How to tell the markings on your Meissen porcelain:
Keen porcelain collectors will have heard of Meissen, the first ever porcelain manufacturer to be have set up in Germany in 1710. In 2010, Meissen celebrates 300 years of porcelain in Germany.
If you’re looking to start up a porcelain collection or are keen to add to [...]
Neumünster gets on the designer fashion map:
The City of Neumünster has selected McArthurGlen as its preferred partner to develop a designer outlet mall in Neumünster, in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein. When opened in 2011, this will be McArthurGlen’s second designer outlet in Germany, the first being Berlin.
The site of the new mall is [...]
Designer Outlet shopping gets bigger and better in Berlin:
McArthurGlen opened its Berlin Designer Outlet on June 18, 2009, having taken over from B5 Designer Outlet which has closed down. Berlin has come up the ranks of the fashion scale, so it is not surprising that the McArthurGlen Group has decided that it is time to [...]
Designer outlet shopping in Audi city:
Ingolstadt Village is the second of Chic Outlet Shopping ’s German designer discount outlets. This designer outlet is a convenient location for savvy shopper’s living between Munich and Nuremberg. There are 85 luxury outlet boutiques here with prices discounted by up to 60%.
If you need an excuse to come to [...]
Wertheim is a top destination for shopping and sightseeing:
Wertheim Village opened in 2004 and was Germany’s first high-end designer discount outlet in Germany. In spite of the economic downturn at that time, the Village was a success from the start as it feeds into the German psyche of value hunting.
With over 100 national and international [...]
Designer Outlet Shopping has arrived in Germany!
Designer Outlet shopping may have been slow in arriving in Germany, but it has arrived! Whilst the Italians, French and English are very familiar with outlet shopping and visitors to these countries fanatically seek out the designer outlets, the concept is relatively new in Germany. However, from the number [...]
You can buy a lot more than beer and sausages in Munich!
Yes, there’s certainly more to buy in Munich than just giant tumblers of amber ale and souvenir mugs! Within the city centre alone, there’s a wide selection of shops, boutiques and department stores to cater to everyone’s shopping taste.
Maximilianstraße is one of the most [...]
Where to shop in Frankfurt depends very much on what you’re after. In this city of skyscrapers, the shopping offer is as varied as its cityscape. From the exclusive designer boutiques of Goethestrasse to the department stores on the Zeil or the upmarket shops on Schillerstrasse selling porcelain and household goods, Frankfurt has something for [...]
East or West, Berlin Shopping is best!
Shopping is a favourite pastime for Berliners. You don’t have to travel too far and on just the two main shopping streets of Kurfürstendamm and Friedrichstrasse, there are over a dozen large shopping malls.
Kurfürstendamm (also known as Ku’damm) is a huge street running from the Memorial Church to Lake [...]
Meissen figurines..
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McArthur Glen Berlin Designer Outlet | 
Ingoldstadt Village, Germany | 
Wertheim Village, Germany | 
Designer outlet shopping | 
Funf Hofe - Munich | 
Shopping in Frankfurt - Germany | 
The Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz | 
