Posts Tagged ‘shopping’
Mother’s Day in Berlin, 2012
This sunday is Mother's Day in Germany. While official celebration days are at best arbitrary and at worst commercially crass, this one pricks at the emotions a little more since -- let's face it -- ALL mums deserve a little bit of extra attention now and again. To help inspire you, we've collected together some relevant content from our site and thrown in a few extra ideas, many of which are more about effort and thoughtfulness than simple purchases.... Meaningful Gifts Books are always a [...]
Trendwalk: Sustainable Consumerism in Berlin
Jennifer Haack profiles some of the sustainable hotspots featured in ecoShowroom's Trendwalk tour... Berlin’s ecoShowroom is the very first concept store in Mitte to carry a strong ecological message. It's run by Nadine Valencic and Kati Drescher, who also own Berlin-based PR and marketing agency sieben&siebzig, an agency focused on ecological, fair trade and sustainable products. As well as hosting a showroom for sustainable goods (see below) and holding regular events on topics [...]
Slow-style Xmas shopping guide 2011
Natalie Holmes rounds up a selection of Berlin shops with a local, sustainable, eco and fair trade twist... E.M. Forster once described Christmas as a time when “vulgarity reigns”. Indeed, a century later, cynics are quick to dismiss the festive season as little more than a thinly veiled ploy to ramp up consumerism to ever-giddier heights. Still, for the optimists among us, the act of giving and spirit of goodwill -- however clumsily expressed -- can still be a way to celebrate the [...]
Boxhagener Platz Food Market
Peggy Schatz finds fine foods and good vibes at Boxhagener Platz's Saturday Food Market... There are almost as many food markets in Berlin as there are districts - each one embedded in its Kiez like a pearl. There are big, shiny ones like the ones on Kollwitzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg and Winterfeldtplatz in Schoeneberg, plus smaller ones that are barely noticed and some wonderfully unique ones in between. One of the best known - and most-loved - markets in Friedrichshain takes place [...]
Memory Vintage (Shop & Café)
Carlijn Potma delves deep into Berlin's Memory Vintage shop & cafe... Everytime I cycle down Schwedter Strasse there is one special place I can’t bear to ride past. Located nearby the busy Schönhauser Allee, Memory Vintage - a curious shop brimmed with things we deem call ‘retro’ - just keeps on luring me in with its nostalgic atmosphere that transports me into the past. Memory is not only a store - the eponymous café next door is part of the business, run by [...]
Not A Wooden Spoon
Carlijn Potma pays a visit to one of Berlin's thriving eco-furniture shops... Housed in one of the few non-renovated GDR-style buildings left on Prenzlauer Berg's Oderberger Strasse, Not A Wooden Spoon is a small store with an interior - and concept - every bit as alluring as its raw exterior. The wooden terrace and lattice work of the shopfront hint at what’s inside, namely desirable handmade furniture. London-born Michael Ferguson started the shop almost two years ago and makes [...]
