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www.oldenburg-tourismus.de Oldenburg, shopping and experience with pleasure. Moin. Welcome to Oldenburg. „A pleasing city with a people blessed with diverse, and the range of experiences freedom” – or so travellers described the broad. Businesses offering food, fashion, city as early as 1802. jewellery, and crafts are often independ- ently owned, and will charm you with And today? The choice of words on their individuality, creativity, commitment, our Instagram account echt.oldenburg knowledge, and friendly service. is different, but the meaning is similar. Oldenburg offers freedom. Whether at the A certain spiritual freedom permeates this open air markets, on a boat tour through cultural crossroads in the north-west, and the Schlossgarten, or while drinking coffee its numerous museums and theatres are at the Rathausplatz. Green areas, short top-notch. Just cross the street you are al- Imprint distances, the oldest and most extensi- ready there, whether in the Horst Janssen Publisher: Oldenburg Tourismus und Marketing GmbH | Lange Straße 3 | D-26122 Oldenburg | Tel. +49 441 361613-40 ve pedestrian zone in Germany, narrow Museum or among the bog bodies. Fax +49 441 361613-55 | E-Mail: [email protected] | Internet: www.oldenburg-tourismus.de streets to explore, and the modern centre Image rights: All contributions, photos and illustrations are protected by copyright. Reprinting or use only with the permission of the publisher and author. Cover picture: Verena Brandt. Weitere Fotos: Verena Brandt, Mario Dirks, schrift & form Matthias Glanz – despite the short distances, the city is Experience freedom and joy in Oldenburg. e.K, Bilderwerk – Sven Seebergern, Bruns Männermode, Leder Holert, Kleine Burg, Stadtbäckerei Jan Schröder, Veggiemaid am Damm, Kaffee & Kleid, Modehaus Leffers, Heimathaven, Buddel Jungs, istockphoto.com Design & Conception: schrift & form Matthias Glanz e.K., www.schrift-und-form.de All information without guarantee. All the data mentioned in this magazine, in particular the prices, are the status Of the year 2020. Subject to change 3 Discover Oldenburg We asked… What makes a shopping trip through Oldenburg’s city centre a unique experience and why? MODEHAUS LEFFERS Stylish advice – personal shopping at Leffers ...................................................................6 | 7 MODEHAUS BRUNS „I work here.“ .................................................................................................................................8 | 9 THREE QUARTERS IN OLDENBURG KAT.JA.NOE Oldenburg’s city centre is the best! The selection is diverse, The Nikolaiviertel, Haarenstraße and Burgstraße. ......................................................10 | 11 the architecture beautiful, and the passages are simply charming. ☺️ 1 Like Reply ISENSEE – PUBLISHER, BOOK SHOP, AND POPULAR FAVOURITES A street full of milestones – Haarenstraße ....................................................................12 | 13 CHRONOMETRIE ZUR HORST AND LOLLIPOP ANITA7306 NATASCHA_NK_ I love the store Spielwaren Bente Our city From one Best Oldenburg Address to the next. .........................................................14 | 15 because they have just about everything centre with the old city you can imagine to play with. They also is simply beautiful, and EXPERIENCING HANDICRAFTS provide great and friendly service. The it makes walking around TiTo. Manufaktu, Fahrrad Munderloh & eins-a Schuhmacherei Simme ............16 | 17 atmosphere in the tiny little store is also really enjoyable. I always THE STADTBÄCKEREI JAN SCHRÖDER always an experience. ☺️☺️ miss it when I am so- „Because it just tastes better.“............................................................................................18 | 19 1 Like Reply mewhere else. Otherwise I like sitting with a little HURRAY, IT‘S MARKET DAY! snack or ice cream from The Oldenburg weekly and farmers‘ markets ..............................................................20 | 21 Krauss on the Rathaus SOPHIELMEER love the atmosphere in the city centre. steps and watching the HEIKE BIRKHOLZ BASTWÖSTE & CO From large chains to unique little stores, whether fashion, people. ☺ games, creative things, food or drink. On every corner of From the polonaise to knitting patterns. .......................................................................22 | 23 the adorable little streets there is something else to discover. 1 Like Reply FAIR TRADED AND FINALLY A SUMMER DREAM And I always stop by @itemstar.de for the mangas and CONTIGO Fairtrade Shop and Veggiemaid am Damm ............................................24 | 25 misuki. 