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especially cheese, bread, olives and dried fruits, all at
rockbottom prices.
Tues & Fri noon-6pm.
supermarket with a staggering 18,000 products, many from
the countryside around Berlin. There are another five
branches in central Berlin.
Mon-Sat 9am-9pm.
HEALTH FOOD
Einhorn
Mommsenstr. 2, City West
T
030 88 14 241,
W
einhornonline.de; U-Uhlandstrasse; map p.108.
Excellent wholegrain breads and cakes, baked in-house, at
this popular veggie caff (see p.193).
Mon-Fri 10am-6pm.
Himmel und Erde Naturkost
Skalitzer Str. 46,
Kreuzberg
T
030 611 60 41,
W
himmelerde.de;
U-Görlitzer Bahnhof; map pp.126-127.
Excellent
organic supermarket that's been around for over two
decades.
Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-4pm.
LPG Bio-Markt
Kollwitzstr. 17, Prenzlauer Berg
T
030 322 97 14 00,
W
lpg-naturkost.de;
U-Senefelderplatz; map p.132.
Europe's largest organic
WINES AND SPIRITS
Absinth Depot
Weinmeisterstr. 4, Mitte
T
030 281 67
89; U-Weinmeisterstrasse; map pp.72-73.
All kinds of
“Green Fairy” liquor but also a wide variety of props for the
true absinthe experience. You can even have a little taste.
Mon-Fri 2pm-midnight, Sat 1pm-midnight.
Weinkeller
Blücherstr. 22, Kreuzberg
T
030 693 46 61,
W
weinkeller-berlin.de; U-Gneisenaustrasse; map
p.118.
A good selection of Spanish, French, Italian and
German wines, plus sherries and whiskies from the cask.
Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm.
MARKETS, JUNK SHOPS AND ANTIQUES
If you're looking for antiques, hunting around Berlin's flea markets can be fruitful but hard work. A good bet for junk shops
and antiques is
Suarezstrasse
in Charlottenburg: get off at U-Sophie-Charlotte-Platz and work your way along the
street. Gotzstrasse in Schöneberg and Bergmannstrasse in Kreuzberg are also good bets.
Turkish goods and some pretty rough-and-ready clutter to
sift through for gems.
Sun 8am-4pm.
Flohmarkt Schöneberg
John-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1,
Schöneberg; U-Rathaus Schöneberg; map p.113.
Some
professionals selling books and collectables, but also
amateur vendors who have cleared out the garage or attic
and are selling the motley results.
Sat & Sun 8am-4pm.
Hallentrödelmarkt
Treptow
Eichenstr. 4, Treptow;
S-Treptower Park; map pp.126-127.
Ideal rainy-day
option: there's something of everything in this huge indoor
flea market. The stalls are all permanent fixtures and
thoroughly chaotic. Head north along Hoffmannstr.,
parallel to the Spree River.
Sat & Sun 10am-5pm.
Trödelmarkt am Arkonaplatz
Arkonaplatz, Mitte,
W
troedelmarkt-arkonaplatz.de; U-Bernauer Strasse;
map pp.72-73.
Popular flea market in the city's yuppie
district, thick with 1960s and 70s junk and cult objects in
equal measure.
Sun 10am-4pm.
FLEA MARKETS
Berliner Kunstmarket
By the Bode and Pergamon
museums, Mitte;
S-Hackescher Markt; map p.53.
A
good mix of real antiques, schlocky souvenirs, used books
and bootleg CDs.
Sat & Sun 11am-5pm.
Berliner Trödelmarkt
Str. des 17 Juni, Charlottenburg;
S-Tiergarten; map p.154.
Pleasant enough for a Sun
morning stroll, but it's the most expensive of the flea
markets, and geared toward tourists. Good for embroidery
and lace, though.
Sat & Sun 10am-5pm.
Flohmarkt am Boxhagener Platz
Boxhagener Platz,
Friedrichshain; U- & S-Warschauer Strasse; map pp.126-
127.
Small flea market catering to the needs of the student
quarter. Good Eastern Bloc memorabilia.
Sun 9am-4pm.
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Flohmarkt am Fehrbelliner Platz
Fehrbelliner
Platz 1, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf; U-Fehrbelliner
Platz; map p.154.
Small but very good fleamarket for
reasonably priced antiques and collectables with a local
flavour. There's a pleasant café too, but the large number of
Thai families selling fantastic street food in the adjacent
park are a bigger attraction.
Sat & Sun 10am-4pm.
Flohmarkt am Mauerpark
Bernauer Str. 63-64,
Prenzlauer Berg; U-Bernauer Strasse; map p.132.
Huge
fleamarket on the edge of Prenzlauer Berg with a bit of
everything that's cheap, including a legion of freshly stolen
and spray-painted bikes. Few real antiques, but a good
place to make a day of it, with good ethnic food stalls and a
fun open-air karaoke at 3pm.
Sun 8am-6pm.
Flohmarkt am Moritzplatz
Moritzplatz, Kreuzberg;
U-Moritzplatz; map pp.126-127.
An integral part of
Kreuzberg's social fabric, with all that entails. Lots of
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ANTIQUES
Berliner Antik und Flohmarkt
Bahnhof Friedrichstr.,
under the railway arches, 190-203, Mitte
T
030 208 26
55,
W
antikmarkt-berlin.de;
U- & S-Friedrichstrasse;
map p.36.
Tending more toward the antique end of things,
with several shops selling everything from books to
jewellery. Not particularly cheap.
Daily 11am-6pm.
Bleibtreu Antik
Schlüterstr. 54
T
030 883 52 12;
S-Savignyplatz; map p.108.
Well-established shop with a
great selection of antiques from 1900 to the 1960s, plus
stylish 1960s and 1970s jewellery.
Mon-Fri noon-7pm,
Sat 11am-3pm.
