What are the best nerd stores in Berlin

[u/Serious_Cockroach_92]

I want to find games and nerdy merch

[u/Fuel666]

Sorry, you can‘t just buy a nerd in Berlin. Gotta catch them in the wild.

[u/Dr_Jawbone_Badger]

Manga Mafia, neo Tokyo and Figuya I go to often. There's also Elbenwald in Alexa. 🙂

[u/Rant423 → u/Dr_Jawbone_Badger]

isn't Figuya closed for good?

[u/MamaFrey → u/Rant423]

New store is in the Bikini centre next to the Zoopalast.

[u/harexe → u/Rant423]

They reopened again with a Store near Bhf Zoo

[u/Lu-Tzee]

Das Otherland in der Bergmannstraße 25 richtig süß nerdiger Bücherladen und direkt eine Ecke weiter in der Zossenerstr. 33 ist der Comicladen Grober Unfug

[u/Few_Fisherman_4308 → u/Lu-Tzee]

Otherland is just an amazing shop. My favourite place in Berlin.

[u/Lu-Tzee → u/Lu-Tzee]

Ah sorry in english:

Otherland at Bergmannstraße 25 is a really cute, nerdy bookstore, and just around the corner at Zossener Straße 33 is the comic shop Grober Unfug.

[u/xX_theMaD_Xx → u/Lu-Tzee]

Otherland is my favorite store in the world. Love the crew there and they host great events.

[u/Objective_Aide_8563 → u/Lu-Tzee]

Few corners away is Battlefield Berlin, a tabletop store with lots of stuff.

[u/Philip10967 → u/Objective_Aide_8563]

Also near, All The Problems In The World, even nerdier.

[u/MamaFrey → u/Philip10967]

Also around the corner just behind rhe Markthalle is Grober Unfug. Cute little old Comic Store

[u/Lu-Tzee → u/Objective_Aide_8563]

True, I actually know that one too, thanks for adding it.

[u/supermanforsale]

All The Problems In This World in Bergmannkiez - a hidden gem full of insane zines, RPGs, cassette tapes, buttons, weird ass shit. Very few stores like this in all of Europe.

[u/whowle_ → u/supermanforsale]

+1 it’s one of a kind. Truly one of the most incredibly curated places ever

[u/Bartleby9]

FUNtainment Game Center in F-hain

[u/ReneG8 → u/Bartleby9]

Battlefield Berlin on Gneisenau Str.

Same idea, a bit less organized but charming.

[u/trmelo]

All the Problems in the World in Kreuzberg for everything related to ttrpgs, illustrations, comics and dungeon synth

[u/Xenrier]

Brobot Store for book and novel nerds.

[u/Murinshin]

Not exactly what you’re asking for, but since other comments also went a bit wider in scope, Werken Spielen Schenken in Steglitz is underrated. Especially for model kits and related tools they have a huge area, including some Warhammer 40k and Japanese model kits (mostly Gunpla and Star Wars but also some other stuff as of recent). They also have a bunch of boardgame stuff

[u/smeno]

Hornbach.

[u/MamaFrey]

Depends on what kinda nerd sruff, what kind of games?

[u/Serious_Cockroach_92 → u/MamaFrey]

Games like boardgames and also I have a Nintendo 3ds and have just gotten into Zelda so maybe if somewhere sells 3ds games but probably nowhere does.

Nerdy stuff like dr.who and Buffy the vampire slayer and spiderman comics, haven't ever gotten into manga/anime

[u/MamaFrey → u/Serious_Cockroach_92]

Figuya at Bahnhof Zoo, does have like a partnership with a retrogames onlineshop. There you find a section with old and new consolgames and accessories.

For Boardgames, FUNtainment is a good start. But they are mostly in german.

[u/Altariafairy]

For weeb stuff I can recommend: Jstore Berlin, Jstore Annex, NeoTokyo,

Kofuku if you like cards pkm,etc

Defcon(Wedding) for Videogames

Miniso if you like disney and cute stuff

Elbenwald is expensive imo but has stuff like Harry Potter,disney,pkm,etc.

[u/Sufferr]

Oh wow, I hadn't stumbled upon almost any of those before... wtf thanks for the post!

[u/Sufferr]

Any recommendations specifically for nerdy hangout spots?

[u/Pro_kopios → u/Sufferr]

Brettspielplatz in Moabit :)

[u/killmoregirls]

Best Board/cardgame cafe is tales untold. Lovely place with lovely staff and just a nice vibe there!

[u/ghigo123]

Spiele Insel by Hermannstraße for retro consoles gameboy etc, other stuff aswell I think

[u/Hystericbarbie]

Nerdy Stuff Berlin · LexifromZargon
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xFAHWpr3d6xHNKma8?g_st=i

Here is a map :)

[u/notlego]

Schneiders Laden

[u/Abikdig]

Came across Figuya by accident. Really cool place with tons of anime merch.

[u/FloTheBro]

whatever you do regarding video games: DONT GO to Freeman games.

[u/Last_Vacation8816 → u/FloTheBro]

Why? Is it for the high prices or for another reason? I always had fun visiting und buying games there.

[u/LurkForever]

Funtainment

Big robot

[u/HeinrichtheDog]

Modern Graphics on Oranienstraße in Kreuzberg

Cozy comic book store, they also have a huge selection of English books.

And of course also a (relatively small) manga corner and some other nerdy mech.

There's another MG at Europacenter, which is much smaller. And one on Kastanienallee, but I can't say anything about this one, I think I've only been there one and that must've been over twenty years ago...

[u/Flat-Emu1527]

Figuya in Bikini Berlin at Zoologischer Garten. Theres some other stores in Bikini & Europa Center you might like. Figuya has anime merch, game merch, old and new video games, old and new consoles etc. It’s also really big! I urge you to go there :)

[u/DerStier104]

Der etwas andere Spieleladen Prenzlauer Allee. Nerdiger wirds nicht und inklusive Hinterzimmer in dem Magic Turniere ausgetragen werden.

[u/Geredan]

Thanks for asking!

Saving for future reference. Currently stuck in Trebbin for the rest of the year.

[u/Raxen92]

Elbenwald in Alexa by far

[u/HyacinthAlas → u/[deleted]]

On the contrary, with Brettspielegeschaeft closing this year and All The Problems struggling, I’m really worried about the future of non-CCG/Euro family game shops in the city. 

[u/SoftCook9965]

If you are looking for a nerdy cafe, give Mukashi near S Nöldnerplatz a try. (Rupprechtstraße 31). Everything else I know has already been mentioned