Kurfürstendamm is fairly upmarket with a number of flagship stores for international designer labels. It is the largest retail district in Berlin with around 200,000 square metres of shops and restaurants, making it arguably the most famous shopping street in the city. For those of you with slightly tighter wallets, Tauentzienstrasse is probably more up your street.

Although much shorter than the adjoining Kurfürstendamm, it is home to a large range of well known high street stores, the Europa-Centre mall with its very own Irish pub in the basement and the world famous department store Kaufhaus des Westens.

So, if you are thinking what you can perhaps buy from Berlin to take back home, consider buying retro style bags, t-shirts, Berlin beer, gummi bears and miniature souvenirs. Also widely known as KaDeWe, Kaufhaus des Westens is the Harrods or Bloomingdales of Berlin. It was first opened over 100 years ago and is the largest department store on mainland Europe.