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The main mantra of marketing is to catch people's attention in as cost-effective a manner as possible. OK this is just an excuse to use this pic which made me chuckle but it does illustrate the point.
Having an attractively female manequin posed as a window shopper outside this office furniture store certainly caught my eye (especially when her skirt blew up in a gust of wind LOL ;-)).
Come to think of it I could do with a new workdesk...
Updated Jan 27, 2012
The Europa Passage offers a smallish, but bright shopping experience in the centre of Hamburg. Hemmed in between the gentile streets along the Binnenalster, and St. Peter's church on Mönckebergstraße, it's an easy break from touring the city, and you can enjoy a coffee under it's impressive arched glass roof.
Written Oct 16, 2011
Website: http://www.europa-passage.de/
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So, you arrive in Hamburg and find that you might have packed your camera, but not only does it not have an SD card inside, your spare that you ALWAYS pack isn't packed either! So what do you do? Simple, you visit Saturn on Mönckebergstraße. On the corner with Steintorwall, you will find a huge Saturn store which sells all sorts of computer and electrical goods.
The store sells a huge selection of computer-related goods as well as general eletrical goods. Here you will find all the camera supplies - and cameras - that you could possibly need.
What to buy: SD cards or any other camera accessories which you might have forgotten at home!
What to pay: Generally good, high street prices.
Written Sep 17, 2011
Address: Mönckebergstraße, Alstadt, Hamburg
Website: http://www2.saturn.de/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/main?storeId=12053&catalogId=11553&langId=-3&ok=T_HOME&uk=NONE
In a rather unusual but quaint combination, Scarpovino is a casual shop in St. Pauli's ultra edgy and bohemian "Schanze" neighborhood that offers Italian fine wines and gourmet nibbles, right alongside finely crafted Italian shoes for men and women.
What to buy: Pick up that new pair of Italian shoes for the office, sandals for the summer, or boots for the winter. While there you can also grab a fantastic bottle of Tuscan red and gourmet snacks to share with friends after your shopping day is done.
What to pay: Shoes average about 70-150 Euro. Wine and aperatif liquors range from Euro 2,90 - Euro 290
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Susannestrasse 29, 20357 Hamburg
Phone: (040) 439-0043
If you have an eye for the unusual you will truly enjoy a stop in this unique and quaint shop. Among others, Elfenreich carries such brands as Noa Noa, Eva & Claudi and St. Martin. Although small, the shop has an assortment of handmade jewelry, bags & totes, dresses and coats- a little bit of everything.
What to pay: Elfenreich has prices that range from moderate to expensive. But if something unusual is what you want--I'm sure you would find something here.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: Dammtorstrasse 22, Hamburg, Germany
Phone: 040-34 6802
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Hamburg was one of the first cities to introduce shopping galeries - small elegant shopping malls in the middle of the city. And when you walk along Jungfernstieg to Gänsemarkt and Neuer Wall you will find dozens of these galeries! They are expensive, but window shopping does not cost you much - plus they do have nice cafés and bars there as well!
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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Pleasant mall style shopping in the center of Hamburg's exclusive Neuestadt neighborhood, right next to the Alster Lake and Alster Pavillion on Jungfernstieg.
Operating Hours for Shopping Mall:
Mon-Weds, + Sat. 10am-8pm
Thurs + Fri 10am-10pm
Operating hours for Gastronomie:
Mon-Sat 9am-11pm
What to buy: A general sampling of shops to keep your eyes open for:
CLOTHING STORES---
MEN-
H&M Men
Oska Men
WOMEN---
Oska Women
Street One
Bonita
Hallhuber
UNISEX---
Sasch ( trendy Italian casual street fashion boutique, based in Florence)
Tommy Hilfiger
Bennetton
Levi's
KIDS (fashion/gifts/toys)---
Kindertraume
Steiff Kids Fashion & More
Teddy Toys
Build A Bear
Das Keline Konigreich
SHOES & ACCESORIES---
Bianco (trend conscious shoes from Italian based shoe chain)
Street Super Shoes (discount shoes)
Kipling
Clarks
Gabor-Lloyd
Don't Look!
