Berlin is the best city in Europe for vintage clothing, second-hand books, and vinyl records. The Mauerpark flea market, the Markthalle Neun and the Kreuzberg vintage shops define the city's shopping culture — anti-luxury, creative, and deeply individual.
The best flea market in Berlin on the former death strip — vintage clothing, vinyl records, books, GDR items, handmade crafts and the famous Bearpit Karaoke from 15:00. Go early for the best pieces.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideThe vegan café on Kastanienallee (socialist-run cooperative) is the definitive Prenzlauer Berg breakfast.
Kleidermarkt in Kreuzberg has 5 floors of curated vintage clothing — 1960s–1990s, sorted by colour and decade. The selection and prices are the best in Berlin.
Every Thursday evening (17:00–22:00) the 1891 market hall has Street Food Thursday — 30 vendors serving global street food in a beautiful iron-and-glass hall.
🎫 Book tickets via GetYourGuideOranienstraße is Berlin's most atmospheric bar street — small, independent bars with cheap beer and excellent music.
A club on a barge on the Spree canal — house music, summer garden, the most relaxed club in Berlin.
The most beautiful bookshop in Berlin (Auguststraße 28, Mitte) — international design, architecture, photography and fashion magazines alongside books. A beautiful selection, beautifully presented.
Berlin has the best vinyl shops in Europe after London. OYE Records in Prenzlauer Berg (house, techno, soul) and Space Hall in Kreuzberg (comprehensive, all genres, new and second-hand) are the two best.
The Prenzlauer Berg neighbourhood has the best café and bakery culture in Berlin.
DDR design items (the Ampelmann traffic light character, GDR consumer goods, Trabant models) at DDR Design or Berlin Story on Unter den Linden. The Ampelmann shop has the best licensed merchandise.
Mitte's gallery district on Auguststraße has excellent restaurants in the gallery spaces themselves.
The Soho House rooftop (for members or with a guest) has the best view of Mitte at night. For non-members: the Ace Hotel Berlin bar is equally good.