[Swimfar]

I just moved to Germany (Saarland) from the US and I was wondering what kinds of stores people go to to buy electronic parts and tools here. Obviously there are lots of online stores, but sometimes I like going to an actual brick & mortar store and browsing. Are there any big chain stores like radio shack, or are most of them smaller owned businesses? I know there has to be a bunch of them all over, I just don't know where to look.

Also, what are some good German DIY audio forums that you guys frequent? (if I may ask that question here

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[_atari_]

Online you would buy from reichelt and RS Online,

Offline you would go to the Conrad or a small shop in your neighborhood (ask the yellow pages and try it out).

 

[dvbjunky]

Schuro, Pollin, Oppermann and others. Use googel with limited search to german pages.

 

[ultrapaul]

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Originally Posted by Swimfar /img/forum/go_quote.gif I just moved to Germany (Saarland) from the US and I was wondering what kinds of stores people go to to buy electronic parts and tools here. Obviously there are lots of online stores, but sometimes I like going to an actual brick & mortar store and browsing. Are there any big chain stores like radio shack, or are most of them smaller owned businesses? I know there has to be a bunch of them all over, I just don't know where to look.

Depends on what you're looking for.

 

[Ynis Avalach]

also conrad.de is an interesting site