9 Locations
Candles add warmth and atmosphere, and Berlin's shops offer them in every shape, scent and style. From handmade to designer, candles here brighten the long winters and make thoughtful gifts. This overview gathers Berlin locations for candles and light.
Design and interior shops across Mitte and Prenzlauer Berg stock scented and sculptural candles, while craft studios and markets sell handmade and beeswax versions. Some workshops let you make your own, and homeware stores carry holders and lanterns. Around the holidays, candles fill the shops and Christmas markets across the city.
Browse the addresses below to find candles across Berlin, from handmade to designer.
Frau Tonis Parfum Berlin is an exclusive perfume manufacturer in the heart of the city, known for individual fragrances and Berlin-inspired compositions. Here, unisex niche perfumes are created, which are particularly popular as personal gifts or souvenirs.
In Tiergarten, right by the water: The Café am Neuen See is one of Berlin's most famous excursion destinations. Beer garden, restaurant, and boat rental are located here under old trees, and it's open all year round.
The tasteful interior design store Bramigk & Breer in Berlin-Charlottenburg offers selected furniture from many different cities in Europe for interior design fans.
The idee. Creativmarkt on Wilmersdorfer Straße is located in Charlottenburg's pedestrian zone and, since its relocation in 2023, offers approximately 1,000 square meters across two floors. The Christmas decoration category alone includes over 760 items, plus materials for DIY projects. Christmas decorations in Berlin become a crafting project here.
At Lichterglanz, the candle manufacturer in Reinickendorf, Susanne Nagies and Gerald Knüppel handcraft each candle individually. In the shop, you can make your own: using the dipping method, up to 60 centimeters long, from 14 combinable colors, starting from 15 Euros per person. Christmas decorations in Berlin are created here at your own wax vat instead of just on a shelf.
The pre-Christmas season is, so to speak, peak season at the candle-making workshop Feuer & Flamme in Prenzlauer Berg. Here, you can make your own candles in a cozy atmosphere.
kunstschule.design in the Bötzowviertel in Prenzlauer Berg is a design store run by interior designers Melanie and Jennifer Nölken. It offers lamps, furniture, home accessories, and Berlin souvenirs from major brands and small labels.
At the candle workshop in Prenzlauer Berg, you can buy special candles, have them made, or even make them yourself – a special birthday fun for children.
Ave Maria at Lützowstraße 23 is a devotional shop opened in 1996 by Dieter Funk and Ulrike Schuster. It specializes in over 40 types of incense, religious sculptures, rosaries, and literature. Christmas decorations here include nativity scenes, nativity figures, and large altar candles instead of tinsel and fairy lights.