Rathaus Apotheke! Saves the day!…read more Despite my best wishes and most humble efforts to rid myself of the cold I picked up somewhere between Newark Liberty Airport and MUC, the cold was sticking. Boxes of tissue, cough drops, gallons of healing tea (or I hope so, all the labels were in German). Coupled with jetlag, well...things were starting to get ugly. I was pointed in the direction of the International Pharmacy near Marineplatz. It, like other German pharmacies, is very clean and orderly. And ONLY sells medicine. This is not like in the States where you can buy anything from pantyhose to hairdryers to whatever else you might dream up. MEDICINE things only. And face creams...haven't quite figured that out. I'll report back. But, my research leads me to this advice for foreign travelers unaware of German pharmacies... Protocol: 1. Enter pharmacy. 2. Wait in line. 3. Speak with assistant or pharmacist, describe your ailment. 4. They will pick something out for you. 5. They will ask you several health questions as required by law. (do you take such and such, which will react conversely with this, etc) 6. They sell you the drugs. Then you go home, you down that Nyquil with your last bit of effort, watch The Notebook through half-glazed eyes, fall asleep for 10.5 hours and wake up a new woman! Ok, well that part is not in the typical protocol, but there you have it. I finally got down on my knees and begged the sleep-inducing gods to bless me, and they did so here. At Rathaus-Apotheke.

Ok, I was visiting Germany. However, I needed to buy some homeopathic medicine that is no longer…read moreavailable for sale in the US. Rathaus Apotheke had only one bottle. They order more for me and said it would be ready by 16:00. It was there on time. The salesperson (very nice lady) also had all my tax free paperwork for Global Blue ready. She even improved the date code of the bottles by checking around for other suppliers in the area. Not many people would take these extra steps after I agreed to buy an earlier date code and paid and left to shop until I returned at 16:00 for the pickup.

Such a wonderful apothecary. I had a cold while traveling and got some medicine in Switzerland. It…read moreworked so well that I decided to get more. I took the bottle in and the woman behind the counter informed me that they did not have the same medicine brand but had one with the same active ingredient. The cost was great, the service was great and she even gave me a free travel pack of tissues. I would definitely recommend this apothecary if you are sick and in Munich.

Great selection of items. Helpful staff. Automatic checkouts. What more can you ask for? Helps to…read moreread German.

This store saved my sweet behind today! First, nearly nothing is open in Munich on Sunday. As many…read moretimes as I've been here, it is a phenomenon I can't comprehend! But DM-Drogerie was walking distance from my hotel and open until fairly late. One of my bags had been misdirected, and unfortunately it was the one with all my makeup and a few other personal effects. I have a presentation tomorrow for work and didn't want to show up barefaced! The store is large with good selection of everything I needed from makeup and pantyhose to a shoe shine kit and toothpaste. Prices seemed pretty much in line with what I would have expected back in the US. Note: this location is a little tough to find. It's downstairs near the entrance to the subway station, so just look for an escalator down and follow the signs.

As seems to happen when I travel, I leave stuff out of my suitcase. THis time, I had shaving cream…read moreand my razor's handle but I didn't put the box of cartridges in the kit. Ugh. DM to the rescue. This small shop would be similar to a CVS or Walgreens in the US. They have lots of personal care items, some cosmetics and a bunch of over-the-counter medications. And yes, two shelves of razors. I found a good replacement and it was amazingly only €3. Lots of more expensive options but this one was perfect. Easy enough to get my purchase paid for at the register despite my complete lack of speaking German. [Review 12003 overall, 1786 of 2019.]

Good destination for drugstore-related items but you will be limited if you are searching for pain…read moremedicine. That you will need to go to Apotheke for. Germany controls the distribution of that. So instead, I enjoyed my time inside the dm, playing with lipstick colors and going gaga over their selection of travel size bottles of just about everything imaginable. Not many shack food options here (maybe they were upstairs but I didn't venture up there) but magazines, makeup, hair care, skin care, they have it all. Really clean store, too. Great to have one of these on the corner.

The apartment I've rented is just a block from this drugstore, and I've already stopped in twice…read more It has all those bathroom items you forgot at home (Q-tips), along with those you couldn't bring in your carry on (razors). It also has a wine selection! Both times the cashiers have been quick, efficient, and friendly - even though I speak no German and they spoke little (or no) English. Really, all you need is a smile and some cash - oh, and you won't need much as the prices are great! :)

I like the German pharmacies, they only have medicine not other stuff and staff understood my…read morebroken German with charades. Some food was too strong and they immediately found I needed sleepy pills and stomach medicine. Now only if they had small pharmacy in CA, USA!