Shopping
Most shops in the city centre remain open for business until 8pm
(Saturday 4pm). On occasion of special events shops are also open on
Sundays. Berlin has dozens of
shopping centres and streets. Much loved are the new "Potsdamer
Platz Arkaden" right on Berlin’s most fascinating square.
Large department stores and clothes shops a.o. along Kurfürstendamm/Tauentzienstrasse,
in the Wilmersdorfer Strasse Pedestrian Precinct and Steglitzer
Schlossstrasse. Kurfürstendamm (especially between Bleibtreustrasse
and Olivaer Platz) is still considered an eldorado for luxury
brands (clothing, perfume, leather goods);
You’ll find Prada, Burberry, Jil Sander and Cartier at the corner
Ku’damm/ Wieland. "Quartier 206" and
other shops in Friedrichstrasse ooze the same exclusive image.
Unusual shops can be found in sidestreets of Ku’damm, in Kreuzberg’s
Bergmannstrasse, in Schöneberg’s Goltzstrasse and in
the Centre around Hackesche Höfe as well as in Prenzlauer Berg.
Worth seeing for its own sake is KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens or
Department Store of the West): Tauentzienstrasse 21-24, Schöneberg,
tel. 2 12 10.This is the largest department store on the European
continent. An incredibly large choice of all kinds of goods and brands.
Section for gourmets selling every vegetable known to man.
Antique Shops
Keithstrasse in Schöneberg is Berlin’s "antiques shopping
street". Most shops sell expensive objects. You could also try your
luck in Schlüterstrasse and around Savignyplatz.
Antiquariat Düwal
Schlüterstrasse 17, Charlottenburg
Tel. 3 13 30 30
Mon-Fri 12am-6.30pm, Satur 11am-2pm
Books on all possible subjects – from architecture to books on cigar
rings.
Antiquariat Koch Berlin
Kurfürstendamm 216, Charlottenburg
✆
882 63 60. Mo-Fr 10am-6pm, Sa until 2pm
Rare and valuable books from all domains and graphical art from six
centuries as well.
Berlin’s Flea and Antiques Market
S-Bahnbogen Friedrichstrasse, Bogen (Arches) 190-203
Tel. 2 08 26 45
Wednesday-Monday 11am-6pm
Antiques and curiosities; museum; "Zur Nolle" restaurant.
Bookshops
Autorenbuchhandlung
Carmerstrasse 10, Charlottenburg
Tel. 3 13 01 51
Literature from classical antiquity up to modern times; poetry, cultural
history; lectures by writers.
Berlin Story
Unter den Linden 40, Mitte, Mo-Su 10am-7pm
Everything about Berlin in books, on video and on DVD. Posters,
postcards and souvenirs as well. 2500 Books about Berlin, including
travel guides in 12 languages. Exhibition about and with scalemodel of
Berlin.
Bücherbogen, Kunst- und Filmbuchhandlung
Art bookstore: Knesebeckstraße 27, Charlottenburg
Film bookstore: Stadtbahnbogen 593, Charlottenburg,
✆
31 86 95 11
Grosser Unfug (What a Load of Rubbish!)
Zossener Strasse 32-33
,Kreuzberg
en Weinmeisterstraße 9, Mitte
www.groberunfug.de
Tel. 6 94 01 49 0
All possible comic strips.
Hammett-Krimibuchhandlung
Friesenstraße 27, Kreuzberg,
✆
691 58 34
Mo-Fr 10am-8pm, Sa 9am-4pm
German and English detective novels.
Kulturkaufhaus Dussmann
Friedrichstrasse 90, Mitte (Centre)
Tel. 20 25 11 11
For the time being the only shop in Berlin with really long opening
hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-10pm. Extensive choice of books and CDs.
Kochlust – Die
kulinarische Buchhandlung
Alte Schönhauser Straße 36-37, Mitte
✆ 24 63 88
83,
www.kochlust-berlin.de
Mo-Fr 12pm-8pm, Sa 12pm-6pm
Books about cooking and enjoying. Cooking courses need to be reserved
long beforehand.
Lustwandel – Die
erotische Buchhandlung
Raumerstraße 20, Prenzlauer Berg
✆
44 04 08 60. Mo-Fr 12pm-8pm, Sa 10am-4pm
Erotic literature and art ‘for all passions’.
