Basically, a British corner shop removed from any small town in the UK and transplanted into…read moreHamburg. Pretty bloody essential, as one could go mad here having to drink German 'tea'. You can also pick up most of the ingredients for a full English breakfast, real crisps, and....wait for it... bitter! Yes indeed, for a paltry EUR3.60 you can savour a bottle of Theakston's Old Peculiar, a Tim Taylor's Landlord, or a Moorhouses' Old Speckled Hen. Makes living in Germany seem not half as bad really...

There's nothing like it anywhere in Hamburg: Robert Berridge's used bookshop selling only English…read morebooks. Mr. Berridge himself reminds me of a hobbit, and if hobbits were capable of living in complete chaos, they'd feel right at home in this shop. Overfilled, dusty and musty, the cheap (and mostly dangerously leaning) shelves are packed in no particular order with used books in English, in wildly varying states of decomposition. However, despite the haphazard state of his shelves, Mr. Berridge has surprised me time and time again by laying his hand on the book I'm looking for within seconds. If the shop were slightly cleaner and more organised, it'd get a five, but it's simply the only place to go for a large selection in Hamburg, so a three will have to do. As for the attached "English Foods" shop, I can't really judge. I've never been impressed enough with English cuisine to bother going in it, but I guess it'd be a comfort for poms over from the island.

Nice selection of books, souvenier items, & a great place to look for gifts. They also have a good…read moreselection of best sellers book in english.

Odd that this shop hasn't been reviewed yet…read more Schanzenbuchhandlung is the classic in the area, with a nice mix of fiction and nonfiction, periodicals and a small books-on-CD selection. What makes this place special is the service and the politics: it's a very tolerable, very decent place to shop at, and - I imagine - to work at. Still another small, owner-run shop that manages to hold its own against amazon and the big chains.

The best 1st hand bookshop in the area. They have an interesting sectioning with e.g. USA, South…read moreAmerica, Spain, Benelux authors. Due to their location (and history?), you will also find 'leftist' books here on the Spanish Civil War, the colonial period of Germany and even an occasional Marx or Lenin. There is also a small section with books in Englishd

From the owner: stories! Die Buchhandlung ist 2008 in Hamburg gegründet worden…read more Unser erstes Geschäft eröffneten wir im Falkenriedquartier - nach knapp drei Jahren machten wir mit unserem Konzept den Schritt in die Innenstadt. Dort sind wir seit 2011 zusätzlich im traditionsreichen Hanse Viertel an den Großen Bleichen vertreten.

This might not be the best place for younger folks looking for some hip vintage finds. Most of the…read moreclothes here are definitely for older ladies, at least in design, with v neck frumpy sweaters and such, but the store is small enough that you'll be able to spot the one/two gems you want pretty quickly. I've had really good luck with items here actually, as i found a really nice/practically brand new stainless to go mug for 2.5€, and some books I wanted for ~3-4€. Clothes in Europe in general seem to be on the pricier side, with the sweaters here ranging anywhere from 6.5€ to 12.50€, sometimes to 19.90€ if they're much nicer, thicker coats. They do have a fairly large games/board games section despite the small size of the shop, and it's clear that everyone who works here is happy to do so and also get along with each other, which is nice to see!

From the owner: Die Idee: Wir machen Überflüssiges flüssig…read more Oxfam Shops sind Secondhand-Läden mit einem besonderen Konzept. Ehrenamtliche Teams verkaufen hier Dinge, die andere gespendet haben. Die erwirtschafteten Finanzmittel kommen der entwicklungspolitischen Arbeit des Oxfam Deutschland e.V. zugute. Ob Sie uns mit Sachspenden unterstützen, ehrenamtlich mitarbeiten oder in den Oxfam Shops einkaufen - Sie setzen sich damit für die Vision von Oxfam ein: eine gerechte Welt ohne Armut.