Shopping in Germany
Germany is one of the prime tourist destinations in West-central Europe. Germany has many world famous cities which hold many pleasant surprises including a wide range of shopping malls, boutiques, designer shops, restaurants and cafes. Germanys love to shop and that’s why they have a number of modern shopping malls. Shopping in Germany is a luxury and an ideal pastime. While you are in Germany Tours, get into its shops and enjoy Shopping in Germany.
Over the last few years Shopping in Germany has developed a lot and now the Germany Shops stock varieties of international products as well as the local products. While the concept of Outlet malls has become old in America, in European countries they are fast growing. Most of these shops are packed with European designer fashion, furniture, home accessories and they are sold in a huge discount rate in these shops. In all these malls there are tourist information centers, professional and knowledgeable staffs knowing English. So the foreigners do not face any problem while shopping in these places. Germany boasts of the following Outlet malls or Villages:
- Wertheim Village (Frankfurt)
- Ingolstadt Village (Munich)
- Maasmechelen Village (Cologne)
Besides these there are many “Hyper-Stores”, “Discounters”, “Big Box” stores in the major Germany Cities. You can go for shopping in the classic “Markstrassen” where shopping is a kind of entertainment as here you come across many sidewalk musicians. Take a break and get into an outdoor café for welcome change.
Hela Baumarkt, Hombach, Media Markt, Saturn are some famous stores where you can get home electronics, music, video, computers etc. The Hyper-Stores like Real, Globus Handelshof, Kaufland are famous for day to day items.
The Departmental Stores offer a variety of products like leather goods, handicrafts, toys, musical instruments, flowers, spices, oriebtal carpets, china clay items, glasswares and many more. The main attraction of Germany is its food stores. Some of the popular food stores are- Reformhaus, Konditorei, Backerei.
Shopping in Germany mainly centers round the following places:
- Munich City Center
- Cologne City Center
- Frankfurt City Center
- “Königsallee” in Düsseldorf
- Hamburg’s Mönckebergstrasse
- Stuttgart city centre
- Heidelberg old town
So come to Germany and enjoy shopping in its modern Outlet Malls. Keep it in mind that by order the shops in Germany remain open from 6:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can enjoy shopping in Germany’s famous stations and airport shops.
