Shopping in Berlin

Kreuzberg: this is the true shopping paradise for all those on the look out for something special and outlandish: not only old records, rummage, vintage fashion but also young fashion and original design. Bergmannstraße in Kreuzberg is not exactly a classic shopping street, but the small shops interspersed with cafés and restaurants do offer an insider’s tip of one kind or another. Alongside long-established rummage and second-hand shops, new boutiques have opened up – stylish hats at Coy art to wear - Hutkunst aus Berlin (Berlin Hat Art), and the bag to match at BagAge.

Alexanderplatz is one of the most famous squares in Berlin as well as the largest in Germany. And it’s always been a huge shopping magnet. The first shopping facilities opened up here as far back as the 19th century. Since the 1960s, the whole square has been a pedestrian precinct, while gaining in the process the former Centrum Warenhaus and the Alex Passages. In 2007, the Alexa Shopping Centre with its 180 shops and 17 restaurants was opened, followed two years later by its Die Mitte counterpart. So at Alex now there’s nothing more that isn’t there!

Small boutiques with hot labels, flagship stores of international designers – in Berlin-Mitte the area around Alte Schönhauser Straße and Mulackstraße has established itself as the perfect location for an exclusive shopping trip. International cult labels and Berlin designers have moved into the small streets near the Hackesche Höfe in a big way, so turning the area into a popular fashion shopping mile. Nowhere else in Berlin are there so many style-conscious fashionistas and shopaholics to be seen, looking as though they have emerged from a fashion blog. The matching design for the typical “Mitte” look is showcased in the shop windows of many boutiques and flagship stores here.