited. The grotto is especially magical ✨️ 🐚🪷

[zen_prog]

The gardens are lovely around the palace.

[johnpluta]

It's nice that this palace is not too far from Berlin.

[krause]

Im still so gratefull that I actually get to study there

[rshekar]

King's 3 dogs are buried alongside the king😊

[candydavis]

I got to spend the day there last summer. August 2022. It’s gorgeous