BOOKS, CRAFT & FINE STATONARY---
Paperterie Europa
Idee Hamburg
Thalia Books
GIFTS & HOME LIFESTYLE---
Thevs Geschenkenhaus
Looxis
Trend& Design
WMF (fine kitchen and servingwear)
FOOD & GOURMET---
Reformhaus Bacher (organic health foods and bakery)
Minisupermarkt
Tchibo ( pastry & fine coffee shop with it's own signature line of lifestyle products and gifts)
GASTRO---
RESTAURANT & CAFE
Yin & Yang (Japanese)
Punto Medio (Mediterranean & Italian)
Cha Cha Postive Eating ( trendy Thai casual kitchen )
Ballyn Bakery (Bagels, cakes, pastries & soups)
FOOD COURT---
From soup to nuts, from smoothies to falaffel, the underground food court is an attractive environment spanning a large area with tasty choices including Becks Sports Bar, Indian, Portuguese, Lebanese, Italian bistro, Chinese, German Regional offerings and others.
What to pay: Being that it's a shopping center in an upscale area, yet with a wide range of shops, the prices range from quite average to above average in price. Shops like Kipling and the WMF home store would be considered the pricer shops there, although there are certainly a few others.
Updated Jul 17, 2008
Address: Ballindamm 40, 20095 Hamburg
Phone: (040) 36 17 44 44
Website: www.europa-passage.de
For fashion lovers who LIVE for vintage clothes, Kleidermarkt is an age-old institution amongst Hamburg's young, flighty, and fashionable, and rarely fails to disappoint. If you're the type of person who takes your fashion inspiration not only (or not necessarily)from magazines, but from your own sense of fashion history and style, this is the vintage store for you. Kleidermarkt has clothing from eras ranging from the 1960's to present day, and is partcularly strong in dresses, and coats for both men and women. The shops are well organized, separated not only clothing catagory, but also by color. So you won't have to spend a lot of time searching for a mens printed summer shirt or a ladies short black dress.
Normal operating hours from 10am-7pm Mon to Friday.
What to buy: The strongest departments in kleidermarkt stores are for coats, women's skirts and dresses, women's hats, and men's shirts. It's the kind of store where you can watch a vintage tv show, get an idea for a dress or men's coat you'd like to have, then you could stop at any one of the Kleidermarkts around town and would have about a 70% chance of finding what inspired you.
***Kleidermarkt Locations with The Best Merchandise Selections****
1. Kleidermarkt
Max Brauer Allee 174
22765 Hamburg
(from Altona Bahnhof), Bus #20-S Rubenkamp, or #115- Alsterchausee, or #283-Lagenfelder Damm "Max-Brauer-Allee(mitte)"
2. Kleidermarkt
Nuer Kamp 23
20357 Hamburg
Bus #3-Rathaus or Bahn U3 to "Feldstrasse", directly across the street from the exit on the corner of Neuer Kamp & Sternstrasse
3. Kleidermarkt Grosseberstrasse
Altona Bahnhof, exit Grossebergstrasse to pedestrian shopping walkway, walk approx. 1 block down Grossebergstrasse, Kleidermarkt is on the left.
What to pay: Items start from 3 euro for vintage hats and shirts to about 50 euro for vintage for leather coats. On average you can go into Kleidermarkt with 15 euro and come out with something (or several things) that you really like.
Updated Jul 13, 2008
Website: www.kleidermarkt.de
For all those young, fashion conscious shoppers who aren't necessarily into trends, but like iconic, era worthy signature pieces in old school music fashions, Hot Dogs is probably the place for you. Run by a kindly, bespectacled, soft spoken propieter who looks a bit like American rock/hip-hop music guru Rick Rubin, Hot Dogs is a small, unpretentious, vintage lovers paradise for all things hipster and street. Need oversized sunglasses like Jackie O. during her days as a Manhattan 1970's book editor? Check. Need a comfy pair of vintage 70's jeans for darting to the subway? Check. How about a track jacket or a wicked dope pair of vintage Adidas trainers straight from the early days of breakdancing in the Bronx or DJing London? No problem. Boots, boots, and more boots, all fit for any Bond girl, any era, from 1970's -1980's arrive in scheduled shipments, so whatever vintage boot is not there today could be there tomorrow. Great vintage t-shirts, and fun accessories round out the selection. All of this, plus a genuinely friendly shop staff..and a bench to relax out front should you decide to take a break from shopping, even if it' with a coffee from a neighboring cafe. Hot Dogs is a definite stop for the young and fashionable who prefer individual street style over magazine dictated mass trends...and a particular treat if you need to feed a vintage sportswear fetish!
What to buy: This is the type of shop that would appeal to people looking for "era specific" shoes or accessories that they may be inspired by seeing in high fashion magazines. Otherwise, it would probaly appeal most to those with a casual sense of street style inspired by old school 1970's-1980's New York and London
What to pay: Hot Dogs' items are not as bottom of the barrel inexpensive as you would find in a church or charity based second hand shop. But the good news is that they are nowhere near as exorbitantly expensive as the vintage shops in New York, LA, and Miami Beach. Go in with abot $40-$85, expect to come out with something that you'll really love.
