
Goerlitz Department Store —
Goerlitz Department Store: Currently being restored, the Goerlitz Department Store was the setting for Wes Anderson's "Grand Budapest Hotel."

Movie set:The Goerlitz department store's interior is opulent but empty, making it an ideal film set.

Goerlitz glitz: Perhaps the most picturesque prewar German town, Goerlitz has been the film set for various films including "The Reader," "Inglorious Basterds" and "The Book Thief."

Potsdam: Sanssouci Palace: The Sanssouci Palace is a Rococo villa with a grand, terraced vineyard to the south and sweeping views of the surrounding countryside.

Potsdam: Cecilienhof: US President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin negotiated the partition of post-war Germany in 1945 at Potsdam's Tudor-style mansion, Cecilienhof.

Leipzig: Nikolaikirche: Leipzig was the center of the East German movement that brought down the Berlin Wall. A small prayer group at Nikolaikirche grew into a protest involving thousands of people.

Leipzig: Spinnerei —
Leipzig: Spinnerei: Leipzig's Spinnerei is a 19th Century cotton mill that was converted into a kind of artists' collective in the 1990s. The complex now comprises artist studios, workshops and galleries

Leipzig "Music Trail": Part of the music trail, Thomaskirchhof houses the Bach Museum. Johann Sebastian Bach lived in a now-demolished building across the street.



