hi,

is baby walz just an online store or is it a shop as well???
i'm moving to munich in march with just a suitcase and travel crib and will need to buy a baby swing etc,
do you know any shops around munich where i can buy this sort of stuff off the shelve?? like a babies r us??
i remember when i was in germany last time that they were not into super stores

thanks

Hi iow,

baby-walz also has stores all over germany but theres toys r us to and they have a lot of baby stuff.

baby-walz has some juicy prices but if u dont mind they do have a good selection.

yeah baby walz is a bit more on the expensive side. There is one here in Haar. Just outside of Munich. A much bigger and better one is Baby Welt. You need a car to get there and it is an hour outside of Munich. There is also a Toys R Us with not such a huge selection of baby stuff. If you are coming from the US I would bring as much as you can.

http://www.baby-walz.com/SyEngine.php?Act=...6196&_SSL=0 helps you find different branches.

I second Luna's suggestion of BabyWelt. If you are buying a really big-ticket item like a German Kinderwagen you may offset the cost of driving there through savings--I think when I priced our Hartan Racer a few years back it was a good 40 Euros cheaper at BabyWelt in Augsburg. And for furniture and things like rugs, curtains, various toys, there's always IKEA as well.

Baby Reinartz has a wide selection of strollers and also clothes, toys, bottles and so on. We usually go there if we need to buy a lot of baby things at once - really convenient. You will have to google the address, it's just outside Munich.

Also very good (and expensive): Schlichting. Walking distance from Marienplatz. Good quality and very helpful staff.

Or you may want to go to Pick Auf in Euro Industriepark. Bigger than Baby Reinarzt and Schlichting, they have a huge selection of strollers and sell almost everything you'll need for a baby. Not too many toys if I remember correctly. But I recommend checking it out. I really like it.

They closed down or at least changed locations. I drove past the former store two weeks ago and it was closed and all signs removed.

thanks guys, now i know i have a few options

Oh no - why??? This was one of the best baby stores in Munich!!!

I've not yet been to a Baby Walz store but I have purchased things from their catalog and have been very happy with the quality. The prices might be higher than some other stores but the wares are good-- so there's value for the money. I probably spent less buying one good stillkisse (breastfeeding/boppy pillow) from Baby Walz that has lasted for years (way past breastfeeding days-- but great for propping oneself up to read in bed) than my friend who bought a cheap one that fell apart and had to be replaced.

They have stores all over Germany and now a few in Austria as well.

One more comment -- there are tons of second-hand markets around Munich for kids stuff. Lots of kindergardens and churches host them in March. You can buy tons of stuff quite cheaply that way. I need to figure out what to do with old baby clothes/toys now that my youngest is 15 months...keep thinking I should sell at a second-hand market but so far I don't have time to get organised to do it.

I found www.tragemaus.de I guess is online only... It has a great variety of baby carriers... However the one that I want is not there! (maya wrap sling). So before I settled for whatever I can find, I was wondering if I order it from the US or UK, how much will I have to pay in customs.

Many thanks!:)

if you don´t mind shopping online, the baby section in amazon.de is excellent (has baby walz among its brands), even cheaper is www.mytoys.de - they have a really big selection and are by far cheaper than baby walz