Vintage Hunting

One of the best methods to vanish into the Berlin hippster crowd is wearing huge horn-rims – Lunettes is the place to equip yourself. Primarily they sell excellently conserved glasses from all ages.

This store is a cozy one, small room and a small, but nice choice. Still run by it’s owner the atmosphere is really relaxed. They always have a sales rack, which is rather rare at vintage stores.

This store is dark, small, shabby and chaotic. Doesn’t sound like an enjoyable shopping experience. Still they sell clothes from past seasons by Raf Simons, Alexandre Herchcovitch, Marc Jacobs and other big names for a fraction of the original prize – which doesn’t mean you’ll get them for peanuts, of course.

Take your time to explore this store that looks more like Aladdin’s Cave of vintage than an actual store. It offers beautiful items and the owner is really helpful.

This is a good market for bargains, due to the vast amount of students selling their belongings to pay the next rent. You should not feel disturbed by strolling dogs, their legacies as well as by music brought to you for free by self proclaimed artists to enjoy this place.

The queen of shoes reigns this store. It’s simple, either she will like you, or she won’t. At best she offers you the perfectly fitting shoes you will wear the rest of your life or at least until the end of the season.

Best selection of all the Kleidermarkt branches – it’s located in the Mitte of Mitte and flooded by tourists searching for the real Berlin vintage, ignoring the fact that the most of the stuff comes from the US. The owners take advantage of this and sell the flower-printed, high-waisted shorts with 15% extra Mitte-charge.

Take your time to explore this store. You will need it. Discovering a suiting and good looking piece in this 5 level Humana can be a struggle. But if you love the challenge (and have nothing else left to do in Berlin), go for it!

If money is no object and it’s basically just about decorating yourself and your loft with uberhip retro stuff, this is the fleamarket to go. The assortment is great, though often sold way over it’s value.

Sounds great – buying clothing by it’s weight – especially when it comes to airy summerdresses! But be careful – the best selection is offered in the fixed prize area, the items sold by the kilo are rather… trashy. As is the music.

Shopping at Mauerpark means to bargain for a broken Instamatics with the turkish seller, who is enthroned in his ocean of cardboard boxes. This place is massively crowded, although the finds you can make here are rather rare. So come here for what is thought to be a Berlin experience, enjoy the homemade cake and the soap-bubble artists.

This is not the place to make a bargain. Shirts start at 20 Euros, dresses at 30. The tags say every piece was hand-selected by their tastemakers, whatever that means. The choice is great though and you will be definitely prepped for the party on the night out in Berlin.