Heidelberg

In the Tourist Information center at Heidelberg’s main station, you will receive a warm greeting and friendly assistance from our team of co-workers. In addition, a wide selection of typical and original Heidelberg souvenirs, postcards, travel guides, and much more, is available to enhance your visit to the city.

The main shopping street in Heidelberg. The car-free main street, lined with bistros, cafes and restaurants, is one of the most beautiful and longest pedestrian zones in Europe and Heidelberg's shopping street par excellence. In addition to well-known chain stores, there are also interesting owner-managed shops that invite you to shop between Bismarckplatz square and the market square.

Old town cosiness at the Old Bridge. On the way from or to the Old Bridge, you can almost automatically pass through Steingasse with its cozy cafes, bistros and small shops. Southern flair is omnipresent in the cobbled lane between the narrow old town houses.

Here you can combine shopping with a small break in a café or in a pub: With its own, very distinctive charm, the Untere Straße, which opens into the Heumarkt, offers individualists an interesting shopping offer. The typical Old Town atmosphere in the heart of the city, where the cultural liveliness pulsates in the midst of an idyllically preserved appearance, is worth a visit to this street, which used to be called "Untere Gass" between Neckar and Hauptstraße. The rather small, mostly owner-managed businesses are mainly visited by a regular clientele, who value personal, needs-based advice and choice that sets them apart from the masses. No wonder that in this area the trendy shops, pubs, bars and cafes frolic.

Interesting, versatile offer on a few meters: "Side streets are the shopping oases of every city", stated the business owner Theodora Fotoglidi some time ago. She is right: you can find here mostly owner-managed businesses, in which the utmost importance is placed on advice and individual service. And the offer stands out pleasantly from the widely sown mass-produced goods. Small boutiques and specialty stores dominate the picture in the Neugasse.

The fact that a few steps beyond the main shopping streets of Heidelberg are always worthwhile, is shown by a walk through the Märzgasse. It is located about halfway between the Bismarckplatz and the Universitätsplatz and is a connection from the main road to Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage. The traditional side street invites you to stroll with its cafés, bistros and customer-friendly shops.

High-quality and unusual clothing: Immediately between Bismarckplatz and Hauptstraße you cross the Sofienstraße. It is therefore easily accessible by bus or train. Here are numerous high-quality clothing stores settled with a special offer. Stylish interior design ideas from well-known manufacturers as well as tickets for Heidelberg events are also available in the Sofienstraße with personal and professional advice.

Selected products and service on the other side of the Neckar. The Neuenheim district, which is located at the foot of the Heiligenberg, opposite the Old Town, is connected to the center of Heidelberg by a bridge over the River Neckar. Neuenheim's central axis and shopping street is the Brückenstraße. Here you will find magnificent houses, where small but fine shops are located. Impressive is the versatility of the offer around the Brückenstraße: high-quality and fancy fashion, jewelry, perfume, flowers, trends in home decor, toys, books, sporting goods, galleries and much more. Personal contacts and service are very important for the mainly owner-operated shops. The interesting specialty shops are also complemented by a broad gastronomic offer in the surrounding streets and alleyways as well as around the historic Neuenheimer Marktplatz, where the weekly market takes place on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

A total of fifteen times a week, the market traders set up their stands in different parts of the city. The goods offered here are mostly regional, especially the seasonal vegetables come from the Heidelberg area - for example, the first Handschuhsheimer salad, rhubarb, lilac or asparagus in spring. The fish, meat and sausage specialities also come largely from direct sales structures. Weekly market on the Neuenheim market place. On the historic market place in the Neuenheim district, suppliers present their products in a southern atmosphere. dates: Wednesday and Saturday until 13 o'clock There is a special flower market at the Anatomy Garden in the main street, on Fridays from 14.40 and Saturdays from 11 An Afternoon market finds place on Friedrich-Ebert-Platz in the old town, Thursdays from 15 to 20

As a sweet symbol of the city and a charming souvenir, the Student Kiss captures again and again the hearts of visitors and long-time residents. It is after all the traditional Heidelberg speciality, and with the true story behind its invention, it also characterizes Heidelberg’s congenial style of life. An authentic, and delicious, taste of the history of Heidelberg.