Fathom Favorites : Berlin Shops

1. Türkischer Markt

A weekly Turkish market that stretches along a leafy canal. Shop for headscarves, produce, and pistacchio spread, then end with a tall beer at nearby Ankerklause bar.

Maybachufer, at Landwehrkanal
Berlin, 10967

2. Chelsea Farmers Club

Proper, jaunty Brit-wear (from cardigans to tuxedos), shop, and clubhouse. Hang around long enough and you may be invited to wear a smoking jacket and join a dinner party.

Schlüterstrasse 50
Berlin, 10623
+49-308-872-7474

3. Manufactum

Labor intensive products using Old European standards, beautifully designed, durable, and functional (metal, glass, wood) displayed carefully. So that you covet a garden shovel and a rain coat with equal measure.

Hardenbergstrasse 4-5
Berlin, 10623
+49-230-993-9050

4. Apartment

Avant-garde obscure Berlin based clothing and accessories labels mixed with edgy international brands.

Memhardstrasse 8
Berlin, 10178
+49-302-804-2251

5. Erich Hamann Bittere Schokoladen

Way old chocolate maker since 1912 chrome, glass, wood; a beautiful setting for eating bitter chocolates.

Brandenburgische Strasse 17
Berlin, 10707
+49-308-732-085

6. KaDeWe

Europe's largest department store is a century old and remains a wow-factor in the former West. German boutique brands splay out on multiple floors, so take your time, and make your way to the food hall filled with kiosks, bars, delis, and coffee shops. Merchandise displays pluck consumerist heart strings.

Tauentzienstrasse 21-24
Berlin, 10789
+49-302-1210

7. Goldhahn & Sampson

Specialty delicatessen and fancy foods shop where you can also pick up a hot coffee and loaf of breakfast bread. On a charming block in Prenzlauerberg overlooking a park.

Dunckerstrasse 9
Berlin, 10437
+49-304-119-8364

8. LIV

Need souvenirs? Try this shop for colorful kitchenware (teapots, water jugs, canisters) from noteworthy European brands.

Stargarder Strasse 9
Berlin, 10437
+49-303-462-7305

9. Hardwax

Hard Wax is one of the most important records stores in the world for electronic music enthusiasts. It's known as a stalwart in Berlin's techno scene, but some of the city's biggest DJs, whose expertise spans dub, disco, house and ambience, have worked or are currently working behind the counter.

Paul-Lincke-Ufer 44
Berlin, 10999
+49-306-113-0111

10. Pro QM

A fine bookstore inside an old butcher shop — lots of nice floor and wall tiles, big windows, and picture books.

Almstadtstasse. 48-50
Berlin, 10119
+49-302-472-8520

11. Wolfen

Handsome little shop for sharp knitwear.

Auguststrasse 41
Berlin, 10119
+49-304-978-1966

12. Konk

Sweet little boutique jutting off a very nice strolling stretch of Augustrasse offers the ladies drapey items (wraps, bubble sweaters, shapeless dresses) and affordable accessories from local designers.

Kleine Hamburger Strasse 15
Berlin, 10117
+49-302-809-7839

13. Do You Read Me?

A magazine-phile dream. Super comprehensive magazine store. Floor-to-ceiling shelves of magazines, quarterly journals, small-run periodicals in fashion, photography, design. Hard-to-find monthlies, local newbies, with titles like Gentlewoman, Purple Fashion, 80*81, Pin-Up, Achtung, Granta, The Weekender. in English and German.

Auguststrasse 28
Berlin, 10117
+49-306-954-9695

14. Kado

A whole shop devoted to licorice, that polarizing treat, with varying degrees of Salmiak (the savoriness that makes your face pucker). Clear glass jars of gummy treats are lined up according to region and salt/sugar profiles. There are super cool tins of nibs, antique scales, and an old-fashioned cash register that cranks.

Graefestrasse 20
Berlin, 10967
+49-306-904-1638