Top 5 Berlin-Style Shop Stops

Summer Sales are coming and now all the people of the world who share the same fetish as me – shopping, – should get ready and excited!

If you are in Berlin during this fantastic time, you should definitely put shopping to you list of the most impressive things to experience in the German capital. Even if you are not planning to buy anything, there are so many things to window-shop! You can first dive in to the shopping districts of the Friedrichstrasse and the Kurfurstendamm and then gravitate towards little charming stores around the Hackescher Markt and Kastanienalleein in Mitte and the Frankfurter Allee in Friedrichshain. Glossy trend-setting designer establishments and funky boutiques – what else do you need to satisfy the most dedicated shopaholic?

Fashion represents the city as it is with its unique mixture of small independent shops and department stores. If you are short on time and still want to get the most out of the urban, cosmopolitan and multicultural spirit of the metropolis, here are some suggestions to bright up your urban style. It’s shoptime!

1. Le Gang

Walking down the Pappelallee in Prenzlauer Berg, you cannot help but drop into this wonder store. Le Gang represents a vibrant Berlin style subculture. Except for the beautiful graphics on the walls, the store is free of fussy details. It is a wonderland of T-shirts and what if not a T-shirt has a simple style and always reflects a personal touch? This shop space is a paradise for young and hip shoppers. They say that soon they are going to expand their stock of this small T-shirt gallery to shoes and trousers. Besides, it a great place for some teeny-tiny robot toys shopping!

Address: Pappelallee, 85

2. Styleserver

Styleserver, previously known as a solely online style guru, expanded to the real land store to indulge the needs of Berlin shopaholics and their traveling friends. This place offers a lot of fiercely modern but street-friendly aesthetic wear to upgrade the look of fashion aficionados. Berlin fashion labels represented in this store can fulfill the dreams of demanding female audience. Styleserver mainly features collections by POP Cph, Tofu, Minimarket, Realitystudio, Esther Perbandt and Julia & Ben that will help you to generate creativity and express it through your look with unpretentious, energetic and casual fashion, smooth fabrics, fresh colors and unusual cuts. There is no way you can find better baggy pants and dress-able-shirts in the city!

Address: Oderberger Strasse, 49

3. Flagship Store

Styleserver is not the only shop you cannot miss being in the Oderberger Strasse neighborhood. Visit to the Flagship Store continues your introduction to the city’s designer scene. Looking for a perfect Berlin outfit by German designers? There is a unique concentration of seven fashion schools in Berlin not for nothing. Even though this place is surrounded by a number of other stores, the unique character of such designers as Froks, Butterflysoulfire, Klar Berlin, Ansoho, Stylein, and Slowmo make it stand out. And these are only a few of the featured labels. The Flagship Store is named so for a reason: it carries the leading affordable, unique creations from designers living in Berlin – and there are always fresh and exciting things to find!

Address: Oderberger Strasse, 53

4. Flex

If you value exclusivity and do not want to look like every second person on the street and still not willing to pay a fortune for your outfits, you should go check Flex out. This new shop offers really nice clothes by rare designers that are hard to find: sophisticated male attire by Van Dale, cheerful prints by Gitte Wetter, cute tube dresses and jumpsuits by Samsoe Samsoe, Surface To Air, Modern Amusement and fantastic knit wear by Wear It For The Boy. Most of the enumerated names are Scandinavian fashion labels and who if not them are famous for their stylish people. Here you are sure to find a stylishly Scandinavian bargain!

Address: Kastanienallee, 13/14

5. Made in Berlin

Bit by bit, Germans start to increase their interest in vintage clothing. And so do all world’s biggest shopaholics. The number of brand spanking new places selling second hand pieces in Berlin rapidly is rocketing. I especially like Made in Berlin. This place is sometimes too packed by local hipsters, however you should be patient in order to find you look. Made in Berlin offers tons of stunning pieces that are emblematic of vintage couture style. Here you can fuse different styles picking up high fashion clothes and fast fashion hot oldies; mix colors, shapes and fabrics and create your own Berlin vintage flare style. Look for Adidas, Nike, Burberry and Lacoste and some nameless but pretty special brands.

Address: Neue Schoenhauser Strasse, 19

And just some more friendly tips:

• Take a BIG shopping bag with you. When it is Sales Time, people running crazy in the stores will pass this addiction to you and you will need a huge bag for your purchases!

• Take your best friends – credit cards. You might find some items that will leave you no chance to stay indifferent. And cash might do no good for you in this case.

• Tell you shopping-unconcerned friends or parents that you are visiting some museum or at least a gallery, so they would not be too worried if you get disappeared for hours and hours. Enjoy the shopping!

Photo of vintage clothing shop in Berlin, Germany, by ariaddna

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Oksana is a freelance writer who believes that traveling is the best education. She's now studying Global Development at the Warsaw University and is obsessed with languages and foreign cultures.