This is the full index of the guide. Each shop below has been visited, and each description was written after walking the rails rather than copied from a press release. The list is deliberately short: shops that closed, changed concept, or stopped being worth the trip have been removed rather than left to rot at the bottom of the page.
Neukölln has the highest concentration, with five of the twelve shops within walking distance of each other around Reuterkiez and Schillerkiez. Kreuzberg is the second cluster and the better choice if you want range rather than curation, because it holds both the cheapest general second hand in the guide and one of the most tightly edited designer selections. Mitte is a single stop rather than a walk, but it is the one that carries archive pieces.
Three tiers, and the gap between them is real. At the low end, expect 19€ to 70€ for everyday pieces at Checkpoint u. Cinema, Rosenrot and Diamond Freddie. The middle sits between 70€ and 260€, which covers labelled 90s designer at Calypt and restored vintage at V-Vintage. The top tier starts around 110€ and runs past 1200€ at The Good Store, Veist and Das Neue Schwarz, where you are paying for consignment designer and archive runway.
Sorted by price tier, cheapest first.
| Shop | Neighbourhood | What they sell | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Checkpoint u. Cinema | Kreuzberg | General second hand, womenswear, menswear and kids | $ |
| Rosenrot | Kreuzberg | Kids and maternity, sizes 56 to 146 | $ |
| Diamond Freddie | Neukölln | 90s and Y2K club and rave wear | $ |
| Dress Code | Kreuzberg | All decades, men’s formal shirts, vintage German eyewear | $ |
| Calypt | Kreuzberg | 90s and Y2K designer, shoes and clubwear | $ |
| Sing Blackbird | Neukölln | 90s and 2000s originals, colour sorted | $ |
| V-Vintage | Friedrichshain | Nothing under twenty years old, 80s to 2000s | $ |
| Loretta | Prenzlauer Berg | Statement womenswear, stylist run | $ |
| Chrome Store | Neukölln | Designer vintage, strong menswear, silver jewellery | $ |
| Das Neue Schwarz | Mitte | Archive Rick Owens, Yohji, Margiela | $$ |
| Veist | Neukölln | 80s and 90s designer on consignment | $$ |
| The Good Store | Neukölln | Prada, Celine, Jil Sander on consignment | $$ |
A single symbol means most garments sit under 70€. Two means the usual range is 70€ to 260€. Three means the shop trades in designer or archive pieces where individual items regularly pass 200€ and can reach four figures. The tier reflects what is actually on the rails, not the one bargain rail near the door.
Continuously, and shops are removed as readily as they are added. Made in Berlin was dropped from the guide after its Neue Schönhauser space was taken over by another retailer in March 2024. Calypt reopened a second Neukölln store on Boddinstrasse in June 2026 and the entry was updated the same season. If a listing here is wrong, it is a bug, not a business model.
Opening hours in Berlin shift with the season and shops close for holidays without much warning. Before crossing the city, it is worth checking the shop’s own Instagram, and for wider context on the city’s retail calendar the official tourism board publishes current shopping information for Berlin, while berlin.de lists public holidays when almost everything is shut. On the wider case for buying used, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation publishes the research on textile waste and circularity that underpins most of what gets said about second hand.