Starbucks in Berlin



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PLEASE NOTE
The stores pictured below are labeled with information that comes directly from the official Starbucks web site. The only alterations I have made are to remove certain punctuation marks. Please report any naming errors directly to Starbucks. Once they fix the error on their end, my database will pick it up. However, if you know any of the opening/closing dates I am missing, please send them to me.


Alexa Shopping Centre

OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 July 2009

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Alexanderplatz

OPENED: 01 January 2007, PHOTO: ? ? 2009

This store sits in the shadow of a huge television tower.

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Berlin Hauptbahnhof

OPENED: 01 January 2006, PHOTO: ? ? 2009

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Friedrichstrasse 210, BERLIN

OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 July 2009

This store is known as Checkpoint Charlie because of it is just a block away from the infamous border crossing. I did not find any photos or other historical artifacts inside the store. Perhaps they were deemed unnecessary because just a block away, past the checkpoint (the guard house is still there) is the outdoor Checkpoint Gallery giving an extensive history lesson in the span of two sides of the entire block.


Friedrichstrasse 61, BERLIN

OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 July 2009, ORIGINAL VISIT: 17 July 2009



This store has a very unique feature, paintings (perhaps watercolors or drawings) of customers, caricature-style, with captions describing the persons and their favorite drinks.

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Hackesche Hoefe

OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 19 July 2009

"I coulda been a contender," were the cries softly emanating from the walls of this store. Actually, it really was a contender, but it missed out on being the first Starbucks in Germany by a mere five minutes. Perhaps somebody lost a coin toss? Still, with its stylish stone/glass staircase and expansive spaciousness, this store gives Pariser Platz a run for its money.

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IHZ - Friedrichstrasse 96

OPENED: 29 July 2002, PHOTO: 19 July 2009, ORIGINAL VISIT: 17 July 2009



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Kurfuerstendamm 231

OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 18 July 2009

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Kurfuerstendamm 26a

OPENED: 01 January 2006, PHOTO: ? ? 2009

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Kurfuerstendamm 61

OPENED: 02 June 2007, PHOTO: 18 July 2009

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Pariser Platz, BERLIN

OPENED: ?, PHOTO: 20 July 2009, ORIGINAL VISIT: 19 July 2009



The first store in Germany, by five minutes.

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Potsdamer Arkaden, BERLIN

OPENED: 01 January 2002, PHOTO: ? ? 2009

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Potsdamer Platz 5, BERLIN

OPENED: 01 January 2006, PHOTO: ? ? 2009, ORIGINAL VISIT: 17 July 2009



This store is just down the block from what I assume are pieces of the Berlin Wall.

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Schlossstrasse 120

OPENED: 02 April 2006, PHOTO: 19 July 2009

Actual visit July 19.

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Schlossstrasse 27

OPENED: 01 May 2007, PHOTO: ? July 2009

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Spandau Arcaden

OPENED: 19 July 2008, PHOTO: 20 July 2009

This store is a basic shopping center store, but it sits across the plaza from a neat little waterfall-like fountain.

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Teltower Damm 15

OPENED: 06 October 2008, PHOTO: 20 July 2009

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TXL - Tegel - Terminal A

OPENED: 01 January 2007, PHOTO: ? ? 2009

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Wilmersdorfer Arcaden, BERLIN

OPENED: 01 September 2007, PHOTO: ? July 2009

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Brandenburgerstrasse 28a, Potsdam

OPENED: 01 January 2006, PHOTO: 18 July 2009

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Stern Center Potsdam

OPENED: 01 January 2007, PHOTO: ? ? 2009

Here's what I don't understand? What connection does Howard Stern have to Potsdam that they would name a whole shopping center after him???

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Closed Stores
Akazienstrasse 1 (Closed)
Das Schloss (Closed)
Das Schloss (Closed)
Kurfuerstendamm 165 (Closed)
Ring Center (Closed)

 

Stores Closed Before I Could Visit

The following stores are ones that I was not able to visit before they closed. Each of these stores represents the loss of a small piece of my soul. If I miss enough stores, I will eventually lose all of my soul and become like one of the walking dead. I appeal to Starbucks to alert me ahead of time before a store closes so that I will not lose my soul in its entirety.

Ernst Reuter Platz
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