Shopping in Hamburg

Whether bargain hunters, lovers of fine fashion or fashion victims searching for the "dernier cri": Hamburg is Mecca for shopping fans. Surrounded by the impressive examples of Hamburg's architectural culture, the biggest designer labels compete for the favour of the international clientele in a minimal area in the City of Hamburg.

But who enjoys shopping also finds specialised shops with long tradition, e.g. for fine lingerie, hand-sewed gloves, precious silver and posh umbrellas at this place. If you are looking for high-quality china and decorative flower decoration you won't have to search long, too. Hanseviertel, Europapassage, Jungfernstieg, Mönckeberg and Spitalerstrasse magically attract all those who want to take back home with them more than just nice memories.

Fashion trends are made in the Schanzen- and Karoviertel. The creativity of the designers in both quarters seems to be endless. The environment inspires painters, writers, actors and musicians. Independence from commerce is programme here.

The combination of shopping and good food under one roof is also offered by stilwerk in a memorial protected former malt house at the Hamburgian Fish Market. Really extraordinary is the liaison of Japanese art cuisine and European top cuisine at "Henssler und Henssler" at "Grosse Elbstrasse" - in best companionship with wholesale merchants for all kinds of seafood and the trendy "Frische Paradies" (Paradise of Freshness). Here, hobby chefs also find everything they need for an evening with friends or family at home.

The quarter Eppendorf and the area around the university also make you experience a special plurality: cinemas, pubs and cafés, book shops and vegetable shops, wine shops, second hand and designer boutiques as well as snacks from all over the world and many green avenues with their art nouveau buildings mark the image of the streets. The one who goes shopping here is looking for eccentric items off the mainstream - handcrafted jewellery, posters and film placards, tea and spices, antiques or natural cosmetics.