Hamburg Money and Shopping

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Full shopping tour starts at central station, down to town hall, then Poststrasse towards Gaensemarkt square and back on Jungfernstieg at the Alter lake side.

The main shopping area of Hamburg is the Mönckebergstraße in the center of the city. Take the subway to either central station, Rathaus (town hall), or Mönckebergstraße. Also check the side-street Spitalerstraße. West of town hall towards Gaensemarkt are the more pricey shops like Hugo Boss.

Shops are mostly open daily 10AM—8PM and on Thursday and Friday until 10PM.

• The latest must-see is the newly built shopping complex Europa Passage, near the town hall at the Alster lake.
  

  Europa Passage

• A good and not-overpriced souvenir shop is directly located on the town hall square under the glass roofage. Typical souvenirs are statues of the Michel Church or the town hall, the water-carrying dogsbody Hummel hummel Mors mors, blue road signs like Reeperbahn, and a post card of the red light district.

The Schanzenviertel is also getting more popular nowadays for unique designer boutiques. Younger people especially enjoy being here. Subway "Sternschanze"/"Feldstraße".

Hamburg has quite many shops which claim "Second Hand", but are more of an outlet. It's still worth a visit though.

• New and second hand Kleidermarkt Max-Brauer-Allee 174, S-bahn Holstenstraße.

• Vintage and Rags, Kurze Mühren 6, U-bahn: Mönckebergstraße.