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an enormous number of stores, stores are concentrated in these exquisite quality. Berlin’s
ranging from supermarkets streets: Maximilianstrasse, KPM (Königliche Porzellan-
and pharmacies to bars, fashion Theatinerstrasse, Residenz- Manufaktur), which has been
outlets, and bookstores. Like strasse, and Briennerstrasse. in operation for over 250 years,
most of the stores in Berlin, The place to shop for also makes excellent porcelain.
they stay open until 8pm food in Munich is the colorful German glassware is
during the week and are Viktualienmarkt near Marien- renowned. Old glassworks
open on Sundays. platz. This has been the city’s in Saxony and Bavaria still
One of the newest shopping main food market for more make glassware by traditional
malls is the Potsdamer Platz than 200 years. techniques; for example,
Arkaden. Built in October 1998, The largest and most beautifully cut and polished
this is now very popular both as interesting shopping area in crystal tableware and ruby-
a shopping mall and a meeting Frankfurt is the Zeil, while in colored glassware.
place for Berliners and visitors. Hamburg it is the Alsterhaus. Some porcelain and glassware
A symbol of the old West’s Hamburg also prides itself on its factories operate retail outlets
resurgence, the shapely Bikini- many fine shopping arcades, with showrooms. Visitors can
Haus is a reincarnation of a several of which are covered arrange to have purchases
1950s’ shopping mall, with and heated, making them ideal sent to their home.
upmarket design and fashion for window shopping.
retailers, restaurants, a boutique Bookstores
hotel, a movie theater, and a
panoramic view over Berlin Zoo. Ceramics and Glass When you need a book
Porcelain made by Meissen is in English or an American
among the most sought-after newspaper, Dussmann
Shopping in Other Cities in the world but it is expensive. English Bookshop is the place
Most shoppers in Munich make Meissen porcelain can be to go in Berlin. In Munich,
a beeline for the pedestrian found in the town itself at look for the Words’ Worth
precinct in the old town center the Staatliche Porzellan- and Geobuch for good
between Karlsplatz and Manufaktur (see p515) or in maps and guides. In Frankfurt,
Marienplatz. Here, you will find several shops situated along try the British Bookshop.
many big department stores the popular Kurfürstendamm The Bücherbogen chain
such as Ludwig Beck am in Berlin. Munich’s Porzellan offers a huge choice of books
Rathauseck and chain stores Manufaktur Nymphenburg, and has several outlets in
where you can buy fashion and which has a factory and a Berlin and elsewhere; the
shoes as well as jewelry, shop in the grounds of Schloss one under the S-Bahn bridge
souvenirs, and music. For haute Nymphenburg (see p525), near Savignyplatz in Berlin
couture in Munich, the big-name produces china of similarly has the largest stock.
DIRECTORY
Markets KaDeWe Ceramics and Bookstores
Tauentzienstraße 21–24, Glass
Antik-und Berlin. Tel 030-212 10. British Bookshop
Trödelmarkt KPM Börsenstraße 17, Frankfurt
Ostbahnhof, Erich- Karstadt Wegelystraße 1, Berlin. am Main.
Steinfurth-Straße, Berlin. Kurfürstendamm 231, Tel 069-28 04 92.
Berlin. Tel 030-39 00 90.
Open 9am–5pm Sun. Tel 030-88 00 30. Bücherbogen
Auer Dult Potsdamer Platz Porzellan Manufaktur Savignyplatz, Berlin.
Mariahilfplatz, Munich. Arkaden Nymphenburg Tel 030-31 86 95 11.
Open last weeks of Apr, Alte Potsdamer Straße 7, Schloss Nymphenburg, N.
Jul & Oct. Berlin. Tel 030-255 92 70. Schloßrondell 8, Munich. Dussmann English
Tel 089-179 19 70. Bookshop
Shopping in Shopping in Odeonsplatz 1, Munich. Friedrichstraße 90, Berlin.
Berlin Other Cities Tel 089-28 24 28. Tel 030-20 25 11 11.
Bikini-Haus Ludwig Beck am Staatliche Porzellan- Geobuch
Hardenbergplatz 2, Berlin. Rathauseck Manufaktur Rosental 6, Munich.
Am Marienplatz 11,
∑ bikiniberlin.de Tel 089-26 50 30.
Munich. Tel 089-23 69 10. Talstraße 9, Meissen.
Galeries Lafayette Viktualienmarkt Showroom Open Words’ Worth
Französische Straße 23, Peterplatz–Frauenstraße, 9am–6pm (Nov–Apr: to Schellingstraße 3, Munich.
Berlin. Tel 030-20 94 80. Munich. Open Mon–Sat. 5pm). Tel 03521-46 82 08. Tel 089-280 9141.

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