Location Asset: Quality of Life

Clean environment, vibrant culture life, multifaceted leisure-time activities: Brandenburg offers excellent conditions not only for working, but also an excellent quality of life.

In Brandenburg, forests cover 1.1 million hectares, i.e. 37% of the state’s surface area, which makes the region one of the most wooded in Germany. Moreover, Brandenburg features 3,000 lakes and 30,000 kilometres of rivers and canals – Europe’s largest network of waterways. Living in green surroundings, by the water or in an historic building: every dream can become true in Brandenburg!
More information on nature in Brandenburg is available here.

Brandenburg offers a wide range of leisure-time activities to sportsmen, families and all active persons:

• 7,000 kilometres of cycle tracks, including Tour Brandenburg, Germany’s longest bicycle track;
• 2,000 kilometres of hiking trails;
• 22 golf courses;
• More than 600 equestrian centres;
• 200 tennis clubs;
• 19 adventure pools;
• Numerous wellness facilities;
• A large number of very good restaurants;
• Europe’s longest inline skating track;
• a variety of water leisure activities.

Please visit www.brandenburg-tourism.com for detailed information on sports and leisure-time activities in Brandenburg.

Brandenburg also offers an excellent environment to art lovers and culture aficionados. Apart from Potsdam’s buildings listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List, including Sanssouci Palace, the region offers an exceptional cultural landscape composed of more than five hundred palaces, parks and old churches.

Last but not least, the German Capital Region features four opera houses, nearly 200 theatres and more than 800 museums and galleries, as well as eight symphony orchestras, a large number of renowned choirs, and a multifaceted club and music scene.

Located in the middle of the German Capital Region, Berlin offers worldwide renowned cultural landmarks. Strolling along Unter den Linden Boulevard, you can appreciate major historic buildings such as the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Cathedral and the Gendarmenmarkt Square with the German and French cathedrals. Modern architecture is equally fascinating in Berlin.

Well-developed road and rail networks rapidly connect Berlin to the surrounding Brandenburg region: Germany’s largest public transport network ensures perfect mobility for about six million people.

A high quality of life is available in Brandenburg at a reasonable price. According to the latest survey performed by the IVD association, rents and building costs remain lower in the region (even in the highly desirable city of Potsdam) than in cities like Hamburg or Munich, the cost leader. Towns like Brandenburg/Havel, Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder) offer lavishly refurbished town centres, attracting shops, a wealth of leisure-time activities – and rent levels that remain distinctly lower than in comparable West German towns.

Moreover, the building costs per square metre for a detached house in Brandenburg belong to the lowest in Germany.

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