Hobbyshop Wilhelm Rüther

Berlin's most famous craft specialty store has been located in Schöneberg for decades and has long been a city-wide institution. Hobbyshop Wilhelm Rüther combines everything creative minds need at four locations: from artist supplies to pottery accessories, beads, and jewelry. Honest expert advice instead of lifestyle aesthetics.

Hobbyshop Wilhelm Rüther: Crafting and DIY at the Highest Level

As a Berlin family business, Wilhelm Rüther has been passionate about creativity since 1969. Anyone entering the store on Goltzstraße in Schöneberg immediately realizes: This is not about appearance, but about substance. The stores are unassuming from the outside, but the presentation of items is well-organized and functional. There’s hardly anything you won’t find here. This makes Rüther a fixed address for anyone who doesn’t want to compromise when it comes to crafting and DIY in Berlin.

The assortment ranges from craft materials such as molding compounds and styrofoam items, materials for special craft techniques like pyrography, lantern crafting, or weaving, to artist supplies for airbrush, oil painting, and linocut. Additionally, the shop carries beads and jewelry supplies, as well as everything related to ceramics and enamel, including clay, glazes, and pottery wheels. So, if you’re looking for a wide range of craft supplies under one roof, this is the place.

Service and Locations Throughout Berlin

In addition to the assortment, Wilhelm Rüther offers a ceramic firing and a silk fixing service. This clearly distinguishes the shop from other craft stores in Berlin. Many items, as well as easels and stretcher frames in special sizes, are also gladly delivered from the main branch to the desired branch. The headquarters are in Schöneberg, with further branches in Spandau, Reinickendorf (Tegel), and Prenzlauer Berg. Furthermore, if you can’t visit in person, you can also order online. In short: If you’re crafting in Berlin, you can hardly avoid Wilhelm Rüther.