Brandenburg - the destination all around Berlin offers

• Great places always worth a visit such as Potsdam and Spreewald
• UNESCO-heritage listed palaces, parks and gardens
• 7,000 km of cycling paths and routes on the riverbanks of Spree, Oder and Havel
• A top-class golf experience with 18 courses located close to Berlin
• free of license houseboat and canoe tours in the “Blue Paradise”
• The perfect surrounding within the capital region for MICE-activities with more than 30 members of the M.I.C.E. network consisting of the best hotels, special locations and service businesses. Greater accessibility to locations due to the new Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (grand opening in June 2012)
• 9 health and spa resorts including the notorious Bad Saarow, 11 thermal baths including the Spreewald thermal bath in Burg and Spreewelten in Lübbenau, as well as 32 wellness hotels including the Hotel Zur Bleiche Resort & Spa
• "Prussia´s arcadia 2013" will be celebrating events like night of the palaces and "Le Caroussel de Sanssouci"

Brandenburg is renowned as the state of nature, water and cultural heritage. The region is full of palaces and parks, stately homes and gardens. Amongst them is the most famous palace of Sanssouci. The picturesque castle with its fountains and vineyard terraces is part of Europe’s most significant and extensive park areas that it also hosts the Neue Palais, which is the last large castle complex in Prussian baroque style. Throughout the year, the cultural heritage is highlighted with concerts and performances such as the Potsdam Schlössernacht (night of castles).

The person who designed Sanssouci castle was no one less than Prussian king Frederick the Great himself who would have turned 300 years of age on January 24th, 2012. To mark his birthday and the controversy that surrounded him, the exhibition “Friederisiko” and other events will portray his life in the jubilee year of 2012. Parts of his life will also be shown in motion pictures since films and film-making has a long tradition in Brandenburg’s capital. It started in the 1920s when great movie stars like Marlene Dietrich produced movies here. Today, national and international productions such as Inglourious Basterds by Tarantino are shot in Europe’s oldest film complex.

Frederick was the happiest during his newlywed life at the castle in Rheinsberg, an imposing town surrounded by lakes of the Ruppin region. If you are interested in the European history Brandenburg will not disappoint you: there are many stunning places ranging from royal palaces, gothic churches and monasteries, to GDR-heritage and industrial culture.

As Brandenburg is renowned for its access to open landscape and to water, outdoor activities enjoy a great reputation. Anyone who wants to explore the state by bicycle can choose between ca. 7,000 kilometers of cycle paths along rivers like Havel, Oder, and Spree or through forests: all the routes can be planned to suit personal preferences, physical fitness and time. The topography is ideal for cyclists: Brandenburg mainly offers flat countryside, a number of idyllic nature reserves and a multitude of lakes and rivers. Famous paths include Berlin to Copenhagen, which connects the two capitals ( www.bike-berlin.copenhagen.com ) and the Oder-Neiße path where Europe’s latest meadow landscape awaits you. www.oderneisse-radweg.de

Finally, anyone who would like to combine two activities at a time has a smooth run on the “Fläming-Skate”. The wonderfully asphalted Fläming inline skating path leading through “Baruth Urstromtal” and “Niederer Fläming” (the Lower Fläming) is 100km in length and 3m in width offering cyclists and skaters best conditions for intense legwork. www.flaeming-skate.de

The fascinating waterways of the Spreewald have ceased to be the exclusive preserve of canoeists. A must for every visitor is a punt trip through the idyllic Spreewald or “Venice of Brandenburg”: an atmospheric and secretive labyrinth consisting of thousands of small and larger waterways. Sailing enthusiasts feel perfectly at home on the Scharmützelsee at the traditional spa resort of Bad Saarow. Houseboat fans can travel several hundred kilometres without any need for a driving licence. www.brandenburg-tourism.com

Brandenburg Convention Office
Let the Brandenburg Convention Office team inspire you with its many ideas for special events and assist you with its full service for the organisation of your congress, conference or event.

• Realisation of congresses for up to 3,500 participants
• Arrangement of hotel allocations – online, if desired
• Reservation of special conference venues and event locations
• Booking of hotels, palaces and manor houses
• Individually designed event programmes
• Catering for up to 2,000 people, also possible in historical settings
• Boat charter, small boat tours through the rivers of the Spreewald Forest
• Interpreter and hostess services
• Organisation of transfer and transportation

Contact:
TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg GmbH
Brandenburg Convention Office

Am Neuen Markt 1 – Kabinetthaus
14467 Potsdam
Deutschland

Phone +49 331 29873-18, -21
Fax +49 331 29873-59

tagen@reiseland-brandenburg.de
www.tagen-brandenburg.de
www.mice-brandenburg.com

Brandenburg Group Travel Office

The Brandenburg Holiday Destination with its cultural abundance, its innumerable lakes and watercourses and its natural landscapes offers a great variety of destinations for group trips and thus more than you can experience during a day trip from Berlin. Let the Brandenburg Group Travel Office inspire you with many ideas for holiday programmes and with its full service for the organi­sation of your trip.