珞 1 Like Reply THE WORLD OF GOOD TASTE Nölker & Nölker Tea & Coffee .........................................................................................26 | 27 THE CULTURE OF ENJOYMENT JOCHEN_DI I especially like Christmas time. Everything is beautifully decorated, and there Buddel Jungs, Heimathaven and Kaffee & Kleid ........................................................28 | 29 are warm, joyful people everywhere, and being together is great. In general Oldenburg has a lot to offer, and its lovely streets entice you to linger a while. THE COSY CENTRE OF TOWN 1 Like Reply The Ratskeller in the Oldenburg city centre. ................................................................30 | 31 FIRST-HAND Welcome to the Oldenburg experts in the Lappan bell tower..............................32 | 33 BROCKENHEXE_NICOLE When strolling through Olden- 1ELISA3001 The little burg with my husband or a friend, I always check streets and the pede- MAP out @lefferslover, @isensee_lieblingsstuecke, strian zone are lovely City overview.............................................................................................................................34 | 35 @whites-tuffuk and at the end there is always and cosy when I visit coffee at @heimathaven_oldenburg or vegan all the individual shops YOUR DAY TRIP TO OLDENBURG 珞 treats at @gustavgruenol. and then go for a tasty For a day trip or a whole weekend...................................................................................36 | 37 1 Like Reply snack or something to drink. 1 Like Reply Follow us on instagram: echt.oldenburg Fact | Social commitment alongside fashion – the foundations named after Georg Leffers and Jakob Mann do a great deal for children, young people and students Stylish advice – personal shopping at Leffers The Leffers fashion store is well-known to everyone in Oldenburg. For good reason, as the store in its very consultation in the Personal Shopping central location is a magnet for fashion Lounge your personal feel-good experien- enthusiasts, connoisseurs and anyone who ce is guaranteed. A delicious piece of cake is looking for good service. Founded on and a hot cup of tea are included to round October 18, 1928 by Georg and August off the day. Leffers, it has 400 brands over five floors and 13,000 square metres that are waiting Dates and fashion preferences can be to be discovered and can be enjoyed with discussed by phone at +49 (0)441 92260 or a view of the city centre while savouring by sending an email to personalshopping@ porcini mushroom ravioli with sage butter. leffers.de. The outfits are put together in And for service lovers, Leffers offers a spe- advance and provide the basis for ideas cial cream topping – personal shopping. and your personal style. The consultation offers new perspectives and trends and Whether you’re celebrating a special lots of fun, and customers are also encou- occasion, have a business appointment, raged to try out something new. The cream need a relaxed look or personal day topping also means that alterations are a make-up – with a private individual styling matter of course to ensure a perfect fit. WHICH CUSTOMERS USE THE SERVICE? Consultant Laura Bremermann: „Almost all of them actually. Men in business, women looking for advice on new styles, people attending events. For example, a consultation for a confirmation dress for a young lady resulted in a completely new outfit for the whole family. They come every three months now...“ Modehaus Leffers | Lange Straße 80 | www.leffers.de 6 7 Fact | In 1896, founder Gerhard Bruns began selling work clothing and fine suits for church on his bicycle. Have you always known that you wanted to Was advising customers more important in carry on the family business? the past than today? „I work here.“ EMM: I worked in the store a lot as a youth, GMMC: Yes, it used to be everything. We but I actually wanted to pursue a very different still maintain personal relationships and a As a five year old child, managing partner Gerhardine Müller-Meinhard career path by studying architecture. connection to our customers, greeting them Cardoso confidently ensured her future role in running the family GMMC: For me it was never a concrete career with warmth and familiarity! We are especially business “Bruns Männermode” (Bruns Menswear). In the interview, goal, though when I was five years old I said “I connected to our “Bruns Plus Size” customers; she and her sister Eva Müller-Meinhard discuss developments in the work here!” It took a while before that became a customers and sales staff often know each other business and in the Oldenburg city centre. reality though. by name, and customers will often linger in the store just for a coffee break. Can you describe how the Oldenburg city centre has changed since then? Do you view online shopping as competition EMM: The pedestrian zone brought a major for your business? transformation.