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Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) Whatever
you are looking for, you will find it here, in Europe’s largest temple
of consumption. On eight floors, the venerable KaDeWe (department store
of the West) offers more than three million products. On its gourmet
floor, West Berlin’s former “shop window”, you can choose from 1,800
cheeses, 1,400 breads and pastries and 2,000 cold meats. The window
displays and inner courtyards are also worth a visit in themselves .
The KaDeWe
Galeries Lafayette This
small French department store specializes in classic women's- and
menswear on one level, and young fashion upstairs. French delicacies are
sold in the food department.
Food department Galeries Lafayette
The famous glass cone at Lafayette
Antik- und Flohmarkt Straße des 17. Juni Berlin’s
largest art and antiques market specializes in antique furnishings and
fittings, cutlery and porcelain, books, paintings, clothing and
jewellery. The traders are professionals and demand high prices, but in
return you are assured of buying something splendid. With its street
artists and buskers, the market is an ideal weekend spot for a bit of
browsing, dawdling and people-watching . Straße des 17. Juni 10am–5pm Sat, Sun
Department Store Quartier 206 This
fashion store is one of the most exclusive in town. Here, the
man-about-town can purchase his Gucci or DKNY ties, while the lady tries
on Versace or Calvin Klein gear on three floors in the
Friedrichstadtpassagen .
Inside Quartier 206
Stilwerk Style is writ large in this trendy shop. Stilwerk
is not a department store, however, but a shopping centre, specializing
in designer furniture, lamps and fittings – basically anything good and
expensive.
Façade of the Stilwerk shopping centre
Gipsformerei Staatliche Museen If
you fancy a Schinkel statue for your home or an elegant Prussian
sculpture from the palace gardens, you’ll find moulded plaster
reproduction in all shapes and sizes here. Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM) Prussia’s
glory and splendour to take away – traditional KPM porcelain for your
dining table at home. Apart from elegant porcelain dinner services,
figures and accessories made in the Berlin factory are also on sale. Markt am Winterfeldtplatz The
trendiest and also the most attractive weekly food and clothing market
in Berlin has developed into a hotspot of the Schöneberg crowd. This is
the place for meeting up on Saturday mornings.
In Winterfeldtplatz
Türkenmarkt am Maybachufer Berlin’s largest weekday Turkish market lures visitors with its smells and dishes from A thousand-and-one-nights. Bartering is expected . Maybachufer noon–6:30pm Tue–Fri
Berliner Antik- und Flohmarkt Numerous
antique and junk shops are hidden underneath the S-Bahn arches at
Friedrichstraße Station. Much of it is overpriced, but occasionally you
will find a bargain.
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