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Hüxstraße 96, Lübeck Altstadt
Kerstin Kriese, a certified Konditormeisterin (pastry master), runs Abessa from a shopfront on Hüxstraße, turning out finely made macarons and chocolates alongside handmade pastries that have built a following well beyond Lübeck. Her yeast rolls, baked in small batches, have reached near-cult status among regulars who queue before the Tuesday-to-Saturday shop opens.
Best for Artisan macarons and chocolates
Lübeck Altstadt
Carstens began as a general confectionery in 1845 before turning exclusively to marzipan production by the early twentieth century, and in 1874 co-founder Charlotte Erasmi earned the title of supplier to the imperial court of Wilhelm I. The house keeps its almond paste content near 90 percent, well above cheaper commercial marzipan, so the almond flavor dominates rather than the sugar.
Best for Traditional high-almond marzipan
Lübeck / Germany
Das kleine KRA on Königstraße in Lübeck sells mechanical watches, among them NOMOS Glashütte, and jewellery.
Best for Mechanical watches and jewellery
Breite Straße 9, Lübeck Altstadt
Working from a centuries-old merchant house on Breite Straße, Evers & Tochter hand-pours chocolates and candies edible flowers grown in their own garden, drying and processing each blossom individually before folding it into pralines, sugars, and salts. The small workshop also makes calissons, the almond-and-candied-fruit sweet more commonly associated with Provence, produced here on a made-to-order basis.
Best for Handmade chocolates and candied flowers
St. Annen Str. 1 / Musterbahn 8, Lübeck Altstadt
Brothers Julian and Patrick Alm opened their roastery in 2024, continuing a family trading history that traces back to 1881, and roast green beans sourced through transparent trade relationships in small batches on an energy-efficient Loring roaster. Their coffee is served at two affiliated Konvent cafés in the old town, one in the Aegidienviertel and one near the cathedral, where filter and espresso blends are brewed to order.
Best for Small-batch beans roasted by brothers Julian and Patrick Alm on an energy-efficient
Lübeck / Germany
Holzereien is a shop on Fleischhauerstraße in Lübeck selling what it calls beautiful and useful things made of wood.
Best for Things made of wood
Lübeck / Germany
INDLU design store on Hüxstraße in Lübeck sells products made by South African manufacturers.
Best for South African design
Dr. Julius-Leber-Str. 13, Lübeck Altstadt
Operating from a Romanesque-Gothic patrician house built around 1230, which the pharmacy describes as one of Germany's oldest citizen houses, the Löwen-Apotheke has dispensed medicine in Lübeck since 1812 and has stayed in the same family since 1898, now in its fourth generation. Beyond prescriptions, the pharmacy formulates more than sixty herbal remedies and natural cosmetics under its own Löwen-Manufactur label, sold at the counter and through its online shop.
Best for Historic apothecary remedies and natural cosmetics
Lübeck / Germany
Manufaktur für Schönes on Schüsselbuden in Lübeck sells ceramics and candles, along with soaps, in a shop the Diakonie runs.
Best for Ceramics, candles and soaps
Breite Straße, Lübeck Altstadt
Founded in 1806 on Breite Straße, Niederegger has shaped Lübeck's identity as the marzipan capital of Germany, working the city's traditional recipe of finely ground almonds and sugar into loaves, marzipan potatoes, and chocolate-dipped confections. The flagship building houses a café and a marzipan museum where confectioners hand-shape the paste using techniques largely unchanged for two centuries.
Best for Lübeck marzipan gifts
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