Huge mall in Central Essen, they have everything under one roof. Get off the metro line at…read moreBerliner Platz.

I'm not sure what I expected to find here, but it turns out that this is basically little more than…read morea modern shopping centre. Okay, it's a German shopping centre, but it is still a shopping centre, and I have to admit that I tend to get sick of looking around them after, well, a few seconds after stepping in through the doors. However, I had caught the u-Bahn from the station to here, namely to catch the U-bahn in Essen, only to find myself here so I decided that it would be a good idea to look around. The one interesting thing that I did notice though was that they happened to have a vending machine for wine, which is something that I would have expected to find in France.

Rewe is one of the biggest super market chain in Germany. They have thousands of shops all over…read moreGermany. The price level is low to medium. There are 2 different kinds of Rewe, private franchisee and shops owned by headquarters. This medium sized shop has a prime location on the Rüttenscheider and is owned by hq. The product range is set by hq. You will find all basic groceries and necessities and that's it. No premium product is available, which would really fit in this location. Still they have a sushi counter, where basic sushi is freshly prepared. In general Rewe is inexpensive.