Upscale Boutique and other Nürnberg, Germany Shopping Tips

Name of Shop: Prager Kunstsalon

Finally a store for which I can accurately use the word funky. This small store on a side street offers unusual and imaginative decorative items and accessories including glassware, uniquely design clothing for women with imports from Italy featured, smaller different-looking furniture pieces (lamps, small indoor fountains), and creative jewelry - funky and exclusive. There are some ceramic and porcelain pieces as well as a few rather strange sculptures. The owner and her daughter run the store and are very helpful. They appear to deal only with smaller suppliers they know well. Prices are high, but not unreasonably so.
Proserpina ended up with a short high waisted red jacket from an Italian designer unlike anything she had previously seen ($180 US) and for which she has received several favorable comments.
Removed somewhat from the important Alstadt shopping streets, Prager Kunstsalon is a major recommendation in an unanticipated location.



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Theme: Women's Clothes
Phone: 0911.2 427223
Address: Winklerstrasse 16

Name of Shop: Woolworth's

Woolworth's is a name from the American past - the last one of a nationwide chain closed decades ago. This store recalls those memories right down to the facade. Closely packed displays with narrow aisles feature cheap clothing, appliances, cosmetics, and packaged food like chips candy soda and tinned fish, just like in days of yore. The included image was exposed to capture the bustle of Konigstrasse near the Frauentor with St. Lorenz in the distance and by serendipity includes the storefront on the right side.

We found this store an invaluable source for cheap items - toothpaste and cosmetic items in large sizes we were unable to bring on the plane, a cheap very light pocketbook for P to carry with very light being the operative word, a simple scarf for chilly evenings. The prices were extremely low in keeping with the quality offered. The staff spoke nothing but German but seemed delighted that Americans had actually found their way inside.



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Directions: The store is easily found, two blocks into the Old City on Konigstrasse from the Frauentor and the main train and tram station.

Name of Shop: All the Usual Suspects

Three pedestrianized shopping streets in the Lorenz side of the Pegnitz diverge from the white tower and end on the Konigstrasse. The Konigstrasse is the "main drag" with lots of hotels, restaurants, and low-end shopping. On both sides of the river numerous kiosks sell fruit and vegetables, drinks, and cheap tourist items. The three most important shopping streets are Breite Gasse nearest the Frauentor, Karolinenstrasse in the middle, and Kaisserstrasse on the banks of the river. The first has the least prestigious shopping and the Kaisserstrasse houses all the famous and expensive stores like Prada, Gucci, Marc O'Polo, Villeroy and Boch, etc. A nice display of silks, furs, and leathers can be found at Rene Lezard. From Kaisserstrasse one can cross a bridge to the cute Troedelmarkt island with a wide cobbled plaza lined by very upscale local vendors and cute cafes.

We visited several of the shoppes on Kaisserstrasse - very elegant stores, quiet ambience, appropriately attired saleshelp, soft background music. The street itself is very pretty, lined by the fine stores, cobblestoned, with decorative streetlamps, fountains, and small statues. Store selections and displays were exquisite but relatively small and seemed expensive even when we allowed for the sorry state of the US dollar. At least in Gucci, Proserpina felt the offerings were "last year"s styles".

On the Sebald side of the river, stores were scattered between other businesses and buildings like the Prager Kunstsalon described above, and searching for shopping in this area is hit-or-miss.



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