Markets:
There is a weekly market on Karl-August-Platz in Charlottenburg,
Saturday 8am-1pm. Schöneberg market on Winterfeldtplatz
(Wednesday and Saturday 8am-1pm) is very trendy at the moment. When
shopping is finished you can have a drink in one of the pubs and
tearooms around the market.
The
eco market at the Kollwitzplatz, Prenzlauer Berg (Thu 12pm-7pm, Sa
9am-4pm) is very popular as well.
Neuköllner Markt, on the River Maybach bank (Tuesday and Friday
12am-6pm), has a great selection of vegetables. Haggling is to be
advised, just like in any Turkish bazaar! The weekly market in Mitte (Centre)
takes place in front of the town hall on Tuesday 9am-5pm and Saturday
9am-2pm.
At
the Wittenbergplatz you’ll find a farmers market on Thursdays, 10am-7pm.
The Dahlem Domain (country estate and museum) is the
site of a "green market" on Saturday 8am-1pm. Once or twice a
year special markets are organized here, e.g. on occasion of the
harvest-festival.
Jumble Sales:
Grosser Berliner Trödel – und Kunstmarkt
Strasse des 17. Juni
Saturday/Sunday 10am-5pm
Art and kitsch, clothes and antiques.
Kunst – und Nostalgiemarkt on Museum Island
Am Zeughaus and Am Kupfergraben, Mitte (Centre)
Saturday/Sunday 11am-5pm
Original arts and crafts, books, pots and pans, etc.
Fashion:
Barfuss oder Lackschuh
Oranienburger Straße 89, Mitte
For whoever fits the chique shoe…
Berlinomat
Frankfurter Allee 89, Friedrichshain
www.berlinomat.com
Over a hundred young Berlin designers have united and offer accessories
and jewelry that fit the latest fashion.
Chic
Choc
Holstenische Straße 42, Wilmersdorf
✆
861 81 91
In avant garde style presented, elegant design jewelry.
Durchbruch
Wiesbadener
Straße 16, Wilmersdorf
Tel. 8 81 55 68
Crazy creations by Berlin’s designers.
Eisdieler
Kastanienalle 12 , Prenzlauer Berg
and
Auguststrasse 74, Mitte
Monday-Saturday 12am-6pm
Five young Berlin fashion designers present their snazzy creations.
Kleidzeitlos
Rosenthaler Straße 37, 1ste verdieping, Mitte
Like the name says: fashion for timeless occurrences.
Lisa D.
Rosenthaler Strasse 40/41
Tel. 2 82 90 61
and 283
89 760
Shop in Hakeschen Höfe. Stylish own creations.
Schönhauser Design
Neue Schönhauser Straße 18, Mitte
Accessories and original things in retro style of the 70’s.
Stoffwechsel
Alte Schönhauser Straße 20-22, Mitte
Large choice in trendy brands.
To
die for
Neue Schönhauser Straße 10, Mitte
Fashion from Berlin ‘you would give your life for’.
Specialist Shops:
Ampelmann-Shop
Rosenthaler Straße 40-41, Hackesche Höfe, Hof 5, Mitte
Potsdamer Platz Arkaden, Basement; Dom Aquaree
✆ 44 04 88
01,
www.ampelmann.de
The little DDR-traffic light man survived: the little red man stands,
the green one walks on key rings, bookends, corkscrews, T-shirts…
Fassbender &
Rausch
Charlottenstraße
60, Mitte (Gendarmenmarkt)
The largest chocolate store in Europe tempts you with exquisite offers.
J&M Fässler
Europa-Center
Tel. 2 61 48 07
Toys, souvenirs and curiosities.
Galeries Lafayette
Friedrichstrasse 2, Mitte (Centre)
Specializing in French fashion and delicatessen.
KPM, Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (Royal Bone China
Manufactory)Straße
den 17.
Juni 100, Charlottenburg
Valuable porcelain. Antique and new design. Cheap second-hand china in
Wegelystrasse 1, tel. 39 00 90
Meissener Porzellan (Meissen Bone China)
–
Mohrenstraße 30 (in Hotel Hilton),
✆
20 16 54 73
– Unter den Linden 39b, Mitte,
✆
22679028
– Kurfürstendamm 26a, Charlottenburg,
✆
88 68 35 30
Extensive choice of flower-patterned bone china services, figurines and
smart dinner services and other tableware.
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