Tel 44324877
www.luxus-international.de
U-Bahn Line U2: Eberswalderstraße
Open: Mon – Saturday 11:00 – 20:00
Want to buy something good, but can’t quite think what it is you need? Set coordinates for Lŭxŭs. Next door to Hot Dog World, it would be all too easy to just walk past the three postcard stands out front of this wee shop, and keep on going. But a glance at the stunning snaps of old and new Berlin will make you stop; and the naughty “pulp fiction” covers (with such eye-catching titles as ‘Queer Beach’ and ‘I Married a Dead Man’) will reel you right in. Lŭxŭs provides a space for Berlin-based designers to sell their wares, with each artist renting a cubicle in a large shelf. Just about anyone can sell their creations from here - the only stipulations are that designs are unique and cost less than 30€. Need to stock up on Mapkins? (That’s napkins with maps on.) This is the place. This is also the place to splurge on street scene lampshades; cool canvas prints; impressive coffee table books; quirky button badges; cheeky flick-books and of course ‘Top Trumps: Popes Edition’. Lŭxŭs’s cracking range of Berlin souvenirs is the good kind of kitsch, and a refreshing change to the usual junk found on the tourist trail – and there’s not one fragment-of-the-Berlin-wall-on-a-keychain in sight. No, sir.
Check out the wall-mount behind the door for flyers and free passes to the best clubs and don’t forget to pick up your complimentary cherry lollipop before you leave.
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