• Complete organisation of your trip
• Hotel reservations in different categories
• Organisation of individually customized single and multiple day programmes
• Agency for guides and artists
• Guided tours in palaces, parks and gardens
• Agency for gastronomical services
• Boat tours and charter, Spreewald punting trips
• Bus rentals

Contact:
TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg GmbH
Brandenburg Group Travel Office

Am Neuen Markt 1 – Kabinetthaus
14467 Potsdam
Deutschland

Phone +49 331 29873-21, -18
Fax +49 331 29873-59

gruppen@reiseland-brandenburg.de
www.gruppenreisen-in-brandenburg.de
www.brandenburg-tourism.com

Accessible travel for all in Brandenburg

In terms of barrier-free tourism or “accessible tourism for all”, Brandenburg is one of Germany’s trailblazers. At the Haus Rheinsberg Hotel am See for example, patrons in wheelchairs are not only able to try their hand at ten pin bowling in the hotel, but can also take advantage of “Rolly Tours“, a barrier-free boat operating facility right on the doorstep. And at the Senftenberger Lake, cycle tours are available both on hand-cycles and Rollfiets (“Duets”) along with tandem cycle excursions for the blind. Potsdam’s palaces can be visited with a guided tour in sign language, more and more restaurants focus on the wishes of guests with allergies and special dietary needs such as gluten-free food. Entering a canoe on the Havel, going for a horse ride through the woods or making a barge-tour through the Spreewald as a wheel chair user – a wide range of Brandenburg’s offers are accessible for all guests.

Details about the accessibility and available services can be found on the new website www.barrierefrei-brandenburg.de . Information on around 900 hotels and guesthouses, providers of leisure services and catering establishments has been recorded and is featured on the internet and in brochures along with the corresponding pictograms:

• Visitors with restricted mobility (wheelchair, mobility impaired)
• Visitors with restricted vision (visually impaired, blind)
• Visitors with hearing impediments (hard of hearing, deaf)
• Visitors with learning difficulties / “mentally handicapped”
• Visitors with allergies and special dietary requirements

Brandenburg: Top destination surrounding Berlin
The state of Brandenburg is offering any amount of space for unspoilt nature, peace and quiet as well as recreation. The area borders Poland in the east and encompasses the centrally located city of Berlin.

Facts and figures

• 30,000 square kilometers abounding in wooded and forest areas,
• 2 biospheric reserves (Schorfheide and Spreewald)
• 1 National Park (Lower Oder Valley)
• 7,000 kilometers of cycling routes (e. g. Spree cycling route, Oder-Neisse cycling route, Elbe cycling route).
• 18 golf courses (Brandenburg and Berlin)
• More than 3,000 lakes (the largest is lake Scharmützel with an area of 12.1 square kilometers)
• 33,000 kilometers of water courses
• More than 500 castles and mansions
• Parks and Gardens, such as Castle garden Sanssouci, the New Garden with the Marble Palace and the Cecilienhof Palace, Pückler Park Branitz
• Numerous locations with a historic town center such as Potsdam, Templin, Jüterbog, Neuruppin, Rheinsberg, Wittstock

Tolerantes Brandenburg
The TMB-Tourismus Marketing Brandenburg GmbH is a cooperation partner of the initiative “Tolerantes Brandenburg” (Tolerant Brandenburg), initiated by the state of Brandenburg. The declaration of this commitment is to prevent racism and discrimination against foreign people.
www.tolerantes-brandenburg.de

Green Meetings and Social Engagement
The best service suppliers in Brandenburg’s meeting and incentive industry have joined forces to build a highly efficient network of 30 partners (hotels, special locations and service providers) that ensures an optimal, competent and quick conception of conduct. Quality of all Premium Partners is ensured by the quality management system of “ServiceQualität Deutschland”.

When one decides for Brandenburg, one is also deciding for nature. The state offers vast access to open landscapes, water and forests. In order to travel with comfort and eco-friendly from any railroad station in Germany, the TMB offers a conference railroad ticket starting from € 99.00. Social responsibility is taken for granted by all the network partners and each of the companies is getting involved. The “Brandenburg vital” package shows what the destination stands for: local and fresh ingredients and to us, sustainability starts in the kitchen. In case of allergies, there are numerous experts of allergen-free food in a state renowned for its nature. For more information, please do not hesitate contacting us. www.mice-brandenburg.com