Updated Jul 13, 2008
Address: Markstrasse 38 , 20357 Hamburg
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One of the major differences I've experienced between shopping in Germany, and in the United States is that the former generally leans a bit more towards boutiques and specialty shops as opposed to large shopping malls. Since I've been living here, I've become a big fan of the the specialized and attentive customer service provided by my local boutiques, and there is definitely something quite charming in being able to greet my local sales people and cashiers with a warm air of familiarity each day. However, every once in a while I do long for American style mall shopping, where I can purchase a variety of things for a variety of purposes for a variety of people (!) all under one roof, and only have to deal with a roundtrip train ticket vs. making multiple stops throughout the city.
Enter the "Quaree Einkaufzentrum" (or Quaree EKZ) at Wandsbek Markt. Located in the Northeastern reaches of Hamburg, you can make hours of shopping all in one locale, and chances are good that you'll find every personal need, souvenier, or gift for a loved one all under one roof. In addition, there are small gourmet food stands and a Cinemaxx Movie Theatre, as well as Germany's flagship department store "KARSTADT". The mall is directly accessible from the train line U1-"Wandsbek Markt" with an underground entrance, and has 3 levels of stores. Also worth noting is that the mall's ground level entrance/exit " Wandsbeker Marktstrasse" is about a full block of inexpensive shops ranging from teen fashion stores like "NewYorker" to excellently priced home/gift stores such as "Samt & Sonders" and "Strauss" to cheaper stores for casual shoes, cheap luggage and bags, etc. On the Wandsbeker Markstrasse block you can also conveniently find several banks, an EDEKA grocery store, C&A Department Store and an organic supermarket.
Just as a comical sidenote, don't be surprised that if you mention the location "Wandsbek Markt" to a Hamburg native you might be met with a strange look or a reaction that resembles a rebuke of some sort. In all sincerity, I believe it's because most Hamburgers not only shun mall shopping as a part of their normal shopping routine, but they generally do not travel far outside of their own neighborhoods for purchases unless they're going downtown or to an IKEA depot. Additionally, Hamburgers pride themselves a bit on having very sophisticated and image-conscious boutiques, so "going shopping" outside of your neighborhood means (for most people) that you're going to stroll the exclusive area along Junfernstieg and watch swans float in the canals before you pick up a small designer piece: by contrast, the Wandsbek Markt is right in the middle of an drab, working class outskirt and does not fit in with the majority's self-perception as chic and cosmopolitan. Quite frankly there is nothing wrong with the area other than the surroudings being "unfashionable", and some of the stores on Wandsbeker Markstrasse being cheap. Beyond that, keep in mind that you're going there to shop and get the most value for your currency exchange, so perception does not matter. You'll never need to leave the mall block to get all of your shopping accomplished, and chances are you will find items that those who live "in the city" have never seen, will want to purchase when they do see them, and you will have gotten them at a reasonable price.
What to buy: A few shops to keep in mind on your journey to Quarree EKZ-
HOME ARTICLES/GIFT ITEMS---
Das Depot
Tchibo
Thevs
SHOES & ACCESSORIES---
Gortz
Gortz 17
Bianco Shoes
Ecco
Bijou Brigitte (accessories )
YOUNG MISS/TRENDY FASHION---
Tally Weil
Pimke
Collesseum
WOMENSWEAR---
Karstadt
Hennes & Mauritz
Street One
Vero Moda
Hunkemoller (finer lingerie sleep and loungewear)
MENSWEAR---
Anson's
H&M Men
Karstadt Sport & Kinderwelt
FOOD & GOURMET---
Arko Chocolatier Shop
Geflugelhof Schoenecke (poultry and game)
Kamps (bread and pastry shop)
Tchibo (fine coffee & gift shop)
Reformhaus Engelhardt (organic foods)
TeeKontor (worldwide imported tea and tea accessories)
BATH & BEAUTY---
Douglass Pefumerie
The Body Shop
CONCERT/OPERA/THEATRE TICKETS---
Konzertkasse bei Wiland (inside the WEILAND Bookstore)
Don't forget, be sure to take a stroll outside on Wandsbeker Markstrasse to find a couple of other great gift shops, as well as the C&A department store at the end of the block.
What to pay: The best bargains to be had in this shopping center are primarily for young trend fashion. All the latest styles can be foun here, affordably and under one roof.
Updated Jul 13, 2008
Address: Quarree Wandsbekmarkt, Quarree 8-10, 22041 Hamburg
Phone: (40 ) 658 7890
Website: www.quarree.de
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