Browse for one-offs in Bornheim's boutiques, buy Chanel on Goethestrasse,
and bag your ration of German fare from the Kleinmarkthalle.
Shopping Streets
Pick up designer labels on Goethestrasse or browse the shoe shops of
Schillerstrasse, near the stock exchange. Small boutiques and second-hand
shops await on north-eastern Berger Strasse, and young German fashion labels
have made the redeveloped Goethe Square their home. For the bigger department
stores and the Zeilgalerie mall, join the crowd on the traffic-free Zeil,
Frankfurt's prime shopping thoroughfare.
Gourmets visit the busy indoor Kleinmarkthalle, stretching from Hasengasse to
Liebfrauenberg, where small stalls sell alluring foreign spices, fresh local meat
and the inescapable apple wine. On Saturday mornings a large flea market
springs up on the Main embankment, and Fridays see a farmers' market near the
Zeil shopping mile.
If the shopping becomes too much, take a break with a cappuccino on the open terrace
of the Zeilgalerie shopping mall. The Commerzbank Tower sells 20 minutes of pure
oxygen for those moments when a really deep breath of fresh air is needed. Usual
opening hours are from 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday; most shops in Germany are
closed on Sundays.
