Shopping – Dresden

Dresden’s traditional shopping area starts at the main station and runs the length of Prager Strasse via the Old Market Square to Wilsdruffer Strasse. In addition to all the well-known fashion outlets and the huge Karstadt department store, you will also find the two largest shopping malls in town – the Centrum-Galerie and the Altmarkt Galerie – each with over 120 shops and restaurants.

At the Neumarkt , fanned out around the Frauenkirche, you will find numerous businesses and boutiques catering for the needs of shoppers in search of something really special. Connoisseurs of art and antiques are also sure to find something worth taking home with them here. This area of the city also offers wonderful scope for dining out.
The baroque quarter between Hauptstrasse and Königstrasse on the Neustadt side of the river has also acquired a reputation as an upmarket retail zone. The renovated merchant houses and romantic courtyards provide a pleasant environment for elegant boutiques, antique shops and excellent restaurants serving up exquisite international cuisine.
The Arts and crafts arcades on the Hauptstrasse are wonderful places to browse and buy. Neustadt Market Hall, faithfully restored in late 19th-century style, is worth a visit, both for its shopping and for its architecture.
The baroque quarter blends seamlessly into the fashionable outer Neustadt district . Browsing, rummaging and purchasing can be such tremendous fun here. The products on sale at the junction of Alaunstrasse, Böhmische Strasse and Rothenburger Strasse range from strident to elegant. The Kunsthofpassage between Alaunstrasse and Görlitzer Strasse with its imaginatively decorated facades, stylish shops and studios is a must for any visitor to the Neustadt district. Also unmissable is Pfunds Molkerei, the “most beautiful dairy shop in the world” in Bautzner Strasse with the most extensive range of cheeses in Saxony.