Intershop
It's nostalgia pure
for all folks of former East-Germany.
The Intershops were a chain of
government-run retail stores in East Germany in which only
hard currencies could be used to purchase high-quality western
goods. The East German mark was not accepted as payment. They
were oriented towards visitors from Western countries. A funny
side-effect was that ordinary East Germans had some insight
into the selection of goods available in the West, which they could
then compare with the rather limited offerings available in their own
country.
As today it's of no
use to sell western goods in an Intershop, in this last existing one
you can buy only products that have been sold in former East
Germany.
In the beginning they used to charge
the prices shown on the labels. In Euros, not in East
German Marks. That's about eight times the original
price.
The shop is located at
the intersection of Ehrenbergstr. and Stralauer Allee in the district
of Friedrichshain.
You best go there in the afternoon, the shop is open from 14.00 to 18.00.
>>> To the shop's homepage
Details about
Intershop: Wikipedia
How to get there:
Go to Warschauer Str., using
U1 or S3,5,7,9,75. From there it's a five minute walk to
the shop.
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