One of Potsdam's most unusual neighbourhoods, Alexandrowka is a Russian colony that was a gift from Friedrich Wilhelm III to his close friend Tsar Alexander in 1820. The first residents were the singers of a Russian military choir who had much delighted the king. Descendants of the original settlers still live in the chalet-like wooden houses surrounded by gardens and orchards. Learn more at the pretty little museum with nearby garden cafe.
Karl Friedrich Schinkel designed the Russian Orthodox church, called ´¡±ô±ð³æ²¹²Ô»å±ð°ù-±·±ð·É²õ°ì¾±-³Ò±ð»å䳦³ó³Ù²Ô¾±²õ°ì¾±°ù³¦³ó±ð, just north of the colony.