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Whatever you are looking for, you will find it here, in Europe’s largest temple of consumption. On eight floors, the venerable KaDeWe (department store of the West) offers more than three million products. On its gourmet floor, West Berlin’s former “shop window”, you can choose from 1,800 cheeses, 1,400 breads and pastries and 2,000 cold meats. The window displays and inner courtyards are also worth a visit (see Shopping) .

This small French department store specializes in classic womens- and menswear. The French delicacies on sale in the food department make many a heart beat faster, not just those of Francophiles (see Shops) .

Berlin’s largest art and antiques market specializes in genuine antique furnishings and fittings, cutlery and porcelain, books, paintings, clothing and jewellery. The traders are professionals and demand high prices, but in return you are assured of buying something splendid. With its street artists and buskers, the market is an ideal spot for browsing, dawdling and people-watching (see Shops & Markets) .

Berlin’s most recent fashion store is also the most expensive in town. Here, the man-about-town can purchase his Gucci or DKNY ties, while the lady tries on Versace or Calvin Klein gear on three floors in the Friedrichstadtpassagen (see Shops) .

Style is writ large in this trendy shop. Stilwerk is not a department store, however, but a shopping centre, specializing in designer furniture, lamps and fittings – basically anything good and expensive (see Shops & Markets) .

If you fancy a Schinkel statue for your home or an elegant Prussian sculpture from the palace gardens, you’ll find moulded plaster reproduction in all shapes and sizes here.

Prussia’s glory and splendour to take away – traditional KPM porcelain for your dining table at home. Apart from elegant porcelain dinner services, figures and accessories made in the Berlin factory are also on sale.

The trendiest and also the most attractive weekly food and clothing market in Berlin has developed into a hotspot of the Schöneberg crowd. This is the place for meeting up on Saturday mornings (see Shops & Markets) .

Berlin’s largest weekday Turkish market lures visitors with its smells and dishes from A thousand-and-one-nights . Bartering is expected (see Shops & Markets) .

Numerous antique and junk shops are hidden underneath the S-Bahn arches at Friedrichstraße Station. Much of it is overpriced, but occasionally you will find a bargain.