Kaufhaus Des Westens
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Opening hours
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Why go
- More than 380,000 articles across the store.
- 35 gourmet counters and restaurants in the sixth-floor food hall.
- A seventh-floor winter garden and 1,000-seat restaurant overlooking Wittenbergplatz.
- In 1978, its expanded food department became the world’s second-largest department-store food section.
What's inside
- Ground floor: cosmetics, luxury goods, beauty salons, nail and foot spas, and Luxury Boulevard.
- Fourth floor: Kids World, with toys, books, and sports goods.
- The sixth and seventh floors are devoted to food.
- The sixth-floor food department offers baked chicken and a champagne brand bar.
- Around 110 cooks and 40 bakers and confectioners supply the food hall.
History
The store’s success helped turn Tauentzienstraße from a residential street into a shopping boulevard. Its food department has attracted visitors since the late 1920s. After the war, the store became a symbol of West Germany’s economic recovery and West Berlin’s prosperity.
- 1905Adolf Jandorf began planning the store as his company’s seventh branch.
- 1907Designed by Emil Schaudt, the store opened on 27 March with 24,000 square metres of floor space.
- 1929–1930Two full floors and two attic floors were added while the store remained open.
- Nazi eraNazi anti-Jewish laws forced the Jewish-owned Hermann Tietz OHG into non-Jewish ownership; the business was renamed Hertie.
- 1938District boundary changes transferred the site from Charlottenburg to Schöneberg.
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- 1944A bomber crashed into the store on the night of 28–29 January. The impact destroyed its upper levels, and fire burned the rest.
- 1950–1956The first two floors reopened in 1950; reconstruction of all seven floors was complete by 1956.
- 1996A further floor and a restaurant brought the sales area to 60,000 square metres.
How to get there
- TrainWittenbergplatz station is next to the store.
Sources: Kaufhaus des Westens - Wikipedia · Berlin/City West - Wikivoyage (buy) · Kaufhaus des Westens - Wikipedia · Kaufhaus des Westens - Wikipedia · checked 28 Sep 2026
- Website
- kadewe.de/
- Phone
- +49 30 21210
Questions and answers
What were the original customer services at Kaufhaus Des Westens?
They included two hair salons, a bank branch, a lending library, a photo studio and a tea salon.
How large was Kaufhaus Des Westens’ original lending library?
It held 60,000 titles in 1932.
How were payments originally handled at Kaufhaus Des Westens?
A pneumatic post system linked 150 payment points to the central cash desk. Its 18-kilometre network was replaced by cash registers within a few years.
Did Kaufhaus Des Westens always belong to Schöneberg?
No. District boundary changes moved the site from Charlottenburg to Schöneberg in 1938.
What are Kaufhaus Des Westens’ opening hours?
Monday to Saturday, 10:00–20:00.
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