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Department Store shopping in Germany

  1. A

    KaDeWe

    This century-old department store has an assortment so vast that a pirate-style campaign is the best way to plunder its bounty, especially in the legendary 6th-floor gourmet food hall

    reviewed

  2. Mönckebergstrasse

    West of the Hauptbahnhof, along Spitalerstrasse and Mönckebergstrasse (known as the 'Mö'), you'll find the large department stores and mainstream boutiques. However, more elegant shops are located within the triangle created by Jungfernstieg, Fuhlentwiete and Neuer Wall. Most of them are in a network of 11 shopping arcades.

    reviewed

  3. Old Town

    Nuremberg was one of the first German towns in the mid-20th century to clear a pedestrian path through the city for shoppers. Consequently, it has several established strips of department stores and smaller boutiques. These are concentrated around the Breite Gasse and Karolinenstrasse regions near Lorenzkirche.

    reviewed

  4. B

    Spitalerstrasse

    West of the Hauptbahnhof, along Spitalerstrasse and Mönckebergstrasse, you'll find the large department stores and mainstream boutiques. However, more elegant shops are located within the triangle created by Jungfernstieg, Fuhlentwiete and Neuer Wall. Most of them are in a network of 11 shopping arcades.

    reviewed

  5. C

    Galeries Lafayette

    The Berlin branch of the exquisite French emporium is centred on a glass cone shimmering with kaleidoscopic intensity. Aside from racks packed with Prada and the like, you can get your mitts on sexy Agent Provocateur lingerie, edgy Berlin fashions and gourmet treats in the food hall.

    reviewed

  6. D

    Department Store 206

    Not your usual department store, this place is a veritable theatre of retail starring the gamut of hot lifestyle labels, plus music, stationery, home furnishings and hard-to-find cosmetics. The distinguished design alone makes it worth a trip.

    reviewed

  7. E

    Loden-Frey

    This specialist department store stocks a wide range of traditional Bavarian wear for adults and children. Expect to pay a fair bit for a good leather jacket, lederhosen or a dirndl dress, but it'll last forever.

    reviewed

  8. F

    Galeria Kaufhof

    A total renovation has turned the GDR-era Centrum Warenhaus into a 21st-century retail cube with a glass-domed court and a travertine skin that glows green at night.

    reviewed

  9. G

    Ludwig Beck

    Munich's most venerable department store has some chic but reasonably priced clothes, a large CD shop, a trendy coffee bar and restaurant.

    reviewed