Shopping

From special offers to specialities - Berlin has the lot

If you've had enough of the sights, you can try your hand at another Berlin speciality: shopping. The city has a number of small fashion labels, elegant interior shops and high-quality bookstores for you to browse. With a multitude of shopping streets, Berlin is also a paradise for anyone looking for the perfect gift. Bargain hunters will be pleasantly surprised too, as the prices are relatively reasonable in comparison to other European capitals.

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KaDeWe

Place of promises

One walks slowly, through the large heavy latticework decorated gate, past the porter in the livery, into the entrance hall. It is usually elaborately decorated and resembles more of a theatre-backdrop than the interior of a shopping-centre—and that of course it is really not—simply just a shopping-centre. The KaDeWe is more the place of luxury, of consumption, and of course also the place of ...More

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