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WHERE NOW | SHOPPING MISSIONS

Shopping Missions

With the help of three Berlin experts, Solveig Steinhardt scanned the
city to uncover the shops that best define the German capital.

T he Berlin style is just like the city itself: vintage markets elevating GDR kitsch to design
eclectic, avant-garde yet austere, with a heights, the line between shopping and
bit of luxury on its higher end and a sightseeing is sometimes hard to discern. To
pinch of understated elegance to garnish it all. simplify the Berlin shopping experience, we’ve
With so many concept stores, industrial asked three experts to provide their individual
warehouses transformed into pop-ups, and takes on shopping in the capital.

From outdoor food markets to artisanal chocolatiers, Berlin is a city for gourmands. Berlin For Gourmands
10 W H E R E B E R L I N I M A R C H 2016
Luisa Weiss, food blogger and author – www.thewednesdaychef.com

An Italian-American who spent part of her
childhood in Berlin, Luisa Weiss knows that the
capital is climbing its way up the gourmet
ladder faster than any other European city.
Luisa has been writing her successful blog,
The Wednesday Chef, since 2005, and has also
authored My Berlin Kitchen, a memoir told
through food. She is now finishing a
forthcoming book on German baking.

BEST FOOD MARKETS

According to Weiss, a food market must be well-balanced, with both
organic and conventional vendors, plentiful snack stands, good
cheese, fish, and meat selections, and good bakery options. Here
are her three favorites, all of which fit the bill:
• Karl-August-Platz in Charlottenburg
• Winterfeldtplatz in Schöneberg
• Boxhagener Platz in Friedrichshain

FOR YOUR SWEET TOOTH

Weiss’s very favorite chocolate shop is Winterfeld Schokoladen in
Schöneberg (Goltzstr. 23). “It’s a gorgeous store with a really wide-
ranging, amazing selection of chocolate from all over the world, plus
they serve killer coffee and hot chocolate, if you want to take a break.”
She also recommends Goldhahn & Sampson (Dunckerstr. 9) for its
selection of cookbooks and assortment of Italian chocolate brands,
and Sawade, “Berlin’s very own chocolatier. You can either go to one of
their stores (Rosenthaler Str. 40–41) or to the factory directly (Wittestr.
26d). Not only do I like supporting a local, family-run company, but I’ve
been eating their confections my whole life. I love the chic rebranding
the company recently undertook, which makes the chocolates even
more giftable than before, and their Marzipanbrote [marzipan loaves]
are still the best.”