Berlin - A shoppers paradise

Its all here - avenues devoted to retailers, designer stores, flag ship shops, huge malls, massive department stores. Whatever your budget or whatever you may wish to buy you will find it here in Berlin.

The area around Ku-Damm is Berlin’s most famous shopping district, running for 3.5 kilometers and literally jam packed with stores. The Europe centre alone offers 99 stores on three different levels!

Despite its numerous shops it would seem Berliners and its 18 million visitors cannot get enough, 2007 saw the completion of Alexa - a shopping and leisure centre in Mitte.

For those seeking the most exclusive of products a trip down Friedrichstrasse will provide you with an array of famous designer shops.

10 of the best

• Kaufhaus des Westens - Europe’s largest department store offers a tremendous choice of goods and one could easily spend a whole day purusing the goods on offer. It has 3 million products displayed over 8 floors. If you feel peckish you can always visit the gourmet hall with 1,800 cheeses, 1,400 breads and pastries and 2,000 cold meats there should be something to take your fancy.
• Galeries Lafayette - A department store offering the latest French fashions for both males and females and a food department tempting you with French delicacies.
• Department Store Quartier 206 is Berlins most recent fashion store. The three floors are packed with Gucci, DKNY, Versace and Calvin Klein but to name a few of the designers on display.
• Stilwerk - A trendy shopping centre that specialises in top range designer furniture and fittings
• Gipsformerei Staatliche Museen - a good stop for the visitor seeking a memento, offering plaster reproductions of Schinkel statues or Prussian sculptures.
• Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur - Another tourist stop - some glorious Prussian style porcelain to grace your dining room table and other mementos
• Markt am Winterfeldplatz - Welcome to Berlins trendiest market - a Saturday hotspot for food and clothing or just getting together.
• Turkenmarkt am Maybachufer - For those who enjoy barter. A popular Turkish market that offers some amazing smells and dishes.
• Berliner Antik- und Flohmarkt - Home to numerous antique and junk shops - you may get a bargain but be careful of overpaying.

Whatever you are looking for Berlins shopping Mecca is bound to have it!!

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