Find a pharmacy in Potsdam
Potsdam, the Brandenburg state capital just southwest of Berlin, supports 36 verified pharmacies serving roughly 185,000 residents alongside a steady flow of day-trippers visiting Sanssouci, Film University students in Babelsberg, and federal civil servants commuting from the surrounding Speckgürtel. Density is highest around the Brandenburger Straße pedestrian zone and the Hauptbahnhof interchange, with a secondary cluster along Babelsberg's Karl-Liebknecht-Straße serving the eastern districts. Outlying Apotheken in Bornstedt, Drewitz, and Groß Glienicke fill the gaps for car-dependent neighbourhoods. The city draws a notable share of Russian- and Polish-speaking expat customers, and several counters keep English-speaking staff on the rota given Potsdam's diplomatic and academic visitor base.
Germany's Fremdbesitzverbot keeps the market fragmented: every Apotheke is owner-operated by a licensed pharmacist, and chains in the Anglo-American sense do not exist, though small local groupings are visible. The Alhorn-Apotheken brand operates the Park branch near the Neues Palais and the Cecilie outlet closer to the city centre, giving it a recognisable two-site footprint. The historic Löwen-Apotheke anchors the old town, while the Wilhelm-Apotheke and Linden-Apotheke serve mid-town residential streets. Across the Havel in Babelsberg, the Apotheke Babelsberg and Drei Eichen Apotheke handle the studio-district trade, and the Brunnen-Apotheke and Königin Luise Apotheke round out the central rota. The Känguruh-Apotheke is among several with a paediatric and compounding focus.