Netto Marken-Discount — Supermarket in Mitte, Berlin

This is a Netto Marken-Discount branch on Alex-Wedding-Straße in Mitte, a short walk from Hackescher Markt station. What you notice first is the size of the place: the aisles are wide and the shelves carry a broad spread of products, with budget lines sitting next to brand names on the same run.

The bakery counter is the first stop. Croissants come out by the piece here, and three at a time is an easy purchase to make. If you want something cold with them, Bäcker Cola is the bottle to take.

Produce holds up as a reason to shop here rather than just pass through: the fruit and vegetable section is good quality, and the layout gives you room to look it over instead of reaching past someone.

On cost, a normal basket lands somewhere between €10 and €30. The one thing to plan around is the checkout: the self-checkout lanes are restricted to Netto app or Payback users, so if you have neither, you queue at the single staffed till and that line can stretch back toward the deli counter. Card and cash both work at the staffed checkout.

Beyond that, the practical snags are the kind you meet in any busy city branch: the bottle return machines are not always working, and the door can already be shut a few minutes before the stated closing time. Come for a straightforward shop with a good bakery counter.