The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a vehicle seat upper part and a vehicle seat lower part, the vehicle seat upper part and the vehicle seat lower part being connected to one another by means of a connecting means in such a way that the vehicle seat upper part can be moved relative to the vehicle seat lower part and, when the vehicle seat upper part moves relative to the vehicle seat lower part, the relative movement can be sprung by means of a spring element, the vehicle seat having an additional volume, the spring element being arranged between the vehicle seat upper part or the vehicle seat lower part and a proportion of the additional volume.