How do you combine Magdeburg and Potsdam?
Yes. Magdeburg and Potsdam combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Magdeburg and a full day in Potsdam, around 2 days in total.
How the two connect
Magdeburg and Potsdam are only about 102 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Magdeburg is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), about 89 km away; for Potsdam it is Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), about 30 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Magdeburg
- a full day
- Potsdam
- a full day
- Together
- 2 days · about 102 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Potsdam
- Private Walking Tour of Potsdam and Sanssouci
- Private Tour Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp From Berlin
- City Sightseeing Potsdam Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour
- City and Palaces Tour Potsdam - Stadt- und Schloesserrundfahrt Potsdam
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.