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Agile Testing Days is a software testing conference in Potsdam, near Berlin, built around advanced practices, real-world challenges and hands-on learning. It serves testers and QA engineers, test automation specialists, developers, agile coaches, Scrum Masters, product owners and team leads who want to raise quality across the whole delivery process. The 2026 edition takes place November 16–19 at the Dorint Hotel, within walking distance of Sanssouci Park. A full-day workshop and masterclass day opens the event, followed by three conference days of keynotes, experience talks and hands-on workshops. The organizers cite more than 700 attendees, over 100 speakers and more than 100 sessions. A hybrid online pass adds livestreamed sessions and a six-month replay window for those unable to travel. Program themes include test automation, security and accessibility testing, AI, CI/CD, test strategy, DevOps and ethics in tech. Beyond the content, the event is known for its strong community feel, making it a natural meeting point for quality professionals in Europe who want practical ideas to bring back to their teams.
Agile Testing Days 2026 takes place November 16–19, 2026 in Potsdam, Germany.
Agile Testing Days 2026 is a hybrid event — you can attend on-site or join remotely.
Travel questions? See Good to know in the travel guide below.
Potsdam sits immediately south-west of Berlin and could hardly be less like it: a former royal residence town of palaces, parkland and a preserved Dutch quarter, laid out at a human scale. A four-day testing conference here in mid-November catches the parks bare and quiet, with mist common over the lakes in the morning. The hybrid format means local attendees often commute in from Berlin, twenty-five minutes away by rail.
Berlin Brandenburg (BER) is the nearest airport, about forty minutes from Potsdam by regional train or half an hour by road. From central Berlin, the S7 suburban line and RE regional trains reach Potsdam Hauptbahnhof in twenty-five to forty minutes depending on service. Trams and buses connect the station with the palace district and the outer neighbourhoods within about fifteen minutes.
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Sanssouci Park and Palace. Frederick the Great's summer residence above terraced vineyards, set in a park of nearly three square kilometres containing several further palaces. The grounds are free and open year-round; palace interiors are ticketed. Two to three hours, more if walking the full park. Tickets on Tiqets →
Dutch Quarter. Four blocks of red-brick gabled houses built in the 1730s for Dutch craftsmen, now filled with small shops and cafés. Compact and entirely walkable in forty-five minutes. It is at its most appealing on a cold afternoon when the cafés are the point.
Cecilienhof Palace. The mock-Tudor house in the New Garden where the 1945 Potsdam Conference was held, with the conference room preserved as it was. Historically weighty and modest in size. Ninety minutes including the lakeside walk out from the centre.
Filmmuseum Potsdam. A museum of German film history housed in a converted stable building, drawing on the archives of the nearby Babelsberg studios, the oldest large-scale film studio complex in the world. Around ninety minutes, in the centre near the old market.
Can I stay in Berlin and commute?
Yes. The S7 line and regional trains run frequently, taking twenty-five to forty minutes into Potsdam depending on which service and which Berlin station.
Are the palaces open in November?
The parks are open year-round. Palace interiors run reduced winter hours and some close on certain weekdays, so check before making the trip out.
Is one transport ticket enough for Berlin and Potsdam?
You need a ticket covering zones A, B and C. The standard AB ticket does not extend to Potsdam.
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