Every Friday, local farmers and tradesmen set up the Sachsenmarkt in Lingnerallee from 8am to 5pm to sell everything from vegetables to baked goods, spices, fish and snacks to eat while you take in the atmosphere.

Pfund's Molkerei (79 Bautzner Strasse, tel: 0351 810 5948) is a historic creamery, famous less for the milk than for the beautiful ceramic tile decoration of the store. Now selling luxury foods, gifts, novelties and souvenirs, it's a shopping trip and a tourist attraction combined.

Mrs. Hippie stands for individual fashion that takes you tastefully against the flow. Express yourself with clothing produced by the shop itself, as well as by out-of-the-way labels from Sweden, India and the Mediterranean region (25 Görlitzer Strasse, tel: 0351 801 3258, hippie.de).