6 stores · curated ORBIS register
Berlin / Online
The beloved hat-wearing Ampelmännchen of East German crossings, saved from post-reunification erasure and given his own Berlin shops. Prints, lamps, bags and toys carry the DDR's friendliest survivor.
Best for The East Berlin traffic-light man on everything good
Innenstadt (Friesenwall / Severinstrasse)
A Cologne hat house dating to 1905, Diefenthal designs in its own atelier and runs a hat workshop making bespoke felt fedoras, bowlers and panamas for its Diefenthal & Sohn and Diefenthal & Tochter lines. It works with heritage cloths such as Harris Tweed and keeps shops on Friesenwall, Severinstrasse and Kettengasse.
Best for Bespoke felt hats and caps
Marienstraße 69, 50825 Köln-Ehrenfeld, Germany / Cologne / Germany
Hats handmade at Marienstraße 69, Köln-Ehrenfeld, since 1968; Ute Flemming took over in 2013; one of Germany's last working hat factories (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger; RTL 2023).
Best for Hats handmade at Marienstraße 69, Köln-Ehrenfeld, since 1968.
Altstadt, Düsseldorf
A deep-red herbal liqueur macerated from more than 90 fruits, berries, herbs and spices at 42 percent, sold from a narrow stand-up bar on Flinger Strasse in the Old Town. The Busch family recipe is bottled in Düsseldorf and poured by the shot alongside its own online shop and small tasting shop.
Best for Herbal liqueur, Old Town nightcap, gift bottles
Altstadt, Hamburg
A fourth-generation hat shop selling hats, caps, and custom-made headwear from its own workshop. Anna Falkenhagen founded the business in 1916.
Best for Fourth-generation custom hats and caps from a Hamburg workshop
Lindenberg im Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany
Founded in Ulm in 1800 by Leonhard Mayser, the hat maker moved its headquarters and design studio to Lindenberg im Allgäu, the Bavarian town whose felt and straw hat industry it helped build alongside dozens of other 19th-century hatters. The line still runs from classic felt hats and straw panamas to caps and beanies, carrying forward a firm that once turned out 3.5 million hats a year at its Lindenberg works.
Best for Felt hats, straw panamas, caps and beanies from a founding hat-town firm
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