Shopping Tip: Munich's shopping streets take the top spots nationwide
Anyone wanting to shop in Germany heads to Munich – in Munich's famous Old Town, diversity and elegance, restaurants and cafés, art galleries and 5-star hotels, architectural treasures and museums invite locals and tourists from all over the world to stroll and relax, not just during Oktoberfest...
Munich takes the top three spots in popularity ... In the ranking for the highest weekly foot traffic, Kaufingerstrasse, with its extension Neuhauser Strasse, has secured the top three spots for Germany's most popular shopping streets. In the luxury segment, Maximilianstrasse holds the absolute top spot in popularity – those strolling here will find everything they need and can relax (see photos below). The ranking is based on current weekly foot traffic figures from the end of 2025 to the beginning of 2026.
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| Munich's Theatinerstrasse is a great place to shop – view from Marienhof
towards Odeonsplatz with the famous Theatiner Church, photo: Helga Waess (Pressefotoarchiv) |
Ranking of shopping streets with the highest foot traffic per week
- Kaufingerstrasse, Munich
- Neuhauser Strasse (East), Munich
- Neuhauser Strasse (West), Munich
- Georgstrasse, Hanover
- Zeil (Central), Frankfurt am Main
- Schildergasse (West), Cologne
- Schildergasse (Central), Cologne
- Königstrasse (Central), Stuttgart
- Theatinerstrasse, Munich
- Königstrasse (North), Stuttgart
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| New Town Hall in Munich – Kaufingerstrasse begins at Marienplatz in front of the town hall, photo: |
Ranked number 1-3 nationwide: Kaufingerstrasse and its extension, Neuhauser Strasse, in Munich are considered top shopping streets and are the most popular shopping streets in Germany.
With a weekly pedestrian traffic of 441,073, this street, framed by partly historic buildings, has the highest pedestrian traffic – which also explains the highest rents in Germany in the pedestrian zone between Marienplatz and Karlstor at Stachus.
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| PRADA Maximilianstrasse in Munich - Photo: Dec. 2025 - - A. Waess (Pressearchiv) |
Munich also ranks 9th among Germany's most popular shopping streets, thanks to Theatinerstrasse
Munich's historic old town practically begs for a shopping stroll, so it's no wonder that the elegant shops and cafés on Theatinerstrasse, between Marienhof (behind the New Town Hall – where Dallmayr entices shoppers with its delicacies) and Odeonsplatz with the famous Feldherrnhalle, record a weekly pedestrian traffic of 276,496.
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| National Theatre Munich – Maximilianstrasse begins here – the square in
front of the National Theatre is currently being transformed into a
pedestrian zone – here's the construction fence! Photo: Dec. 2025 Foto: Dez. 2025 - A. Waess (Pressearchiv) |
Ranked #1 with the largest luxury segment
for Maximilianstrasse in Munich
And anyone looking for luxury goes to the famous Maximilianstrasse in Munich, as it's the highest-grossing shopping street in the luxury segment.
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| Maximilianstrasse begins at the National Theatre in Munich, photo: Helga Waess (Pressefotoarchiv) |
The following shopping streets also have high pedestrian traffic:
Hohe Straße/Schildergasse in Cologne
313,945 pedestrians pass through Hohe Straße weekly, and 357,000 visitors visit the elegant Schildergasse in Cologne each week.
Frankfurt's Zeil,
where 421,152 pedestrians stroll weekly in Frankfurt am Main (between Konstablerwache and Hauptwache). The Zeil is arguably the busiest shopping street in Germany.
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- Hanover, with its elegant Georgstrasse between the Opera House and Aegidientorplatz, sees 315,073 pedestrians strolling along each week, enjoying coffee, shopping, and admiring the sights.
- Dortmund, with Westenhellweg, attracts 326,298 visitors per week.
- Hamburg, with Spitalerstrasse, sees 303,057 pedestrians weekly.
- Stuttgart, with Königstrasse, attracts 297,500 visitors per week.
- Nuremberg, with Karolinenstrasse, draws 293,846 visitors.
- Heidelberg's Hauptstrasse boasts the longest pedestrian zone in Germany.
- And so do Mönckebergstrasse (Hamburg)
- and Kurfürstendamm (Berlin).
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| Café Roma on Maximilianstrasse in Munich - Photo: Dec. 2025 - - A. Waess (Pressearchiv) |
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| Franziskaner right next to Prada on Munich's Maximilianstrasse - Photo: Dec. 2025 - A. Waess (Pressearchiv) |
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Extension of Maximilianstrasse, the "Museum Five Continents" on the right - Photo: Dec. 2025 - A. Waess (Pressearchiv) Around the hotels in Munich, fine galleries have established themselves,
such as the Stephen Hoffman Gallery for Photographic Art at
Prannerstrasse 5, behind the world-famous 5-star Hotel Bayerischer Hof | Entrance to the Stephen Hoffman Gallery - Photography - with (left) a
Marilyn Monroe photograph from the series ONE NIGHT WITH MARILYN by DOUGLAS KIRKLAND and in the window with a work by SEBASTIÃO SALGADO,
Photo: Helga Waess (2025 -Pressefotoarchiv) |
 | | Hotel Bayerischer Hof, Promenadeplatz in Munich, photo: |
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