Shopping at Nurnberg

Shopping has been an interesting experience for Heinrich. Some of the things he has learned come from a long time ago. When he was in Rothenburg he found the old City Hall. On the wall next to the entrance gate are the official measuring rods. This included an iron rod that was the official one foot, the cubit (from elbow to finger length) and a rod (an important old measure for property).

 

Heinrich also found some stores that only have one kind of product. He found a fancy store that specializes in Christmas decorations. There were lots of really cool ornaments and German Christmas items. It was like a German Frankenmuth.

 

Heinrich also learned that there are some places that have very expensive and very fancy stores. In Nurnberg the fancy shopping street is Kaiserstrasse. That means the Emperor's Street and supposedly the Emperor (or Kaiser) used to shop on this street.

 

 

Heinrich was very confused when he got to Kaiserstrasse. For being such a famous and important shopping district there was almost no one there. That's when Heinrich learned that most German stores do not open on Sundays and he was visiting on a Sunday. That's why there was no one there on the day Heinrich visited.