Berling Shopping
Jan 10, 2007 | 11:13 am
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Berling Shopping
We are going to Berling next week for a long weekend. We're staying at the Westin and would really like to get a good Black Forest cuckoo clock, nutcracker, and maybe a hand woven Turkish rug. Does anybody have any ideas where to get these items???
Jan 10, 2007 | 12:07 pm
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I would start at KADEWE, the largest department store in Germany.
http://www.kadewe-berlin.de/index2_engl.php
It's not cheap, but you get an idea what to pay ...
Regarding Kuckucksuhr, I googled this:
http://www.kuckucksuhr.net/?gclid=CN...FRn1gAodWWBP4Q
http://www.kadewe-berlin.de/index2_engl.php
It's not cheap, but you get an idea what to pay ...
Regarding Kuckucksuhr, I googled this:
http://www.kuckucksuhr.net/?gclid=CN...FRn1gAodWWBP4Q
Jan 10, 2007 | 12:57 pm
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Berlin's "most Turkish" neighboorhood is Kreuzberg, particularly along the Oranienstrasse and the Oranienplatz (subway stations Moritzplatz (U8) or Kottbusser Tor (U1 & U8)). That's probably a good place to start looking for Turkish rugs (or anything other Turkish).
Jan 10, 2007 | 11:36 pm
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Better go for a normal carpet store and you won't get srewed. By the way: With the Euro at 1,30 Dollars Berlin is for shure not a heaven for US shoppers.
Jan 11, 2007 | 3:18 pm
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Thanks for all the help.
I do understand that it may not be cheaper to get the clock in Germany but I travel for pleasure all over the world and love to collect something from that area. I probably could get the same clock here, or even ebay, for the same or less but it just wouldn't be the same. I have more of a concern that I always get a bottle of liquor from the contry and now I have to pack it.
I do understand that it may not be cheaper to get the clock in Germany but I travel for pleasure all over the world and love to collect something from that area. I probably could get the same clock here, or even ebay, for the same or less but it just wouldn't be the same. I have more of a concern that I always get a bottle of liquor from the contry and now I have to pack it.
Jan 11, 2007 | 9:28 pm
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The department stores on Alexanderplatz are also worth a look. The food section was quite impressive (lots of gourmet selections and some hard to find items). They seem to try to carry "made in Germany" items -- which are hard to find, lots of those cuckoo clocks are now made in China, even in Germany.
Jan 12, 2007 | 5:04 am
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Also, for food/gourmet items, don't forget the basement food/gourmet floor at Galleries Lafayette - it's just two blocks down Friedrichstrasse from the Westin.