The most northerly residential quarter of the city has a primarily rural character. It unites the former settlements of Bornim, Bornstedt, Sacrow, Grube, and Eiche.
The BUGA park (grounds originally laid out for the National Horticultural Show in 2001), which was created on the site of a former military area, is an attraction both for the locals and tourists, with its spacious parkland, the Biosphere nature experience hall, an open-air theater and a variety of playgrounds for children and young people. The Lenné field meadows, with its many hiking and biking trails, is popular for those who want to rest and for families.
The Potsdam urban planners intend to build homes, especially detached houses and duplex houses, as a supplement to the village-type residential quarters of Bornim and Bornstedt, such as are also found along the borders of the BUGA park itself. The well-developed infrastructure makes the Bornim-Bornstedt center as attractive as the Krongut Bornstedt - crown estate - the popular destination for outings. The Krongut is located close to the Sanssouci park.
The close-by Bornstedt cemetery invites the visitor to tarry, since the burial places of important historical people are here, for example, the court architect Ludwig Persius (1803-1845) and landscape gardener Peter Joseph Lenné (1789-1866). One of the most beautiful churches built by Persius - the Heilandskirche (Church of the Redeemer) - is located in Sacrow, directly on the banks of the Havel river. This part of the city is embedded in the Brandenburg March's landscape of lakes and forests. It is only a few minutes away from Kladow, the most south-west district of Berlin.
