Shopping

Shops in Germany are open Monday to Saturday, and most close at the latest at 8pm. Some close at 6:30 pm. Almost nothing except restaurants and gas stations is open on Sundays, so plan meals ahead and purchase enough food for the weekend. (Banks, public offices etc are also closed on Saturdays and Sundays.)

Shopping near campus

Penny-Markt is the closest grocery store to campus. It is at the end of Pestalozzistrasse near the Pestalozzistrasse bus-stop. On Friedrich-Naumann-Strasse which dead ends into Pestalozzstrasse right by the Penny-Markt, there is the Edeka grocery store. Edeka has a wide selection of food for slightly higher prices, and includes a deli with a variety of meats, sausages and cheese, and a bakery.  Across the street is Edeka's Getränkemarkt (drink store). Metzgerei Marx (past the Edeka Market on the right side) specializes in international foods.

Shopping in the city centre

In the city centre you will find an array of different shops. Galeria Kaufhof is a big department store where you can buy clothes and household items (opposite the main train station).  MediaMarkt (behind the train station) offers a wide range of electronic products, media, and computer devices.

Reutlingen's pedestrian zone offers dozens of stores in a friendly, bustling European marketplace.  Every Tuesday, Thursday (in summer), and Saturday morning there is an open-air farmer's market in the centre of town on the market place in the pedestrian zone.  Other facilities in the pedestrian zone include bookstores, the Müller Galerie (Reutlingen's shopping mall), bakeries, clothing stores, banks, restaurants etc.

Shopping around Reutlingen

Betzingen, a small town very close to campus, has a large shopping centre with furniture and household items, Braun Möbel Center, and one of the largest grocery stores in the area called Real. (Take Regionalbus 7611/10, direction Tübingen)

Metzingen, a town nearby easily reached by public transport, is famous for its many upscale outlet stores.

For wider selections and other specialities, go to Stuttgart and walk through the pedestrian zone, the Königsstraße.