Old world shopping experience and other Berlin, Germany Shopping Tips

Name of Shop: KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens)

This is the Berlin equivalent of Harrods in London and the largest department store in Western Europe. I read in a guide book to try coffee and cake in this department store. Being someone with a sweet tooth I was not disappointed, but the problem is, you’re spoilt for choice with so much on offer. The staff are extremely polite and there was no rush. Suitably refreshed it was time have a look around the shop. For those with money to spare and in urgent need of retail therapy this could be place to invest your hard the earned cash, or you could just window shop.



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Theme: Department Store
Address: Tauentziehnstraße, Berlin-Schöneberg
Directions: U-Bahn: Wittenbergplatz
Website: http://www.kadewe.de/de/

Name of Shop: Alexa

The Alexa Shopping Centre opened its doors on the 12th September 2007. It contains 175 shops which mainly sell clothes, though it does have a huge electrical shop which is spread out over 4 floors and there is also a food court. The outside has been described as ugly though the inside looks light and airy.



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Theme: Women's Clothes
Address: Alexanderplatz, Gruner Road 20, 10179 Berlin
Directions: The Southern end of Alexanderplatz
Website: http://www.alexacentre.com/mainsite/common/default.aspx

Name of Shop: Humana

Most of the Charity Shops that you find in the UK are small retail outlets that follow a similar pattern. During a wet afternoon I decided to give the Humana Shop at Alexanderplatz a try. The shop is huge in comparison to UK Charity shops and is more like a department store. The largest amount of goods on sale is women’s clothing. They are all carefully laid out for inspection on rails with plenty of room to move about. So if you want to kill some time and you like looking in charity shops give one of these shops a try, there is a dozen around Berlin. The shop is 1300 square metres in size with 25,000 items available for sale.

What To Buy: Clothing for Women


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Theme: Other
Phone: 2847 6382
Address: Alexanderstr. 7 / Ecke Otto Braun Str., Berlin
Directions: On the far side of Alexanderplatz from the station
Website: http://www.humana-second-hand.de/shops.html

Name of Shop: Europa Centre

The Europa Centre was completed in 1965, part of it consists of a 22 story tower block, but the place to head for is the 90,000 square metre shopping complex. Outside the main entrance is a popular meeting place which is called the water ball and is a hemispherical granite fountain. Inside the Europa Centre is a 13 metre green liquid clock spread over 3 floors called The Clock of Flowing Time. It has 12 larger balls, which represent each hour and 30 smaller balls which represent every 2 minutes. It all re-starts at 1am & 1pm when the liquid empties except for 1 ball. Another feature in the centre is the Lotus Fountain which is located outside the Tiffany Café. 2 of the more unusual stores are a games workshop with a large window display and a shop selling samuri swords and knives.



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Theme: Other
Phone: 030 26497940
Address: Europa-Center, Tauentzienstr. 9-12, 10789 Berlin
Directions: Close to the Zoologischer Garten underground station
Website: http://www.europa-center-berlin.de/