Munich Shopping

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This is one of several fine music stores in downtown Munich. They have a good selection of books, sheet music and instruments.

Second photo (update): It's now called Bauer & Hieber, but otherwise looks very much the same. (Klingt gut means "sounds good".)

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The CD department on the top floor of Ludwig Beck's department store is the best place I know of in Germany to buy opera and classical music CDs.

This last time I was looking for a particular recording of Arrigo Boito’s opera Mefistofele, a Sony recording from 1988 with Samuel Ramey, Placido Domingo, Eva Marton, and the Hungarian State Orchestra conducted by Giuseppe Patané. Of course I could have ordered it in Frankfurt and had it in a couple days, but I thought since I was going to Munich anyway I would just go up to Beck's and see if they had it in stock, and sure enough, there it was.

Second photo: Ludwig Beck's department store as seen from the steeple of St. Peter's church.

i found it really difficult to find a pairs of birkenstock in munich. so far, this shop have the most design compare to rest of the shop esp the girl's collection. it is located at south of viktualian market, abt 100 meter after the cross the road at the traffic light.

other place that you can buy is 1)south of the Hugendubel Bookstore in Marienplatz 2) in kaushof , one of the big mall in marienplatz.

but like i say, colour and design is very limited, so best bet is in Schuh Seibl

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This really is a must see for all you foodies.

We took lunch there on two occasions.
1st time for wonderful sausages, potato rostis and pretzels.
2nd time for the great seafood and some Reisling. Spotted a lovely old couple with a huge plate of Oysters which made me smile - shame I was leaving this day or I would have tried some for sure.

I must go here again during the warmer months... this is the kinda place you could spend the whole day just eating, drinking, people watching! Fantastic.

What to buy: Fruit, vegetables, cheeses, spices - you name it they have it.

What to pay: A little more expensive than normal to shop here I believe, the smaller food markets around the city are more reasonably priced.

A great place to head for to start your shopping trip.

Very central and leads off to many streets with all the variety of shops you could dream of.

Oh and some great historical buildings, restaurants and museums within the area too.

What to buy: You must stop in to any one of the stores that sells beer steins. Germany is known for their beer steins and coo-coo clocks. I have a whole collection of them from different parts of Germany. We used to drink out of them when I was younger, now they are on display.

What to pay: You can pay anywhere from 20 euros to 250 euros. It is up to you!

Galeria Kaufhof is a nationwide German department store.
They were founded in something like 1846 and have stores in all major cities throughout Germany.
The proper name of the chain is "Kaufhof Warenmarkt AG". Fairly recently, 1980's, they adopted the "Galeria" prefix.
Nowadays they are known coloquially as either Galeria, or Kaufhof, or Galeria Kaufhof.
There are four stores in Munich. Two in the city center at Marienplatz & Karlsplatz_Stachus, one in Rotkreuzplatz, and one out at OEZ_Olympia_Shopping_Center

What to buy: They stock all the goods that you'd expect of department stores. I.e. clothing, electricals, household, games, groceries, and so on.

Great shop to by very cheap bayern clotthes; mainly second hand but of an incredibly diversity and quality! Il you try one of these clothes, you cannot leave without it!
Well, that was my case...I bought there my white dirndl and two shirts !

What to buy: All the elements of the typical bayern costume!

What to pay: -8 euros for a nice man or woman 's shirt
-20 euros for a nice complete dress
-12 euros for a skirt